Do you tip on takeout?

[reader79]

espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp13/story/_/id/9528853/drew-brees-new-orleans-saints-amazed-reaction-takeout-tip

I saw this article on another forum I read, but there weren't any comments yet. 

My take - I only tip when I pick up takeout from one restaurant, my little hole in the wall Chinatown joint in the city. And that's just a 'keep the change' situation, I don't pull out extra bills from my pocket. Delivery is another story, I tip the pizza man, and the Chinese food delivery man very well. 

I believe this is the original "Oh, look how cheap Drew Brees is..." post.

network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/saints_qb_drew_brees_disses_a_waitress_with_a_bad_tip/14168900?linksrc=home_rg_head_14168900

[muttleynfelix]

I don't tip for carry out. 

[justme]

No tip. I read the comments from one of the stories about it and someone was arguing that the take-out waiter still had to tip out bussers and bartenders based on how much the sell. That just sounds like a crappy way to run a business because why would a server need to give money when there's nothing for a busser to clean and no drinks for a bartender to make.

[wodehouse]

I tip if it's primarily a restaurant and 'take-out' is a sideline (like Applebee's). The 'server' has to assemble the order, make certain that everything is in the bag(s), get condiments, etc. I don't tip at fast food, nor at Subway, etc.

I also tip for non-food service, such as carwash.

[steph08]

I don't think I have ever tipped on take-out.  DH and I saw this story on ESPN the other day and we both thought he was fine. It's take-out. You're the one driving to pick it up, serving it to yourselves, etc.

[imawino]

Aug 5, 2013 14:05:39 GMT -5 wodehouse said:

I tip if it's primarily a restaurant and 'take-out' is a sideline (like Applebee's). The 'server' has to assemble the order, make certain that everything is in the bag(s), get condiments, etc. I don't tip at fast food, nor at Subway, etc.

I also tip for non-food service, such as carwash.

I tip a few bucks for carryout from a non-fast food restaurant.  Not 20%, but definitely something.

[taz157]

No.

[zibazinski]

I do. I round up a couple of bucks worth. Like if its $17.22, ill give $20 

[Tennesseer]

I tip at Sonics (brought to your car) but no other fast food joints.

[Deleted]

Take out: no!

Delivery: yes


We order take out twice a week on average : pizza night and Chinese food night. We always pick up and never tip.

We eat out 1-2 times a month now if even with our hectic schedule; ~20% average tip.

[Cookies Galore]

Any restaurant I've worked in the kitchen crew always put the takeout bags together. I'd double-check the order and make sure everything was there, but I never had to put takeout together unless the guys in the kitchen were too busy or they messed something up.

[Deleted]

The only place I ever get take-out from is my favorite Mexican restaurant.  I always get a taco salad, and it's always just for me.

I tip $1 for the "assembly" part.  I think the salad (comes with salsa and chips) comes to about $8.

We eat there a lot real time so I want to at least say "thank you" even though I don't feel it really requires a tip.

[ZaireinHD]

for calling my favorite Restaurants: Houlihands or TGI Fridays and I go pick up
if she is attractive - yes
if a guy no

Subway - yes always

Tips are for doing the extra (To Improve Proper Service I think?)
I get what wodehouse said but to me that is doing their job.

The 'server' has to assemble the order, make certain that everything is in the bag(s), get condiments, etc.

do the extra for a tip!

[sarcasticgirl]

I have never tipped on takeout. I didn't even know that was a thing. 

[Deleted]

Aug 7, 2013 9:41:01 GMT -5 sarcasticgirl said:

I have never tipped on takeout. I didn't even know that was a thing. 

And I always thought that the major benefit of take out vs delivery was that I did not have to tip.

If I have to tip either way I might as well seat my ass home and have the food delivered.

[Formerly SK]

Aug 5, 2013 16:01:22 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

Any restaurant I've worked in the kitchen crew always put the takeout bags together. I'd double-check the order and make sure everything was there, but I never had to put takeout together unless the guys in the kitchen were too busy or they messed something up.

  And IME the restaurant codes the sale to the general acct (vs a specific server's acct) so there isn't any taxation on sales.  Especially for a place like Applebees where they are actively pushing to-go orders - you're not going to get anyone to staff that position if they have to pay taxes (and tip out) on sales without also receiving tips from customers.  It would be a different job classification (like the salad prep person would handle it or one of the hostesses).  Granted I haven't worked in a restaurant in a bazillion years...YMMV.

[imawino]

Cheap Bastards! 

[swamp]

Aug 7, 2013 12:09:09 GMT -5 imawino said:

Cheap Bastards! 

Are you new here?

[Phoenix84]

I don't tip for take out.

[Icelandic Woman]

I have never tipped for take out or fast food. It has never even crossed my mind to do so. I do tip for delivery though. Oh and I consider Subway fast food.

[motherto2]

I didn't use to tip for take out.  Had no idea about it til a couple of years ago. First, I have to start with the fact that I almost never get take out, except pizza from Dominoes maybe 3 times a year.  Although when I went on vacation and had my DS with me over the weekend, we did take out a couple of times because we had the dog.  I did tip a few dollars, but mostly that was because the take outs were the responsibility of the bartender.  Luckily both places weren't really busy at the time, but that is a lot of work for the bartender and to keep up with the drunks.  I've also been working withmy DS trying to show him more of the grownup world stuff, since he needs to learn the ways of the world .  I might throw the change in the cup at a Subway or coffee place, although I don't really frequent those places either.

[toomuchreality]

Do you tip at a drive up window?  I often see 'tip cups' sitting on the ledge, when I drive up, which I find irritating. If I was considering a tip, I may not, because I saw the stupid beggar cup!

I tip for a job well done, not because it was asked for. How is handing a sack out a window, so much more difficult than handing it to a person that walked in?