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Tipping on takeout?

takeout.. no? if anything the service on their end is easier because I called and ordered, or ordered online and literally walked up to pick up my bag. the work they do at the front of the house is reduced to almost nil.

no tip. it's quite literally their job, the least they can do is give me a bag of food or leave it in a "pickup' area of the counter
 
I wonder how many of you all have ever worked in the Service Industry in any way.

If you had, you would know that these jobs are among the most thankless, difficult jobs around.

Just fucking tip the folks that are working to help feed your busy/lazy mouths. Mmmmkay pumpkin?

REALLY not that difficult...SMDH

Folks, just be decent human beings...

ANd that's totally our fault. I mean the system is broken so it's our job to compensate them for their employer not paying them a living wage?
 
Reminds me of ppl who leave tips after getting your food/beverage from a cafeteria line. This thread is funny, do y'all tip in a drive through line? Concession at movie theatres? What about the flea market. Or at fast food counter? They are all making min wage or need your sales to survive.

You got no extra service, who you actually tipping????

I worked in Switzerland, they would mean mug you if you tried to tip, like it is SERIOUSLY looked down upon

I don't tip on takeout, your missing the loophole where the restaurant owners are not paying for a busser and a dishwasher, that is huge savings every day. And my first job at 15 I worked in a restaurant as host/busser, then I think of the movie waiting and yea lol

It's not like I don't tip, last camping trip we wanted s'mores but didn't pack it, lucky the guy who oversees the campgrounds had a kit, I paid him but then he realized he ran out and had to open the lodge up to get more took him like an hour+. He felt bad gave us a free metal smore holder, I tipped him for his extra efforts which is my main point.

this. besides the fact that I don't think customers should subsidize the employers lack of compensation (I still tip when sitting down at a restaurant anyway) - a takeout order is like almost 0 effort for the front of the house people... especially with mobile ordering being so popular now. why the fuck am I tipping somebody through a mobile order for putting my bag on a pickup counter or asking me for my name and handing me a bag with my name on it?..
 

great link. the bit about people traveling on business really resonated with me. i used to travel a ton for business, and always tipped VERY generously when on an expense account. IMO it almost felt like a civic duty to spread my company’s abundant wealth around (sort of a ‘walk the talk’ situation, and i took some personal satisfaction in shedding some of their hefty profit margin to hard workers).

I wonder how many of you all have ever worked in the Service Industry in any way.

If you had, you would know that these jobs are among the most thankless, difficult jobs around.

Just fucking tip the folks that are working to help feed your busy/lazy mouths. Mmmmkay pumpkin?

REALLY not that difficult...SMDH

Folks, just be decent human beings...

my first job was as counter help in a fast food joint - became almost immediately convinced that EVERYONE should do time doing the same. HUGE lesson in common courtesy, respect and working for an honest dime. people can be such shitbags. being on the receiving end of that might teach them a thing or two. and to your point - a little human decency.
 
Look. Cough up your god damned buck like everybody else.

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I tipped higher than my friends when in Montreal, with the exchange rate it's worth being generous :)

In Canada they hand you a terminal where you enter your PIN and the tip and the card never leaves your side. I kept trying to hand my card to the servers...one lady said "Should I just add the gratuity myself then?" pleasantly and I responded with "Just add the appropriate amount" ;)

I just did 20% across the board while home.
 
I get that the system is broken, but punishing individual agents on the market is the wrong way to "fight the man." If you're the type to withhold tips because you find the system/practice distasteful, you should be one of the supporters to push legislation to establish fair wages and labor protection for service workers. This impacts the livelihoods of people that highly value additional incremental income. For many of us that reside in the bay area, an incremental hundred or even thousands of dollars per month doesn't mean very much, but the same amount can mean the difference of having food on the table, making rent paying for tuition or other necessities for these folks.

Behaviorally, I try to nudge this in the direction of a self fulfilling prophecy. I ask the employee for guidance on what and how much I should get. Sure, sometimes it's a flop and I get someone with dead fish eyes, but most of the time, the employee genuinely tries to help me and I think this helps establish a feeling of fair exchange of value. I end up with a better order and they get a tip, but hopefully, some satisfaction in having a pleasant exchange with a customer. Having someone help me optimize an order is worth the gratuity cost. Someone helping me enjoy more laughter and smiles in my day deserves gratuity as well.

I go to a local coffee shop to buy whole bean coffee regularly and I tip on the retail purchase. Yup, a retail purchase. But they were also the people that helped me choose the beans based on my palate preferences. My buying beans also means I don't go in regularly to buy pre-made coffee drinks where gratuity is normally expected.

Do it if you can afford it. If you can't, at least be pleasant to the workers. They have it hard enough as it is. For the record, I've never worked in food services. I honestly don't think I have it in me to tolerate the quality of customers they have to deal with. :laughing
 
Sounds like it is time to tip every one that you get goods and services from at least 20%. Then they might be able to afford health insurance.
 
No tips for take out. Tipping for me is about service and I do not get any service outside of what the cook does when I get take out.
 
I wonder how many of you all have ever worked in the Service Industry in any way.

If you had, you would know that these jobs are among the most thankless, difficult jobs around.

Just fucking tip the folks that are working to help feed your busy/lazy mouths. Mmmmkay pumpkin?

REALLY not that difficult...SMDH

Folks, just be decent human beings...

I did and made fucks tons of money. Cash in hand every night.

Don’t put being a decent human being on my ability to tip. That’s a shitty response from someone that thinks they deserve more than they do. You’re literally bringing food to a table and that’s it.

With that being said I tip 20% for non take out but hearing this entitled crap makes me not want to tip at all.
 
Lol at everyone's "handing me a bag" comments.

"I don't ever see the work you do so your must not do any work"

Like, you all realize the tips are shared through the whole restaurant staff, right?

Right?
 
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Lol at everyone's "handing me a bag" comments.

"I don't ever see the work you do so your must not do any work"

Shit, I used to make pizzas, work the ovens, and do dishes, all for minimum wage. Ain't never got no tips for that. I did get paid for it. While low pay and only 8-10 hours a week, that was about as expected for a high-school student. Plus, free food and drinks while working was nice.
 
Yep, I play the game but tipping is stupid. Especially as mentioned the entitlement aspect to it.
 
Shit, I used to make pizzas, work the ovens, and do dishes, all for minimum wage. Ain't never got no tips for that. I did get paid for it. While low pay and only 8-10 hours a week, that was about as expected for a high-school student. Plus, free food and drinks while working was nice.

That sucks and it shouldn't have to be that way, but that's not what we're talking about here. When the person behind the counter flips the point of sale ipad over to face you and you boop the 20% button, it isn't just that person counting their fat stacks. It gets shared with the entire staff.

I've also had the person at the counter do good work on my behalf - they caught that the kitchen fucked up my order and sent it back to have it done right without me having do do anything. As someone with food allergies that sometimes results in me having to throw an entire meal out, that's worth a lot.
 
LOL, what amuses me so greatly here is how many people think a tip is a reflection of the service.

That somehow people subordinating themselves to you in a position of service must somehow prove they are worth the consideration of an extra bit of appreciation for said service.

Your efforts in your choice to indulge or deny them are not a reflection on them, but a reflection of you who made the choice.

We all show the nobility of our character in the daily moments such as these, I hope you are all content in the measure of your own character you express. It does not go unnoticed.
 
LOL, what amuses me so greatly here is how many people think a tip is a reflection of the service.

That somehow people subordinating themselves to you in a position of service must somehow prove they are worth the consideration of an extra bit of appreciation for said service.

Your efforts in your choice to indulge or deny them are not a reflection on them, but a reflection of you who made the choice.

We all show the nobility of our character in the daily moments such as these, I hope you are all content in the measure of your own character you express. It does not go unnoticed.

Dude don’t make it into some introspection it not. It’s no more than a courtesy, like holding a door for someone. It simply became the thing to do and isn’t gonna make or break a person one way or the other.
 
i tip generously as much as possible. 20% as an absolute minimum, typically 25% and in some cases 30%.




To those complaining about the cash register automatic 20%, why are you getting up set at the person behind the counter?
Mangers/owners (ppl who don't get tipped) choose those percentages. Point of Sale systems don't allow for much control over what those options are. Plus, there is always the "custom tip" button.
 
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I’ve seen it where the custom tip option is on another screen and required a couple of clicks to get to that weren’t obvious. Someone I know who frequented such a particular joint would continuously make a fuss about it being that way. It was eventually changed to put the custom tip choice there with the others tip amount options.
 
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