If it's a place I would have sat down and ate dinner, I'll leave 10%. But if I have to drive home smelling it and hungry, no way I'm giving more than that.
A couple months ago some places in Colorado have a “Covid” fee of 10%, and now some places are just adding a Gratuity straight to the total price from take out orders. These places I do not tip, because if you are going to charge these fees the customer should be aware before placing an order.
Apparently I'm thinking of something different than you folks. I'm talking about picking up through the drive-thru from like McDonalds or Pizza Hut.
I agree, the customer should be aware, because if they are tacking on those fees, they shouldn’t even be asking for a tip.
I’m not even against paying higher prices for my food if it means paying employees living wages. I like the European model much better when it comes to the service industry.
Same here, I lived in Greece for a summer and it was great knowing you didn’t have to think about tips for anything. The US should just get rid of tipping it just complicates everything, but restaurants will say its too expensive.....I agree, the customer should be aware, because if they are tacking on those fees, they shouldn’t even be asking for a tip.
I’m not even against paying higher prices for my food if it means paying employees living wages. I like the European model much better when it comes to the service industry.
Many waiters don’t want to get rid of tips. I was at a nice steak house a few weeks ago. Tip ended up being about $125 for my table alone. I’m sure that guy doesn’t want to switch to a $10 or $15 hourly wage.
He might if he got stiffed on that table. You can do well as a server if you work the right spots, and shifts. It's not consistent though. I have a friend in Huntsville AL that makes six figures as a waiter. High end place, lots of wine and rare booze, and he is good at his job. He has bad nights too though. Two sides to the argument as always.
I used to work as a to-go person at a chain restaurant and we would get above minimum wage while the waiters would get below. Now we would take the orders over the phone and be responsible for that order until it got to your car. We had to make sure the food was presentable, hot, and had the right condiments and utensils. We would also go out in any weather and bring it to your car. I never expected tips, but it was nice and did happen often.Lately we've been getting a lot of to-go from restaurants. I've noticed a lot of these restaurants have apps that automatically include a tip when you're checking out, unless you go in and set the top amount to zero.
Now my question is this: Why the hell would I tip for a to-go order? I'm going in and picking up my food, no one is waiting on me, and it's just a cook making my food and someone putting in a bag.
However, I feel that often times I get the cold shoulder, almost as if when I pick it up, they are disgruntled that I didn't leave them a tip.
Do you tip on to-go orders? I just can't wrap my head around this one for the life of me.
Why does everyone feel like they deserve a tip these days. I feel like George Costanza
I used to work as a to-go person at a chain restaurant and we would get above minimum wage while the waiters would get below. Now we would take the orders over the phone and be responsible for that order until it got to your car. We had to make sure the food was presentable, hot, and had the right condiments and utensils. We would also go out in any weather and bring it to your car. I never expected tips, but it was nice and did happen often.
The regular wait staff would have to tip out 3% of their sales. So on a $100 check $2 go to the hosts and $1 goes to the bartender automatically. Then we would have to report a 10% tip for taxes...no matter if they left you 0. So that is another $2. when you leave me $10 on that $100 bill I'm only seeing $5 in tips.
Sorry for ranting but if you think that to-go person went above and beyond tip them. If you think your waiter did a shitty job, tip them but let them know they screwed up.
Yea today it's crazy what waiters get. They now get over minimum wage plus tips. 5-10% is appropriate in my mind for a to-go order.Gotcha. But what would you said is a fair tip assuming everything went as planned? I mean 20% seems too high because it's not like they are literally waiting on me. Does 5-10% seem more reasonable?
I honestly had no idea since I've never worked in the service industry. Again, I just wish the restaurants would build something into the price of the food.
I don't bother with Uber Eats, GrubHub, or any of those delivery services. I've seen how badly those third parties nickel and dime the restaurants, and in many cases they lose money off of those delivery services. My thought is if you care about the restaurant and want it to stay around, just go pick it up in person (or curbside).
He might if he got stiffed on that table. You can do well as a server if you work the right spots, and shifts. It's not consistent though. I have a friend in Huntsville AL that makes six figures as a waiter. High end place, lots of wine and rare booze, and he is good at his job. He has bad nights too though. Two sides to the argument as always.
Yea today it's crazy what waiters get. They now get over minimum wage plus tips. 5-10% is appropriate in my mind for a to-go order.
It is more popular in cities since people don’t own cars. When I’m home in Pennsylvania I always go pick up. But for me to pick up in my town now I have a hefty walk of about 15 minutes each way to get to the town center where restaurants are located. I park about a 10 minute walk from my apartment so that doesn’t help much since I still have to drive to town.
P.F. Changs...Chinese food must really suck in AZ if that is where you get it from?...lol sorry kind of spoiled here but I have found them to be terrible. But to answer your original question, no I don't tip on pick up orders..typically (like a Dunkin donuts, Panera etc...) However a good restaurant I have frequented and I know they were leveled by this nightmare I will take care of the staff that has been great in the past.What irked me is we ordered P.F. Chang’s which is very expensive. The order total came to $86 before tip. You’re telling me that with those high prices dishes you can’t afford to pay your employees a living wage?
I'll keep that in mind! Like I said, I had no idea what actually goes into it.
I'd be curious to know what the average waiter makes these days.
Yes, I can see it being a big hit in the cities. I read an article once saying Uber Eats takes something like 30% of the total. I guess the restaurants ought to just raise prices to compensate for us. I know a lot of companies do this on the Apple App Store. AllTrails for instance charges you 30% more if you subscribe to their app in app, but if you do it through the website, it's 30% less. Makes sense to me.
P.F. Changs...Chinese food must really suck in AZ if that is where you get it from?...lol sorry kind of spoiled here but I have found them to be terrible. But to answer your original question, no I don't tip on pick up orders..typically (like a Dunkin donuts, Panera etc...) However a good restaurant I have frequented and I know they were leveled by this nightmare I will take care of the staff that has been great in the past.
I had a local pizza place tell me uber eats and the like add 30% to the bill. All I can say is when my daughter was confined with Covid, she ordered a Dunkin donuts iced coffee with door dash (normally $3.47) the bill was over $11.50???I think most places around here are more expensive on Uber eats. Most restaurants here are on delivery apps and have been for at least a few years so I’d expect they are making at least some money on the orders. Especially in a college town, they get a ton of orders through the apps.