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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you can't afford to tip an employee who works for tips then you can't afford to eat there.  Just like maybe you can't afford expensive restaurants so you don't eat there.

It's sure a good thing that most people understand tipping and act accordingly.  I know for a fact that the idiots on DCUM who like to respond to threads about tipping by saying they don't tip or they undertip are not typical of most diners.

But then jerks are going to be jerks wherever they go and whatever they do.  [/quote]

Do the people at Subway, Cava, Mezzza, Five Guys, Baja Fresh, etc. work for tips?  This "adding a tip" to your fast casual carry-out order is a relatively new phenomenon.  Are we all expected to tip at those places now?  Then why not at McDonald's and Chik-fil-A?[/quote]

I have worked in fast food and while tips are not common, you’d probably be surprised at how often people tip. It can make an actual difference, too. When I worked fast food, I was making $6-7/hr (minimum wage at the time). Even pooling tips, a handful of people tipping in a shift could boost that 10-20%. When you are living on minimum wage, that makes a real difference.

I now always tip, including fast food and delivery. Amount can vary because with fast food you must tip in cash (no system for adding a tip) and can depend on what I have on me. And if there’s a place I frequent a lot because of proximity to work, I try to go in near holidays and leave a big tip to let them know I appreciate them and also to share the wealth of my own holiday bonuses.

I’ll always feel kinship with food service workers. It’s really true that everyone should do it. When I read these comments about “why should I tip someone for putting my food in a bag?” I realize how ignorant people are about what that job is. You really have no idea.[/quote]

You are welcome to give out money in that way.  But do you think other people should be shamed for not tipping at Chipotle?[/quote]

I don't believe in shaming in general, and I know most people don't tip on fast food and fast food workers don't expect tips, so no. But I do think some of the people in this thread who are explaining that they don't tip because they think the people preparing their take out aren't working hard enough to "earn" the tip could use a little education in what it means to work in food service. I've worked fast food and I've worked in sit-down restaurants and I've worked several other customer service oriented jobs. I made the *best* money as a waitress compared to all those other jobs, because everyone tips and it more than made up for the fact that I was being paid tipped wages. But making minimum wage in a customer service job is a much worse job, and my experience is that the people working those jobs are earning it every bit as much as a server in a restaurant.

Personally, I advocate for living wages for all and better social programs to support low-wage workers. I supported Prop 77 in DC which would have eliminated the tipped wage and made tipping actually optional, and I know it's no accident that the people most opposed to it were restaurant owners and the small sliver of tipped wage workers who make good money off of tips (servers at popular and expensive restaurants and bars). I'm not out to shame people who don't tip, but I do think we should all be talking more about why we don't value the people who do these grueling jobs for low wages and who get treated poorly by management and customers alike.

Anyway, that's why I always tip.[/quote]

You clearly don't understand social service programs as if the workers income goes over the limit by 1 cent they lose their benefits.

Instead of forced tipping, advocate for better wages.  Because you choose to work at a minimum wage job or for tips does not make you entitled to extra tips.  The fact is that tips are for service.  There is no service with carry out.  The cooks pack up the food, someone puts it in a bag and they leave it on a table.  That is a paid position not by tips.  Take it up with the restaurants.  [/quote]

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