do you tip on a take out order at a restaraunt?

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

They are a lot different. An actual host doesn't wait on tables and gets paid more because he won't be collecting tips. I base my choice on knowing he/she is probably being paid more than most of the others. I don't see how you 2 think it is the same. Perhaps I am not explaining myself right.

Not so true. I know at a lot of place, like Outback, Red Lobster, Ruby Tuesday's, Applebee's, etc, etc...

The host get tipped out everynight... each server donates something like 3% (just an example) to support the FOH (Front of House). In my store, personally... the FOH includes Hostess and QSS (food runner/busser). Sometimes on friday/saturdays there are two of each.

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[na_rsx 10+ year member]

if i sit down and get waited on, then i tip, but if i go to pick up food, why should i tip. delivery of course i would tip, but if i drive out of my way to pick up food then i wont tip.

and i am a huge tipper too, since i work valet on the weekends and i know how much tips mean to someone.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

What is a food runner?

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

if i sit down and get waited on, then i tip, but if i go to pick up food, why should i tip. delivery of course i would tip, but if i drive out of my way to pick up food then i wont tip.
and i am a huge tipper too, since i work valet on the weekends and i know how much tips mean to someone.

If they write your name on your box, that is a good reason to tip. I like seeing my name....and thus the "food assembler" has provided me with some entertainment value.

 

[redcalimp5 10+ year member]

I'm taking time out of my life to go get my food, and on the way there I'm using my own gas that costs me $3.60 a gallon.......

If I have to go to the place to get my food as a pick up/carry out order, I leave no tip.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

What is a food runner?

Well at our store the QSS = Quality Service Specialist.

The server takes care of the table, rings in orders according to seat number, and all other duties. The QSS takes car of running food to tables once it comes up in the kitchen. They also roll silverware, and sometimes helps servers buss tables.

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[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

The state required minimum wage, not some arbitrary minimum wage you feel provides the most social good. I only bring that up because I oftentimes hear arguments about how low skilled retail workers should be paid a living wage versus a minimum wage. I didn't think you were in that camp, but wanted to be sure.
Wouldn't the tips increase with inflation of menu prices?

Now I am justfied in my tip giving. I rarely give more than a couple bucks and done my part to esnsure they make atleast the minimum wage.

LOL, like I said in the very beginning. I don't care about them that much lol. No I don't belong to that camp. In the end, which I also pointed out, it makes me feel better about me as well and that means more to me than how much their actual take home is or if it is a living wage or not //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif
I also just like calling you a tight ***.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

tip to-go places (i.e. picking up my own pizza, chinese food, etc) ? no. Its for the same reason I don't tip at McD's. I could make the stuff myself, but I pay for their serving me the food quicker. But nobody's waiting on me so I'm simply just paying for the food to be made faster than my lazy self can cook it. How they pay their employees has nothing to do with me paying the price they have set for the food. I feel a sit-down, service-based restaurant is different because someone is waiting on me and serving me to the best of their ability. Then I tip accordingly (starting at 20%, going up or down by how well they do).

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

Not so true. I know at a lot of place, like Outback, Red Lobster, Ruby Tuesday's, Applebee's, etc, etc...
The host get tipped out everynight... each server donates something like 3% (just an example) to support the FOH (Front of House). In my store, personally... the FOH includes Hostess and QSS (food runner/busser). Sometimes on friday/saturdays there are two of each.

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Oh I am sure many exceptions exist like with anything else. I am not going to poll everyone to find out though and only use known median knowledge or personal experience to base my decisions. Sometimes it just boils down to how much cash I brought with vs how much I though I had going there lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

If they write your name on your box, that is a good reason to tip. I like seeing my name....and thus the "food assembler" has provided me with some entertainment value.

They should sticky pictures of there balls/tits with your name on it for an even bigger tip //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[cobra65427289 10+ year member]

Over the past 5 years in my store I have worked every imaginable position. Host, Server Assistant, Expediter, Server, Trainer, and Manager.

For you people to assume that tips automatically increase along with the price of the bill is just retarded. For example you may have customers such as Flip who will only tip a couple bucks to atone (or so he thinks) for not making minimum wage. What he doesn't realize that a portion of the servers' tips are distributed according to the sales amount of the server. 2.0 percent of my sales, for example are given to the bus boy. An additional 2.0 percent is given to the expediter.

Say my sales are 900 for the shift, I'm tipping out nearly 40 dollars sometimes more. And the fact is an average server will make 17 percent of their sales in a shift. So what would have been around 155 dollars ends up being 115.

Take care of your servers, chances are they are going to school, or have a family, or are just trying to get paid like the rest of you. If you can't afford to leave a decent tip, go to McDonalds. And I don't know about other places, but we are good at remembering faces. If you don't tip well, we simply won't give it our all if we know you are a 2 dollar tipper.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

But I did not utilize a complete hour of your labor now did I?

If I am seated at the resturant for 30 minutes and tip $5, that is $10 per hour, even with distributions, you arw well above minimum wage and above the wage of the McDonald's worker. So, even with my crappy tips, you are still better off than the McDonald's worker.

Actually, the most important input in determing the tip is the quality of the mixed drink. If the bartender makes a strong drink the top reflects that. I would expect a high quality server to act as an agent on my behalf to ensure I get "taken care of" with respect to my indulgence of spirits.

 

[lil_italy773 10+ year member]

tip to-go places (i.e. picking up my own pizza, chinese food, etc) ? no. Its for the same reason I don't tip at McD's. I could make the stuff myself, but I pay for their serving me the food quicker. But nobody's waiting on me so I'm simply just paying for the food to be made faster than my lazy self can cook it. How they pay their employees has nothing to do with me paying the price they have set for the food. I feel a sit-down, service-based restaurant is different because someone is waiting on me and serving me to the best of their ability. Then I tip accordingly (starting at 20%, going up or down by how well they do).

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[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

But I did not utilize a complete hour of your labor now did I?
If I am seated at the resturant for 30 minutes and tip $5, that is $10 per hour, even with distributions, you arw well above minimum wage and above the wage of the McDonald's worker. So, even with my crappy tips, you are still better off than the McDonald's worker.

Actually, the most important input in determing the tip is the quality of the mixed drink. If the bartender makes a strong drink the top reflects that. I would expect a high quality server to act as an agent on my behalf to ensure I get "taken care of" with respect to my indulgence of spirits.

This is why bartenders own me. I had to build a bar at home so I would stop supporting them for their generous pours //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif