If I were to put a tip on the line when I get my carry out food, exactly who would I be tipping?
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No need to tip for take out orders at the restaurant?
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aquajet said:
Well either prices would have to go up or profits would have to go down.I wonder which?
The so-called low wage for waiters/waitress would be beyond the scope of this thread (a short comment: the business should pay the wages at the market rate/skill level. Mabye the restaurant business considers "tip" as the performance incentive because good tip earners are the ones who are doing great job/service) Of course, if people working as waiter/waitress can move on the different jobs if they don't like their pay/conspensation packages.eva01 said:
Now, back on the thread.
I still don't think one should tip for take out. I was in an awkward moment where the lady didn't give me change back for my order, and a pause ... I was thinking, "where's my change" ... and she was thinking, "that's all your tipping me?" blink blink ... haha ...
That's a good question. That is part of the reason I don't want to tip for take outs. If you tip, you are tipping for nothing in my opinion. Someone in this thread said you would be tipping for taking your orders, asseblying your orders, and putting them in the take out containers, which I don't agree. If you are tipping for taking orders and assemblying orders, you would be tipping at MacDonalds, Wendy's, Berger Kings, and etc.adk said:
I work the To Go counter at a local pizza restaurant, and we have the custom of having a tip jar in front of the register. While the servers make a server pay ($2.15/hr) and work mainly off tips, the To Go workers get regular pay and the tips are just a "bonus." I'll be honest with you -- I really don't expect people to tip. There's really no need; we honestly aren't doing anything to merit tips. I mean I love it when people tip and won't argue if you do try and tip, but I don't feel stiffed if I'm not tipped.
I will say, there are a few times I think the customer maybe should tip. Some orders are huge and complicated and I spend a good 10 minutes or so on the phone with them, then go and explain their specific order to the person making their pizzas. Then when those customers come in, they'll have us running around getting all kinds of stuff, and then usually I bring their food to the car for them. I'm not saying they SHOULD tip, but a couple bucks in the tip jar for an order for pizza over $100 would be nice.
Some people give really good tips, which I'm always surprised (as in a $5 tip on a $25 order is AMAZING). By the end of the night, I tend to go home with about $15 in tips (and I have to split the tips with my "helper"; on days I don't have a helper, I make about $25).
I've noticed I always tip to go people (at Starbucks, etc) because I know I appreciate the tips. But they're not necessary.
I will say, there are a few times I think the customer maybe should tip. Some orders are huge and complicated and I spend a good 10 minutes or so on the phone with them, then go and explain their specific order to the person making their pizzas. Then when those customers come in, they'll have us running around getting all kinds of stuff, and then usually I bring their food to the car for them. I'm not saying they SHOULD tip, but a couple bucks in the tip jar for an order for pizza over $100 would be nice.
Some people give really good tips, which I'm always surprised (as in a $5 tip on a $25 order is AMAZING). By the end of the night, I tend to go home with about $15 in tips (and I have to split the tips with my "helper"; on days I don't have a helper, I make about $25).
I've noticed I always tip to go people (at Starbucks, etc) because I know I appreciate the tips. But they're not necessary.
For anybody who questions the relevancy of tipping (not that many people here seem to do): many in the profession resent not getting paid by those they serve. If you choose to make a habit of not tipping, your servers pay attention to these things and your level of service may be affected in the future. Some might disagree or feel irritated by this, but it's reality.
An Ethic of Tipping has, of course, regional bias and import. If the term "gratuity" (deriving from some form of "gratis" = "free"), applies to those who practice it, they should have freedom to respond with monetary expression above and beyond the tab proportionately to the quality of service rendered. Poor service = poor tip. A "Required" 15% is therefore no longer a gratuity. Most restaurants require and even figure in 15% as "gratuity".
When I receive excellent service from an intelligent person who is smart enough to know how this goes, I will often tip as much as 25%. We always leave an envelope after a week's stay at a hotel where the maid care has been exceptional. But I resent "owing" 15% over the price of a meal to be payed to an inattentive, preoccupied and "'tis a far better place I be" type who pretends to "serve" a table. Carry out? Same scenario where there's attentive service. Smart waiters and waitresses make good money, 'cause they're not too cool to be smart.
When I receive excellent service from an intelligent person who is smart enough to know how this goes, I will often tip as much as 25%. We always leave an envelope after a week's stay at a hotel where the maid care has been exceptional. But I resent "owing" 15% over the price of a meal to be payed to an inattentive, preoccupied and "'tis a far better place I be" type who pretends to "serve" a table. Carry out? Same scenario where there's attentive service. Smart waiters and waitresses make good money, 'cause they're not too cool to be smart.
If I go and get my take out, sit down and wait for it to be served and they offer me a glass of water, I might leave $1 or so. But other than that, no tip.
The one place this would happen often was Nam Viet in Clarendon (Great Vietnamese Food) and excellent service. I'd drive 20 minutes just to get takeout and they'd always sit you down at a table and offer you something. It was quite nice.
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The one place this would happen often was Nam Viet in Clarendon (Great Vietnamese Food) and excellent service. I'd drive 20 minutes just to get takeout and they'd always sit you down at a table and offer you something. It was quite nice.
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Also, if you get you get your hair cut by the owner of the barbershop/salon there is NO need to tip them.
If the waitress at a restaurant is the owner, however, you should tip because the tip get split between the waiter, the water/bus kids, the maitre'd(if there is one), and the back waiter (who you never see, but who's job is as important as the table waiter. without him/her your orders would come out slower or to the wrong table or cold.) Often, if the waitress is an owner, he/she will not take the portion of tips that would normally go to the waiter and makes the tip pool that much larger.
If the waitress at a restaurant is the owner, however, you should tip because the tip get split between the waiter, the water/bus kids, the maitre'd(if there is one), and the back waiter (who you never see, but who's job is as important as the table waiter. without him/her your orders would come out slower or to the wrong table or cold.) Often, if the waitress is an owner, he/she will not take the portion of tips that would normally go to the waiter and makes the tip pool that much larger.
We don't tip (well, not a percentage anyway, more often just a "round up to the nearest $5 or $10) here in Australia and the waiter get paid a hell of a lot more (A$20+ an hour). Mind you, we don't have bus boys or drinks waiters or back waiters or any of that bollocks - we do the lot. Sometimes there will be a bartender to pour drinks but they won't take them to the table.
If I do my job I don't expect a tip, if I work my arse off to make an evening really special than yeah - most people tip me but not a set percentage.
If I do my job I don't expect a tip, if I work my arse off to make an evening really special than yeah - most people tip me but not a set percentage.