How do you guys handle tipping for carry out?

Carry out pizza at a chain for example. If you order a pizza and say breadsticks and it comes to $22.50....do you tip the register person for handing you the two boxes that people in the kitchen gave to them?

If I get takeout at say a steakhouse or Bob Evans there is actually a person assigned to carry out and they assemble a decent bit of the order, give condiments and cutlery. I tip them each time.

Workers at the local ice cream shop and dairy bar I always tip them nicely knowing they make way under dog shit wages and a couple dollars makes their day it seems.

Regular dining in I go a standard 20%....a little higher for excellent service and if shitty I'll just do the 15%.

I'm sure you cats tip 35% and I'm an asshole but just wondering.

Never tip carryout, only table service/delivery and places where HSers are working summer jobs.

Never on carryout, or when ordering and picking up at a counter.

no tip

I pretty much never tip on carryout. Unless the chick giving it to me at the counter is hot then I'll tip a few bucks.

Expanding on previous post. The tip isn't the act of preparing the food. It's the delivery and service. If I'm picking it up myself,all you've done is prepare the food, which is what the cost of the meal is covering. A tip isn't reserved for that, its reserved for service beyond preparing a meal, imo.

Laley23;1831773 wrote:Expanding on previous post. The tip isn't the act of preparing the food. It's the delivery and service. If I'm picking it up myself,all you've done is prepare the food, which is what the cost of the meal is covering. A tip isn't reserved for that, its reserved for service beyond preparing a meal, imo.

Agree....just wondering where others stood on this

Usually don't tip on carryout. I will tip at our local ice cream shop. I tip well for pizza delivery and table service restaurants.

I won't tip on pizza. Usually on other meals to go I will. Went through a dunkin-donuts drive through a couple weeks ago and they had a tip jar on the window SMH.

friendfromlowry;1831783 wrote:I won't tip on pizza. Usually on other meals to go I will. Went through a dunkin-donuts drive through a couple weeks ago and they had a tip jar on the window SMH.

Yeah...I hate the tip jar. I want the server who takes care of me getting the tip I deem.

If I pay cash (I usually don't), I will throw in loose change in the jar. That's about it.

If it's a restaurant with actual tables, and a waiter usually takes my order....I tip about 10% if it's somewhere I pick-up from regularly.. Except another place I do that I order and pay online, so I don't tip because I'm not paying.

Tipping being only for the service of being waited on is a good argument. And not wanting people to spit in my food is a good argument FOR tipping.

Better question might be do you tip the Seamless delivery person? Some of those delivery charges are already pretty outrageous, but probably doesn't go to the driver.

How much do you tip regularly? I'm usually around 15-20% but since moving to the suburbs I feel like a cheap ass because I see some people laying down some serious 30-40% tips

Classyposter58;1831879 wrote:How much do you tip regularly? I'm usually around 15-20% but since moving to the suburbs I feel like a cheap ass because I see some people laying down some serious 30-40% tips

Pretty standard 20%...lesser bills I might go 25% if it's good service

I think 30-40% is pretty obscene unless you have money to burn (of course, in the 'burbs the meal is probably half the cost!)

25% for good service, 15% for poor service (I've never experienced truly awful service so I don't know what I'd do). I usually round up to the nearest $5 from those amounts. I don't tip for carry out.

gut;1831877 wrote:If it's a restaurant with actual tables, and a waiter usually takes my order....I tip about 10% if it's somewhere I pick-up from regularly.. Except another place I do that I order and pay online, so I don't tip because I'm not paying.

Tipping being only for the service of being waited on is a good argument. And not wanting people to spit in my food is a good argument FOR tipping.

Better question might be do you tip the Seamless delivery person? Some of those delivery charges are already pretty outrageous, but probably doesn't go to the driver.

I worked at McDonalds for almost 5 years and spent much of my time in the grill area. I watched very upset grill workers scores of times because of the customer....never once did I witness anyone spit on anyone's food.

I'm sure the spitting type things happen but feel it's far more rare than most think.

Ironman92;1831883 wrote: I'm sure the spitting type things happen but feel it's far more rare than most think.

True. I guess maybe it's more that if I come for carry out regularly, I don't want to be known as the cheapskate that never tips them (though I think so few people tip carry out that they don't think that or expect tips).

But at this restaurant, it's usually a waiter that comes and takes my order over the phone. Not sure if they box it or not, but effectively they do almost the same amount of work as if I sat down (with the exception of clearing my plates and refilling my drink).

To me, the tip is more about the fact the server makes less than min. wage usually than the service....why the least I've probably ever tipped was 10% because the service was so poor. I'm usually at 20%, +/- 5% for service. If it's an expensive dinner, I'm probably tipping only 15% (not like the waiter does more work, just works at a more expensive restaurant).

gut;1831885 wrote:True. I guess maybe it's more that if I come for carry out regularly, I don't want to be known as the cheapskate that never tips them (though I think so few people tip carry out that they don't think that or expect tips).

But at this restaurant, it's usually a waiter that comes and takes my order over the phone. Not sure if they box it or not, but effectively they do almost the same amount of work as if I sat down (with the exception of clearing my plates and refilling my drink).

To me, the tip is more about the fact the server makes less than min. wage usually than the service....why the least I've probably ever tipped was 10% because the service was so poor. I'm usually at 20%, +/- 5% for service. If it's an expensive dinner, I'm probably tipping only 15% (not like the waiter does more work, just works at a more expensive restaurant).

Yeah, also why I tip at the dairy bar type place or ice cream shop because I know for a fact they don't make minimum wage

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Never got a shoe shine, because it wasn't available. My new job has a shoe shiner in the building. Does anyone have experience getting it done? What is a fair tip?

like_that;1841623 wrote:Bump

Never got a shoe shine, because it wasn't available. My new job has a shoe shiner in the building. Does anyone have experience getting it done? What is a fair tip?

Couple bucks. Five max but I guess it depends on what they are charging. I've had shoe shines but that was over 20 years ago so I have no clue what the asking price is these days. BTW...if it's affordable, get it. Definitely makes the shoes look very nice if the person's good.

As far as the original question. No tip on carry out unless it's curbside service where someone actually brings it to your vehicle.

What do you tip a pizza delivery when there is already an added charge for delivery? Who actually gets the added delivery charge?

like_that;1841623 wrote:Bump

Never got a shoe shine, because it wasn't available. My new job has a shoe shiner in the building. Does anyone have experience getting it done? What is a fair tip?

Ha! Depends on the price. I usually tip a buck or two on a $6-$8 shine. But I was at the SF airport, and it's $15!!!! No tip, the guy looked at me like "asshole". I looked back at him like "it's $3 at Laguardia". Not surprisingly,you hardly see anyone getting their shoes signed at SFO, if you can even find the stand.

Depends even more on the service and quality. I had a guy once bust out a blowtorch to melt the wax. Gave him $5.

If it's a guy in your office, you'll probably see him a lot and go more than a few times. Tip 20-25%, and if it's $10 for the shine or more don't waste your money.

ppaw1999;1841645 wrote:What do you tip a pizza delivery when there is already an added charge for delivery? Who actually gets the added delivery charge?

Good question. That delivery charge is paying the driver's salary, benefits (if he has any) and gas/insurance/maintenance. But if they are able to charge more, they're pocketing it.

Seamless delivery charges are getting excessive. I'm starting to question a 10% tip when the delivery charges are $4-$6. But, again, if you order from a place frequently it comes down to do you want your order first, or 30 minutes later after he's done 3 others before you?

We give pizza delivery drivers $5. Charges are usually $2-$3.

On a different note...I only do pizza delivery if I get a pizza on vacation.