Anonymous wrote:I do not tip for restaurant take-out. I would consider it if they got me water, but if I just pick up my order, they get no tip.

Does it just magically appear is the boxes and bags? I would have tipped $10

This is the reason I don't pick up the phone and take to go orders. I would have to tip out bartender, food runner, and busser on that $70 sale assuming $7 was the tax. Not only do I not make money on your order, but you are taking my money from another table.
I'm sure CR has a better system though. Our to go order system is really messed up. Best is to hide in the bathroom and act like I don't see you.

No tips for takeout.

You can afford a $77 steak dinner but can't cough up for a $5 tip? Please. You. Are. Cheap.

You can afford a $30k car but not $4500 to tip the salesman? You are cheap!

You can afford $10k worth of surgery, but not $1500 to tip the doctor? You are cheap!

You can afford $300 worth of groceries, but not $45 to tip the cashier? You, too, are cheap!

There are situations where tips are expected by society and situations where tips are not expected. Counter service (and the examples above) is in the latter category. That said, I would consider tipping for exceptional service or for a very large or complicated order.

Nope

Anonymous wrote:Although I assume it's not OP in all of the replies, I'm pretty amazed by the mental gymnastics involved to justify why someone making far less than minimum wage doesn't deserve a tip when you're getting pick up from RUTH'S CHRIS. You can afford a $77 steak dinner but can't cough up for a $5 tip? Please. You. Are. Cheap.

+1,000,000

No I do not. That is why I am picking up instead of dining there. I am trying to save money.

I saw something recently that said "if im standing when ordering im not tipping" and i think it fits here.

Always tip

Nope.

I did during Covid. But we’re past that and restaurant prices are so incredibly high. I’m not going to tip for the honor of not having service. That’s crazy.

That’s a completely different subject. Fast food as upposed to luxe

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Anonymous wrote:I asked Tom siestema this on a WP chat. He said to tip. Someone is taking time off from their other duties (for which they get tips) to pack your stuff up for you and run the bill. I usually do between 5 and 10%.

This. I waited tables and did carry out orders in college. The server, bartender, or whomever is taking time away from other duties to get your food together. 10% is standard for pickup from a regular sit down restaurant, but I think 5-10% is fair.

I worked as a barista in college. I really, REALLY appreciated the tips thrown in the tip jar. A few quarters here and there really add up over an 8-hour shift. I worked my butt off to hustle the orders, be friendly, and recognize our regulars, and the tips were highly motivating and well appreciated.

Now I'm on the other side. A few quarters or a dollar at Starbucks, or an extra $5-10 when picking up takeout ... honestly, I won't even really notice (if I can't afford that, I shouldn't be spending money on eating out to begin with). But combined with other tips over the course of a shift, it can make a big difference to the server.

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Anonymous wrote:Although I assume it's not OP in all of the replies, I'm pretty amazed by the mental gymnastics involved to justify why someone making far less than minimum wage doesn't deserve a tip when you're getting pick up from RUTH'S CHRIS. You can afford a $77 steak dinner but can't cough up for a $5 tip? Please. You. Are. Cheap.

Because they're not doing the service that earns the tip. Tipping is for service, not for handing you the pizza you called in to order. What's next? I tip the person who hands me my drink at the drive thru? This is crazy.

To clarify, I was responding to people that order from a sit down restaurant, like Ruth's Chris, pick up from the bartender or a server, then don't tip. Pizza, take out Chinese, or drive through is different because it's not a server or bartender taking time from their tipping customers to get your order ready and are making more than $2.13 an hour before tips.

The previous replies explained what service the server or bartender (NOT cook) is doing. I'd say it takes about 10 minutes total to get a regular take out order ready (taking your order over the phone or getting it off the computer, putting it into the system, tracking the order with the kitchen, making sure it's correct, often re-plating your food, putting condiments in the little plastic ramekins, packaging it, serving you water while you wait, etc.). Longer if you ordered a lot, something complicated, or the kitchen doesn't get the order right, maybe 5 minutes if you got one simple thing and the kitchen plates it in plastic for you.

If you don't feel like that's a service that "earns" the tip, then that's. because. you're. cheap. Get indignant about the world these days, but anyone who's done that work tips for that service. Like a PP said, if you don't want to tip, don't get take out from a sit down restaurant, get it from a place that caters to take out and delivery orders. Or be cheap and own your cheapness. But don't try to justify why it's not fair so you shouldn't have to.

No eff that noise. I'm sick of tipping everyone. If restaurants need us to tip because they aren't paying their cooks enough, put a fee on the bill.

Down with tipping!

Anonymous wrote:Although I assume it's not OP in all of the replies, I'm pretty amazed by the mental gymnastics involved to justify why someone making far less than minimum wage doesn't deserve a tip when you're getting pick up from RUTH'S CHRIS. You can afford a $77 steak dinner but can't cough up for a $5 tip? Please. You. Are. Cheap.

Because they're not doing the service that earns the tip. Tipping is for service, not for handing you the pizza you called in to order. What's next? I tip the person who hands me my drink at the drive thru? This is crazy.