Some of the carry out places I frequent have tip jars, and the credit card receipt has a line to write in a tip. I always feel awkward when the guy at the register looks at my receipt and I didn't tip. But I don't see why I should be tipping - I walked my ass over to pick up my own food. Any work they did should be included in the price of my order, no?
Screw them
No.
There isn't any reason to tip on a carry out order. Just because they put a tip jar out doesn't mean they deserve a tip.
Depends
If it's a restaurant that I order take out from but could sit down and a server was the one to put it together I usually leave a dollar on my card. Thinking is they would be working on their tables if it wasn't for me.
It it's only take out/fast food the only time I tip is when I pay cash and don't feel like carrying around whatever coins I get as change.
I agree..
I agree, I used to work at a restaurant and the carry out workers do their fair share of work to put the order together so I always tip them. But if I go pickup a pizza from Hungry Howies or something I usually do not.
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Depends on the restaurant. I
Depends on the restaurant. I know at Chili's and Buffalo Wild Wings, the takeaway servers get min. wage so I don't tip. At the Outback I work at, they get paid $2.63 an hour, just like regular servers and depend on tips. Nothing big, $2-3 dollars will do.
To eat at a restaurant it should be required that you worked at one for a year so you learn that your ranch isn't that f-ing important. Yes I did steal that from Daniel Tosh.
How can they make under minimum wage...?
In a non-Waiting position? Are they watching tables too? Because if not, they're hostesses, not servers. And your Outback sounds like it's doing something illegal.
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Nope
The rules are different for employees who receive a significant portion of their income through tips, not just servers.
The Federal minimum wage is something like $2.13 for tipped employees. In Michigan, I think it's $2.65. However, if tips + wages don't exceed actual minimum wage, the employer has to make up the difference.
I believe you
But how can a take out person not working the bar or something be considered getting a significant amount of their income from tips? We just had a whole thread of non-tipping for take out people, and if it was a thread of "do you tip the hostess?" I bet it would be even worse. Sounds like an excuse not to call it what it really is...a minimum wage job. Either through generous tips or employer make-up.
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Because you work carry-out in shifts.
Servers end up doing carry-out shifts. Some places hire hosts that don't serve, ever.
It depends entirely on the restaurant. There's no real way to tell how practices work from restaurant.
Would you rather err on the safe side or not? Most of the people I worked with in food service live check to check (edit: myself included - I worked two jobs in food service + midnights at meijer during a semester at U-M as a full-time student). For them, a bad day at work = an overdraft fee, or worse.
If you're going out to eat, you can afford to tip.
If you're not going to tip, go home and cook.
See, I don't agree with that
Because I can afford to eat out doesn't mean I can afford to pay a guys employees for him. I pity anyone who can't make ends meet but I don't go around giving money to all of them. I would like to know when it became incumbent upon the consumers to pay the wages of the employees? We do that by paying the bills at the end of whatever it is we are doing, why should we HAVE to give a tip as well?
The only ones making out good in all this is the employers.
I say you ask Mr. Pink what
I say you ask Mr. Pink what he thinks about this.
Tipping automatically is for
Tipping automatically is for the birds. I don't tip because society says I have to.
-Mr Pink.
I typically charge the cost
I typically charge the cost of the carryout and often drop a dollar or two in the tip jar. It doesn't impact me very much and might help someone else.
Depends
If I spend say 5.53 and get 47 cents in change at a carry out place I'll usually just drop the change in the jar. If I'm using my card I'm probably not going to tip, but I do make it a point to remember if someone was extremely courteous so that if I ever do spend cash there I'd end up tipping. This means I will never leave a tip at Blimpie Burger.
If you're going to neg me, at
If you're going to neg me, at least say why. I mean I understand that Blimpie Burger prides itself in its joking rude act or whatever, but when they don't let old ladies with canes lean on a counter or sit down it goes from jest to downright douchebaggery.
It's Blimpy Burger the
It's Blimpy Burger the attitude is part of the experience that makes Blimpy the greatest burger joint in the word, if you don't appreciate it don't eat there.
Didn't say I wouldn't eat
Didn't say I wouldn't eat there, just said I wouldn't tip there. I understand the whole, lets have attitude to stand out from the crowd stuff, but when you tell elderly disabled people they aren't allowed to lean or sit somewhere it becomes indecent. If I'm going to tip someone to abuse me, it's going to be a hooker.
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Today is your two year MGoBirthday... you should know better than to complain about a neg
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I've read MGoBlog for a long time, I really didn't start posting until I got unbelievably bored at work one day and decided I would start posting on the topics I read. Oh and I guess your MGoBirthday is tomorrow, so happy 2 years in advance haha.
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Haha thanks brotha
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I didn't neg you, but one
I didn't neg you, but one little note - don't tip pennies. No one wants those. In your hypothetical, drop 45 cents in and keep the pennies or put them in a penny jar.
I ususally do if it's a place
I ususally do if it's a place that I eat at a lot, otherwise no.
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Negging by people without the stones to say why is endemic around here. I'd guess it's because you dared utter a comment that was critical of Blimpie, and thou shalt not criticize Blimpie.
If I neg i usually say why,
If I neg i usually say why, unless it's pretty self explanatory (e.g. a Troll.) I realize I'll probably get negged for this. It's okay, I'll eventually get to 100,000 and get my date with Brian.
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Hahaa. I got negged after I
Hahaa. I got negged after I posted the Bob Probert has died thread. I posted some video off of youtube of some of his fights and someone negged that part instead of the thread so I couldn't see who did it. Its pretty comical when you negged for posting something about someone who just died.
Negged
Failure to use the reply button.
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And Wendys remains superior in every way.
And I dont even like Wendys.
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I am glad that there is
I am glad that there is someone else out their who hates Blimpie. Stay strong brother.
i'm a cook...
and i feel that the only person or people that should get tipped on a carry out order is the cooks... we did all the work and we get nothing out of it...
You mean you didn't get paid
You mean you didn't get paid by your employer to cook the meal? Man, you should fined a new job, or better yet can you draft in Autocad or Revit?
well...
my point was that the waitresses or person at the counter are the ones get the tips that do come in on carry out orders... the cooks who did all of the work in putting the order together don't see any % of that tip... myself personally i don't tip on carry out because i know the majority of the time waitress is just going to pocket it...
That's funny...
The place where I work the cooks get paid pretty damn well. And when you guys (cooks) screw up food, it's the servers tips that get reduced. Even though they had nothing to do w/ you (the cooks) grilling someones steak well when they wanted it medium. Maybe the cooks should then give the servers money out of their pocket when they screw up food that leaves the window and gets sent back?
the never ending...
battle between cooks and servers... sounds like you work at a place where the owners over pay the cooks to keep them around no matter how bad of a job they do...
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Quite possible my friend. Never said the people who ran the place I worked at were the smartest lol.
What do you consider paid
What do you consider paid well? From what I've experienced in NYC, cooks make between $10-$15 an hour, and the high end is at restaurants like Le Bernardin. Maybe my values are screwed up, but in no way is that paid well. Especially when servers at those restaurants can pull in tips from tables with an average check north of $100.
I can't speak for your
I can't speak for your experiences, but I can for mine.
I work at a ritzy place in the summer, highest end in my area (which doesn't have many..) as a server. I get 2.65 an hour. The chefs get 15.50 an hour.
There are many complications from little nitpicky stuff in orders there. When a chef misses one of those, who deals with the customer?
Odds are good you're making a pretty decent wage to be preparing what you are. We don't. Odds are unless you're waiter/tress is a complete ass/bitch, you're getting a 5-10 dollar tip from each one in the joint.
I think you're either working at the wrong place or working with some shit wait staff
If it's a regular restaurant,
If it's a regular restaurant, always. The waiters working at the bar/counter are expecting tips as part of their wages. For fast food-type places, it's more optional.
if she's cute, i'll tip
if she's cute, i'll tip
Exactly
The only thing that gets me to tip on a carry out order is if the girl is cute !
Here's my logic for tipping.
Here's my logic for tipping. I understand that they get paid less than $3/hour, but no one needs to be getting paid $30+/hour for waiting tables. You tip to ensure good service, you don't tip for anything else. That includes making sure your drink never runs out, getting your food quickly, making sure your drinks are strong, etc. It doesn't include writing down your order and placing it in a bag.
I generally start with 20% and go from there. If it is a small bill, I'll add $1. If it's a large bill and the tip is already $10, I'll take off $1, because they usually have 3 other tables tipping as well. even if they don't $9 plus the minimum wage is about what a waiter should be making.
Not bad thinking...
but you need to remember (and it's something most people don't know)...a server tips out..usually three other people at the end of the night. It varies place to place..but from my experience..we tipped out a busser, food runner, and bartender. Each person gets 10% of our sales. (which is b.s. the bartender should be tipped out on alcohol sales, but that's another story).
So if at the end of my night my sales are $551 I was expected to tip each of the three $6. If it's $549 I tipped each person $5.
Regardless you're taking out 15-18 dollars from what you make. Just something to remember when you're going out and tipping.
LoL at someone...
...giving me a negative for that post. Makes sense.
We seem to have some real
We seem to have some real tightwads around here.
It could be your math.
10% of $550 is $55, a bit more than $5/$6 depending on your rounding.
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Ha..
good call. Definitely overlooked that mistake. Didn't mean 10%, but the point remains the same. People still need to understand that servers don't keep 100% of their tips.
so by your logic if they
so by your logic if they did amazing and most compaines have 3 table sections at 20% of 500 bucks is??? 100 bucks now that 100 bucks is spilt up between a busser, food runner, bartender, cooks so now the sever walks with 70 in 8 hours so your right they didnt make 30 bucks an hour they made way less. you guys are so dumb.
If you see someone in an airport with Michigan logos on luggage and they are wearing a pilot uniform come say hello.
Uhm, $70 in 8 hours
Is about $9 an hour (almost), plus the minimum wage. Which is what he said.
I mean, if it's so unfair, you could pay them more, and cut into your profits...or charge more, and see if people take their business elsewhere.
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when is the last time that restaurant gave you a handout? Tips have gotten so out of hand these days it's ridiculous.
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