This happened to me, at Junction in Del Ray, but it wasn't even a take out order. I went to get a baguette which they have in a basket by the counter. So I had to walk in, go to the baskets close to the counter, get my own baguette, and bring it to the register to pay for it. When the counter person/cashier ran me up, he swung around the iPad for me to sign and leave a tip. I pressed no tip and swung it back to him. And then he said in a very loud voice: "So, you're not leaving a tip. Most people leave a tip."

And I replied: "a tip for you, for me grabbing my own baguette from that basket over there, carrying it myself to this counter, and paying for it? Am I confused about something here? I am here to pay for my own grabbed baguette, thanks." And since my credit card had already been run, I left.

I have never set foot in there again. Junction, at Monroe and Mt Vernon.

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Anonymous wrote:You were both rude. You are supposed to tip on takeout. The server was also rude for asking directly for a tip.

No, you don't have to tip on take out. Do you tip at McDonald's? I bet you don't.

I went to a sporting event in the Midwest in the last week and the arena was asking concessions customers to leave a tip. No thanks.

It appears you enjoyed your sporting event and having concessions customers serve you.

The concessions worker does the same thing your kids’ cafeteria worker does or the movie theater concessions worker does. Do you tip there, even if you enjoyed your time at that location? Grab a hot cocoa or apple cider at the local nursery - do you tip there? This is ridiculous. I’m not sure how the argument went from:

- I don’t want to tip non servers for basic and minimal job tasks because that’s not what tipping is for…

To

- you’re cheap
- did you enjoy the items?
- don’t eat out if you don’t want to pay these funds

It’s not a customer’s job to supplement the incomes of everyone who does anything for me. Walgreens guy looks up my name and hands me my photos puts in the same effort as a hostess looking my name up and handing my order. (Actually, with online ordering and payment, the hostess does less work bc at least Walgreens needs to scan that the items were picked up. The Panera guy who picked up a bagel, runs it through a slicer and toaster and then charges me, puts out similar effort to the post office employee who weighs my packages, bills me for stamps and applies the sticker of correct postage to my package and rings up the transaction.

I’m not tipping to keep a business open. I also give very generously and tip generously to those whom tips are generally expected.

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Anonymous wrote:You were both rude. You are supposed to tip on takeout. The server was also rude for asking directly for a tip.

No, you don't have to tip on take out. Do you tip at McDonald's? I bet you don't.

I went to a sporting event in the Midwest in the last week and the arena was asking concessions customers to leave a tip. No thanks.

Anything to save a buck.

Not the PP, but clearly the arena was pressuring customers to pay the salaries of the concession workers instead of actually paying them a wage. Why rely on a totally voluntary contribution that many are likely to ignore as opposed to just pricing concessions appropriately?

I don't go through life trying to put big business in its place. If I see a concessions worker doing a job and trying instead of sitting at home waiting for a handout, then I'm happy to give a tip.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You were both rude. You are supposed to tip on takeout. The server was also rude for asking directly for a tip.

No, you don't have to tip on take out. Do you tip at McDonald's? I bet you don't.

I went to a sporting event in the Midwest in the last week and the arena was asking concessions customers to leave a tip. No thanks.

Anything to save a buck.

Yeah, the arena was trying to save a buck. By low balling the workers and putting the responsibility to pay them onto the fans.

And you joined them. Congrats on saving a few dollars.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You were both rude. You are supposed to tip on takeout. The server was also rude for asking directly for a tip.

No, you don't have to tip on take out. Do you tip at McDonald's? I bet you don't.

I went to a sporting event in the Midwest in the last week and the arena was asking concessions customers to leave a tip. No thanks.

Anything to save a buck.

Yeah, the arena was trying to save a buck. By low balling the workers and putting the responsibility to pay them onto the fans.

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Anonymous wrote:You were both rude. You are supposed to tip on takeout. The server was also rude for asking directly for a tip.

No, you don't have to tip on take out. Do you tip at McDonald's? I bet you don't.

Unbelievably, McD’s is considering adding tip options, bc Starbucks et al started this. He’ll to the no.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You were both rude. You are supposed to tip on takeout. The server was also rude for asking directly for a tip.

No, you don't have to tip on take out. Do you tip at McDonald's? I bet you don't.

I went to a sporting event in the Midwest in the last week and the arena was asking concessions customers to leave a tip. No thanks.

Anything to save a buck.

Not the PP, but clearly the arena was pressuring customers to pay the salaries of the concession workers instead of actually paying them a wage. Why rely on a totally voluntary contribution that many are likely to ignore as opposed to just pricing concessions appropriately?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You were both rude. You are supposed to tip on takeout. The server was also rude for asking directly for a tip.

No, you don't have to tip on take out. Do you tip at McDonald's? I bet you don't.

I went to a sporting event in the Midwest in the last week and the arena was asking concessions customers to leave a tip. No thanks.

Anything to save a buck.

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Anonymous wrote:You were both rude. You are supposed to tip on takeout. The server was also rude for asking directly for a tip.

No. —from a bar/restaurant family

No, what?

No tipping on take out. Tips are for table servers, bussers, and bartenders. —PP

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Anonymous wrote:All these highly educated, intelligent DCUM posters using their ivy League smarts to rationalize being cheap. Sad.

Bully.

Truth.

Anonymous wrote:All these highly educated, intelligent DCUM posters using their ivy League smarts to rationalize being cheap. Sad.

Bully.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You were both rude. You are supposed to tip on takeout. The server was also rude for asking directly for a tip.

No, you don't have to tip on take out. Do you tip at McDonald's? I bet you don't.

I went to a sporting event in the Midwest in the last week and the arena was asking concessions customers to leave a tip. No thanks.

It appears you enjoyed your sporting event and having concessions customers serve you.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is what I would love to see happen to the restaurant world (if only). No more tipping. Employers can offer a salary. If they can’t hire anyone, they need to raise the salary. If that means raising prices, then consumers can see that up front and decide whether to pay the price. No one can cheap out by not tipping and no one has to play the guessing game as to whether the server/hostess/to go person is making a reasonable wage.

If the price is raised too high, customers will not pay. Restaurants will then have to determine whether to cut profits elsewhere or determine they do not have a profitable business model. The restaurants meant to survive will, the rest will close.

The end.

Just liek with universal healthcare, you know what will happen? Restaurants will close. No one is going to med school to make $120k a year.

Your line of reasoning isn’t entirely clear, but are you trying to suggest servers would prefer to live off tips rather than a guaranteed salary? And why not just add on an automatic 20% service fee or increase menu prices accordingly and do away with tipping? As a consumer it doesn’t really matter how the price is broken down to me. I, and many others, are tired of this murky payment situation and as is, good tippers like myself end up subsidizing the meals of the poor tippers. Why should my meal cost more just because I’m not a cheapskate?

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Anonymous wrote:You were both rude. You are supposed to tip on takeout. The server was also rude for asking directly for a tip.

No, you don't have to tip on take out. Do you tip at McDonald's? I bet you don't.

I went to a sporting event in the Midwest in the last week and the arena was asking concessions customers to leave a tip. No thanks.

Anonymous wrote:You were both rude. You are supposed to tip on takeout. The server was also rude for asking directly for a tip.

No, you don't have to tip on take out. Do you tip at McDonald's? I bet you don't.