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Food Service thing I'll get yelled out: You should be tipping when you carry-out (pizza potentially the exception I can understand) -- nm

Posted by MDH Oct 30 '18, 13:40

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I usually tip the same for dine in or carry out because I never get variance in service and I figure they're all poorly paid. -- nm - Max Oct 30, 14:18
We tip when we carry out pizza, too. Our Pizza Hut people are great. -- nm - David Oct 30, 14:01
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- No, McDonald's, Chipotle, Five Guys, etc. type place don't count. We're talking chinese, thai, restaurants that offer formal sit-down etc -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 13:51 2
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  - I just reread. Pizza is the exception, not the example. My bad. -- nm - Michael Oct 30, 13:52
I tip when I carry out - JD Oct 30, 13:50
To clarify, it's not a 20% tip for carryout either. General standard from what I understand is 10%. -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 13:49
Curb-side, sure. Otherwise, nope. You tip at Wendy's? That's carryout. -- nm - The Tuesday Night Delight Oct 30, 13:41 8
- Fast food obviously doesn't count. -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 13:43 5
  - Why? The person cooking the fries and filling sodas stopped what they were doing to package your food into a bag. - ty97 Oct 30, 13:44 4
    - Fast food places have people that pack the orders, that's their job. -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 13:45 3
      - Most do not. -- nm - Michael Oct 30, 13:46
      - I have no idea what the fuck you're on. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 13:45 1
        
        See my answer below. -- nm - Half-price Halloween cAndie Oct 30, 13:46
- "I would tip you but I have never forgiven you for ruining your fries." -- nm - Michael Oct 30, 13:42 1
  - Word. -- nm - The Tuesday Night Delight Oct 30, 13:42
This depends for me. If the person serving you is also serving tables and has to take time to deal with you, then tip quite large. If it is a take out - Half-price Halloween cAndie Oct 30, 13:41 5
- Exactly though. See my reply to ty. It's usually not someone's job to pack it. -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 13:43 4
  - It is far easier to pack it to go than to serve it up, and then clean it up when they are done. I tip because I am there, being their "guest". -- nm - Michael Oct 30, 13:45 3
    - you aren't the servers guest. you're their client. -- nm - Half-price Halloween cAndie Oct 30, 13:46 2
      - Exactly! And a carry out person, is not. -- nm - Michael Oct 30, 13:48 1
        
        then they should ignore you. and serve the people who will pay them. :) -- nm - Half-price Halloween cAndie Oct 30, 13:55
Nope. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 30, 13:41
lol. nope. And I worked in a pizza restaurant. -- nm* - Michael Oct 30, 13:41
nope -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 13:40 35
- I switched sides after the case was made by a lot of food critics, details inside. - MDH Oct 30, 13:42 34
  - it's their JOB -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 13:45
  - If the restaurant offers takeout, it is part of their job. Full stop. - Super Daddy Princess Oct 30, 13:45
  - Tipping wait staff exists because wait staff can be legally paid subpar wages that will be made up for, presumably, but tips. - ty97 Oct 30, 13:44 30
    - you were never a waiter, were you? - Half-price Halloween cAndie Oct 30, 13:45 25
      - Every time I've carried out, the kitchen has packed the food, not the waitstaff. -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 13:46 23
        
        And, also, even if waitstaff is doing it (I've never seen them) they are spending a minute on it. I tip when I sit at that restaurant because that - ty97 Oct 30, 13:48 2
        
        And - for most places that offer takeaway - they have a specific person dedicated to takeaway. nm - The Tuesday Night Delight Oct 30, 13:56 1
        
        Yes, massive chain restaurants have this. Most mom & pop do not. -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 13:56
        
        Yep - I can't think of anywhere I've ever gone for take out where a member of the wait staff got my food for me. Ever. -- nm - The Tuesday Night Delight Oct 30, 13:47 12
        
        who do you think rang it up? the kitchen staff don't have that computer access. who handled your payment? -- nm - Half-price Halloween cAndie Oct 30, 13:48 11
        
        Whoever answered the phone, which for any restaurant that offers carryout/takeaway is not a waiter. -- nm - The Tuesday Night Delight Oct 30, 13:49 4
        
        i think you all are used to large chains. that's not really how independent restaurants work. -- nm - Half-price Halloween cAndie Oct 30, 13:51 3
        
        It is at any of the places I take out from. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 30, 13:52
        
        I would never get carry-out from such a place. Dine in, sure. -- nm - Michael Oct 30, 13:52 1
        
        Word. nm - The Tuesday Night Delight Oct 30, 13:52
        
        The manager or front person. -- nm - Michael Oct 30, 13:49
        
        who answered the phone and took the order, who coordinated to get it done, etc.. -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 13:49 4
        
        Usually the host staff, in my experience. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 30, 13:50
        
        Have you all heard of on-line ordering? Who calls to order? -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 13:49 2
        
        So who is supposed to monitor incoming orders, and then pack them up? -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 13:50 1
        
        THE KITCHEN -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 13:51
        
        do you know that? -- nm - Half-price Halloween cAndie Oct 30, 13:47 6
        
        No Andrea, I'm completely brain dead and can't see the kitchen sending it out packaged. -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 13:49 5
        
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        again, i ask, did you ever work in a restaurant? :) -- nm - Half-price Halloween cAndie Oct 30, 13:49 3
        
        I've never been a serial killer but I have opinions on serial killing, you cool with that? -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 13:51 2
        
        "No, strangling isn't part of your MO! You're doing it wrong!" -- nm - ty97 si Oct 30, 13:54
        
        shrug, sure. just, anyone who was ever a waiter will tell you reality is different than I think you think it is. -- nm - Half-price Halloween cAndie Oct 30, 13:51
      - Thank you. I'm not sure how there is such an aggressive stance against this. -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 13:46
    - But it's not part of their job. Plus it's usually kitchen staff stopping for you. -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 13:44 3
      - If the place offers carryout and doesn't have a staff position called 'designated food packager' then, yes, it is part of their job. -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 13:45 2
        
        Also - the cooks make your meal, then stop what they're doing to arrange it on the plate. You should be tipping the kitchen as well as the waiter, yes -- nm - The Tuesday Night Delight Oct 30, 13:46
        
        LOL -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 13:46
  - Packing pizza is sooooo difficult! -- nm - Michael Oct 30, 13:43

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