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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For context - my 15 year old works at a hole in the wall Mexican restaurant as the person who hands you your take out order. He literally throws some chips and salsa in a bag and checks the order before it goes out. 
He gets minimum wage and keeps tips.  He averages $40-50 an hour in tips, on top of $15/hour.  While I am happy for him, that much money for his effort seems insane.  [/quote]

I’ve suspected this happens at any restaurant that does more than 20 takeout orders an hour.  That worker can make bank with tips compares to a waitstaff for tables.  It is simple math.  20-30 orders with tips, even if small, can add up per hour.  Which is why I dont tip for takeout. [/quote]

+1
I used to do the “take out” role on the side of my hostessing job at a sit-down local chain restaurant 30 years ago where it wasn’t a thing to tip 20% or even 15% to the takeout person.
But even still—minimum wage was something like $4.25 and I was making $5/hour while waitstaff were making $2.75 plus tips. And most people would give me $1 or $2 cash or add on $1 or $2 in the tip line of the credit card slip when they picked up their order from me. So I would end up averaging $16-25 an hour (same as a waiter turning 2-3 tables an hour at that time after they tipped out the busser)—and now you can make even more than that as a take out assembler because people tip 15-20% and that’s not necessary.[/quote]

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