Meh then **** him, maybe you could have tipped, but on something that simple he had no reason to get lippy with ya.
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Curbside Takeaway Tipping Ettiquette
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Meh then **** him, maybe you could have tipped, but on something that simple he had no reason to get lippy with ya.
For coffee places (Starbucks) or curbside ..... I usually give the change. If I am a frequent customer, I might give more.
Soup Plantation (a salad buffet place where sometimes they will take your used plates from the table) - $1.00 (only if they do that while I'm there since it helps the dining experience not to have all those dirty plates around)
Figuring out how much to give at a sit down place....assuming that the service was aceptable.
a. I am in California - state sales tax is 7% to 8.50% (depending on the county or city). State sales tax is added to the dining bill.
b. If it's just my bill and the service is acceptable, I just add double the sales tax.
c. If I am splitting the bill (which for me means each person is responsible for paying for what they consume) I add a quarter to the total menu prices of what I consumed.
d. If it's a very large party and the place adds a fixed percentage to the bill as required gratuity..... I usually find the fixed gratuity (gee, that's an interesting term) rate is usually within the range of the quarter method.
I think the highest fixed gratuity I was required to pay was 20% and that wasn't hard to figure out.
Soup Plantation (a salad buffet place where sometimes they will take your used plates from the table) - $1.00 (only if they do that while I'm there since it helps the dining experience not to have all those dirty plates around)
Figuring out how much to give at a sit down place....assuming that the service was aceptable.
a. I am in California - state sales tax is 7% to 8.50% (depending on the county or city). State sales tax is added to the dining bill.
b. If it's just my bill and the service is acceptable, I just add double the sales tax.
c. If I am splitting the bill (which for me means each person is responsible for paying for what they consume) I add a quarter to the total menu prices of what I consumed.
d. If it's a very large party and the place adds a fixed percentage to the bill as required gratuity..... I usually find the fixed gratuity (gee, that's an interesting term) rate is usually within the range of the quarter method.
I think the highest fixed gratuity I was required to pay was 20% and that wasn't hard to figure out.
I've often wondering about this myself when I get curbside to go at Chilis and Ruby Tuesdays. But no, I don't ever tip in these situations.
I tip 18% usually, more if the service was friendly, I add to the tip the value of a comp'ed item in the tip unless its obvious that it was the waitstaff's fault. If I have to send the chicken back because its undercooked for instance and I get comp'ed something for my trouble I add it to the tip.
If the service is bad. If my wife is spilled on or feels slighted I can get vindictive. No tip and start taking little things like the pen to sign the check, all of the matches, that type of thing.
If the service is bad. If my wife is spilled on or feels slighted I can get vindictive. No tip and start taking little things like the pen to sign the check, all of the matches, that type of thing.
I'd never tip at the curbside, it's not like they do anything.
In a restaurant, I normally tip about 15% - depending on how good the service was. If the restaurant adds "gratuity" without asking, I'll cross it off the bill and give them half. It's not their right to say how much I'm tipping, and when they include it there's no incentive for the waiting staff to actually do good work.
In a restaurant, I normally tip about 15% - depending on how good the service was. If the restaurant adds "gratuity" without asking, I'll cross it off the bill and give them half. It's not their right to say how much I'm tipping, and when they include it there's no incentive for the waiting staff to actually do good work.
I don't think we have such a tipping culture over here in the UK. I'd consider it only a requirement in more formal dining situations- certainly never in a coffee shop for pouring a cuppa.
My girlfriend and I had dinner in a restaurant in London a couple of weeks ago. The food was only average, we had to wait for our bill and in fact, in the end I had to go and ask them for it again before they brought it. (It wasn't even busy.) I wouldn't have left a tip in that situation, but my girlfriend left 15%.
My girlfriend and I had dinner in a restaurant in London a couple of weeks ago. The food was only average, we had to wait for our bill and in fact, in the end I had to go and ask them for it again before they brought it. (It wasn't even busy.) I wouldn't have left a tip in that situation, but my girlfriend left 15%.
I usually leave the change in Starbucks. I actually feel bad if the change ends up being, like 11 cents or something. Occasionally I will toss in a dollar if I've had a string of small tips.
fast food or other food takeway + tipping = not gonna happen
i mean what's next ?
i still remeber how we once had a bill at burger king which ended on X,12 cents
which meant the poor guy had to give out a whooping of 6 different coins
(50 cent + 20 cent + 10 cent + 5 cent + 2 cent + 1 cent)
also i would give 5-10 percent tops (if below 15 bucks only change anyway)
if you depend on tips i would recommend a new job or some talk with your union
i mean what's next ?
i still remeber how we once had a bill at burger king which ended on X,12 cents
which meant the poor guy had to give out a whooping of 6 different coins
(50 cent + 20 cent + 10 cent + 5 cent + 2 cent + 1 cent)
also i would give 5-10 percent tops (if below 15 bucks only change anyway)
if you depend on tips i would recommend a new job or some talk with your union
Ah. A topic near and dear to my heart. I dont really get the point of tipping by percentage anyway. If I go to dinner and order a salad for $8, then a 20% tip is what? $1.60. So the waiter brought me one plate and thats it. But what if I had ordered the $30 Filet? 20% of that is $6, but the waiter still just brought me one single plate of food. Why the heck should they get more money for the same work just because I wanted something more expensive?
And it starts getting way out of hand when you have maybe 4 or so people all having about $50 - 60 worth of food. All of a sudden this waiter who just carrying plates for goodness sakes is making like $40! Its just ridiculous. I still do it because it's expected. But I still think its bull.
Oh yeah. And whats the deal with the tip jars at the coffee places? I'm already paying an exorbitant price for the coffee, and now I'm supposed to pay the pimple faced kid an extra couple of bucks for handing it to me? Puh-leez.
And it starts getting way out of hand when you have maybe 4 or so people all having about $50 - 60 worth of food. All of a sudden this waiter who just carrying plates for goodness sakes is making like $40! Its just ridiculous. I still do it because it's expected. But I still think its bull.
Oh yeah. And whats the deal with the tip jars at the coffee places? I'm already paying an exorbitant price for the coffee, and now I'm supposed to pay the pimple faced kid an extra couple of bucks for handing it to me? Puh-leez.
And gets your drinks, clears your plates, refills your beverages, explains the menu to you... Mind, most waiters in the U.S. are paid about $3.00 an hour. They make their living on the tips. You'll end up paying in higher food prices if they do away with tipping...
But NO, I do not tip anywone who does not actually bring something to me. I also have an issue with these little tip jars at, for example, Chipotle. Why exactly am I tipping you? You made me a take-out item. Part of the price.
I don't pay take-out people either.
But if someone carries food to my car, makes me a drink or waits on me at a table, they get tipped. It;s how it works in this country.
I've been to the countries that don't have tipping. The service almost always sucks.
I always put a dollar in 'em. Mostly because I like the owner of the local chipotle, it's a crazy/funny hispanic lady who calls me her little chico.
Other places, like pizza places or whatnot, that include tip lines, I don't normally tip, unless something stands out about the service.
This thread reminds of an episode of the US version of The Office.
Dwight: OKAY, this is not an eight-foot sub.
Delivery Guy: Uhhh, we don't make an eight-foot sub, this is eight one-foot subs.
Dwight: F-
Dwight (Talking to the camera after he didn't tip the delivery guy): Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however tip my urologist, because I'm unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.
Dwight: OKAY, this is not an eight-foot sub.
Delivery Guy: Uhhh, we don't make an eight-foot sub, this is eight one-foot subs.
Dwight: F-
Dwight (Talking to the camera after he didn't tip the delivery guy): Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however tip my urologist, because I'm unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.
UK resident here.
What the f*** is this tipping culture all aboout? I really don't understand. Pay someone extra to do their job? Sod that; not my problem. The fact that being a waiter doesn't pay enough to keep someone alive is nothing to do with the customer...
The fact that they clear the table, refill drinks, serve food, etc is irelevant. You can't run a restaurant without doing that stuff -- that's exactly why people go there... If I went to a restaurant and had to help myself, fetch food from the kitchen, pour my own drinks, etc... well, I'd just stay at home, wouldn't I?
Do you tip Apple for mounting your disk images? Do you tip a pilot for steering his plane? Do you tip a doctor for washing his hands. Of course you don't; it's part of the job and they couldn't keep the job without doing it...
This tipping automatically, it's for the birds...
Steve.
What the f*** is this tipping culture all aboout? I really don't understand. Pay someone extra to do their job? Sod that; not my problem. The fact that being a waiter doesn't pay enough to keep someone alive is nothing to do with the customer...
The fact that they clear the table, refill drinks, serve food, etc is irelevant. You can't run a restaurant without doing that stuff -- that's exactly why people go there... If I went to a restaurant and had to help myself, fetch food from the kitchen, pour my own drinks, etc... well, I'd just stay at home, wouldn't I?
Do you tip Apple for mounting your disk images? Do you tip a pilot for steering his plane? Do you tip a doctor for washing his hands. Of course you don't; it's part of the job and they couldn't keep the job without doing it...
This tipping automatically, it's for the birds...
Steve.
Rethinking that (I've been out of my routine for about a month), I tip at the one I regularly go to workday mornings. It's the one that that has that barista that knows my order and usually has it ready for me before I get to the counter.
Yeah, I'm an addict.I usually don't tip at other Starbucks type places if it's another one out of my routine.
I also might tip the Starbucks if they have a really annoying customer prior to me and they've had to put up with a lot of lip.
Also when it's especially busy (lots of caffeine addicts grabbing everyone else's order) , I've made a habit of giving them an obscure fake name. Somehow no one but me would grab that order for "Jezebel"
This is why almost every service experience I've had in UK restaurants suck. Not all, but quite a few. They get paid either way.
When pay is dependent on service... things are usually different.
Usually.
If I get good service when I am abroad, I tip, customary or not, but again - I don't tip unless there is real service involved.
I guess it's location, location, location.
I am also writing from Los Angeles (crazy land of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and such).
On the other hand, in Japan, there is no tipping as far as I remember from my one trip there.
Tipping is always an area of debate. My seemingly negative thoughts are as follows:
-Tipping curbside is a waste. I can just as easily walk in myself.
-Some of you tip way too much - I tip based on service and never ever more than 15% (one exception), why?
-Wait staff are the biggest tax evaders I know. I have worked in restaurant when I was younger and discovered the trick is telling uncle Sam that you cleared $50 in tips, when in reality you made $200...hmmm $150 in tax free earnings - nice...
-my buddy hates my tipping amounts and often feels the need top off my tips because I am "cheap"
-I refuse to buy the "they rely on your tips for a living" argument. If they rely on my tips, they should serve me food, keep my drink full, and follow up occasionally to see if I need anything...that is after all, their job - should they do that well, I will tip accordingly. There are plenty of other jobs that pay a living wage. Don't blame me as a consumer for your situation.
-bartenders make way too much money, I'll usually tip every other trip. $1.00 at most, unless the order is large.
-the one exception when I will tip more than 15% is if I linger longer than I should. For example, if I get a table at BW3 for a football game (Go Vikes!), I may tip 40+% because I understand that I am taking up a table that could have been served 3 or more times during that 3 hours.
In my head, this makes sense...
-Tipping curbside is a waste. I can just as easily walk in myself.
-Some of you tip way too much - I tip based on service and never ever more than 15% (one exception), why?
-Wait staff are the biggest tax evaders I know. I have worked in restaurant when I was younger and discovered the trick is telling uncle Sam that you cleared $50 in tips, when in reality you made $200...hmmm $150 in tax free earnings - nice...
-my buddy hates my tipping amounts and often feels the need top off my tips because I am "cheap"
-I refuse to buy the "they rely on your tips for a living" argument. If they rely on my tips, they should serve me food, keep my drink full, and follow up occasionally to see if I need anything...that is after all, their job - should they do that well, I will tip accordingly. There are plenty of other jobs that pay a living wage. Don't blame me as a consumer for your situation.
-bartenders make way too much money, I'll usually tip every other trip. $1.00 at most, unless the order is large.
-the one exception when I will tip more than 15% is if I linger longer than I should. For example, if I get a table at BW3 for a football game (Go Vikes!), I may tip 40+% because I understand that I am taking up a table that could have been served 3 or more times during that 3 hours.
In my head, this makes sense...
well if you are working for 3$ per hour then it's pretty much your own fault
that would be at current exchange 2,2 euro/hour
i wouldn't even bother with such a job
that would be at current exchange 2,2 euro/hour
i wouldn't even bother with such a job
Picking up food = no tip
Sitting at a table and being served "properly" and "courteously" and "promptly" = tip
I asked the similar question on this forum while back. I came to the definitive conclusion I will never tip when I order a take out food at the restaurant.
Sitting at a table and being served "properly" and "courteously" and "promptly" = tip
I asked the similar question on this forum while back. I came to the definitive conclusion I will never tip when I order a take out food at the restaurant.
