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Question...
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Dec 19, 2024, 9:57 AM
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Do you all tip when you pick up to go orders?
I think it has become an expected thing for most restaurants. I used to not tip for to go orders, but lately I have been because I feel pressured into doing it.
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Heisman Winner [78669]
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I don't even understand getting food to go from a place that one
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:01 AM
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would traditionally tip.
They say that the wait staff are the ones packing the food up and such thus impacting their availability with the real customers, so a small tip is probably the right thing to do.
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Orange Immortal [65178]
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Never thought of it this way
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:56 AM
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that is a good mindset.
I over tip. Bad. Like real bad.
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Tiger Titan [50492]
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Typically no, unless they do something more for the order than ring it up.***
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:02 AM
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Clemson Sports Icon [54366]
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Generally, yes
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:05 AM
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The way I look at it is, at this point in my life and at their point in their life (I assume or they wouldn't be shuttling food), they probably need it more than I do.
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Heisman Winner [78669]
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You are right about that. Sure some folks make a career
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:11 AM
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out of waiting tables, and do fine. Most don't. I probably worked for tips more recently than anyone else in here. I can say that the difference in a $5.00 tip vs $3.00 is somehow more than $2.00. I can't explain it though.
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Re: Question...
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:10 AM
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I used to be a hard no until Covid. Now I'll do it for restaurants I hit up regularly since I know how short staffed they often are.
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Ultimate Tiger [36074]
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This, combined with BigDaddy's response.
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:46 AM
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During COVID when food/bev got hit hard I'd tip close to dine-in rates on to-go. Now it's usually 10% up to about $4 or $5, depending on how much I think the host was involved.
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Tiger Titan [46434]
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I also figure with the ease of online ordering, Uber eats, etc.
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:18 AM
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Wait staff probably takes a pretty big hit now on tips, so anything helps.
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Heisman Winner [83839]
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Yeah like maybe a flat $5 or something***
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:14 AM
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Orange Immortal [62003]
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only "to-go" orders I ever call in for is Dominos/Papa Johns
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:24 AM
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because I don't live in a delivery area for any pizza place.
And no, I don't tip when I pick it up. I just spent several dollars in gas/time picking it up because their delivery zone is so small. And I don't think they expect one.
I'm curious......other than pizza, what else do you people order "to-go"? Pizza is the only thing that has a significant waiting time that I know of. If I'm getting a sub or Chinese or barbecue or Popeyes chicken, I'm just going to the place, ordering there, and waiting the 5-10 minutes to get it.
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Weirdos order to-go from full service
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:00 AM
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restaurants all the time. I don't get it, but they do.
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Orange Immortal [62003]
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part of my problem is that I don't think ahead on what I am gonna eat
Dec 19, 2024, 11:06 AM
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my lunch or supper choice is usually made about 1 minute before I am driving up into the place. Very rarely am I sitting around at 2pm going, "I think I'll have BBQ tonight, I suppose I'll call in an order". 99% of the time I put zero thought into my future dinner plans.
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Pro-Tip, you don't have to call in a BBQ order 6 hours before you pick it up.
Dec 19, 2024, 11:53 AM
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You can literally call on the way to the restaurant. That is the amazing thing about restaurants, they are setup to cook the food you order, when you order it, so you don't have to send them an order prior to them seasoning the uncooked Pork Butts.
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It's basically the same price as fast food now and usually much better
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:12 AM
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There are a bunch of restaurants I enjoy, but I'm not trying to take my wild ### kids to a restaurant and bug everyone else. You're welcome.
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I thought parents just ate bologna all the time.***
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:18 AM
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I eat more PB&J's than I'd like but sometimes it's worth dropping the
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:39 AM
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$60 or whatever to have something quick that we don't have to prepare. Plus I love me some Wilhelmina's, anybody who hasn't been there, it's right off 187 across from Fants Grove next to the gas station....Do recommend, but I think they're only open for lunch.
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I do most times. I figure the people making the food work just as hard whether
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:24 AM
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I eat it there, or at home.
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I do, but never the suggessted 15/20/25%. I usually tip 10% or less.
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:31 AM
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I know tip share is split up different ways, depending on the restaurant, but cooks and chefs should not be dependent upon tips, and generally, a server who merely hands you the food and/or rings it up does not deserve a big tip.
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Re: I do, but never the suggessted 15/20/25%. I usually tip 10% or less.
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:34 AM
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The server does a lot and deserves the tip. Also, they tip a percentage to the kitchen and the kitchen also gets paid more hourly.
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Orange Immortal [62050]
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The server who packages and hands over carryout orders doesn't
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:43 AM
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do nearly as much or spend near as much time and energy per order as one who waits on sit-down customers, and doesn't desrve nearly the same tip.
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Re: The server who packages and hands over carryout orders doesn't
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:52 AM
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Definitely not. I thought you were talking about the server at the restaurant at a table. They do a lot. I usually get my to go orders from a hostess or something like that. The hostess even gets more per hour than the server. They usually don't think about tips as much though.
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Re: The server who packages and hands over carryout orders doesn't
Dec 19, 2024, 11:49 AM
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The question I was responding to specified picking up to-go orders.
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All-In [10950]
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Re: Question...
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:33 AM
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I tip less. I tip 20% generally. I could order 70 dollars worth of food to go and I might just give 5 bucks. I think that's fair.
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Orange Immortal [62050]
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Same. $5.00 is my max for putting my food in a bag and handing it over.
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:46 AM
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It's usually not that much.
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Re: Same. $5.00 is my max for putting my food in a bag and handing it over.
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:54 AM
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I tip solid with servers at the table. Getting a bag to go, I might leave a 5 on 70. I wing it more on that one. It's usually just a hostess or a manager or someone. Maybe a bartender? 5 bucks on a 70 will be fine. The servers are usually serving their tables and I don't see them when I get food to go.
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Top TigerNet [30114]
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yup always. i waited tables in college so i tip to help out
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Dec 19, 2024, 10:57 AM
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man did i need those tips.
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Re: yup always. i waited tables in college so i tip to help out
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:04 AM
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Exactly. When I was younger I was a bus boy, a server, and later a bartender. I was also a golf caddie. I tip fair, but I don't go overboard. I definitely make sure to tip. Although, one time I went into Carolinas when I was maybe 24 and a little more wild. It was New Year's Eve. It was maybe 5pm and they were getting ready for the night. All the tables were reserved, but they gave us a table for 2 next to the kitchen because we said we would be fast. We left the waitress a 300 dollar tip and we were out of there by maybe 6pm. The place was empty and they were still getting prepared for the night. Our waitress was already starting off with 300. You could tell she was a lower level waitress and a little nervous. We looked poor and we're wearing gym clothes. We were young though. I don't throw around money now.
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Clemson Conqueror [11121]
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$2 max***
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:04 AM
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Re: Question...
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:09 AM
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I say, 'Don't pee in the wind'
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I usually give a couple of dollars, but I do feel like tip culture is beginning
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:15 AM
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to get out of control. I bought some steaks at the butcher shop the other week and they have an option to tip. Used to be restaurants were the only places that expected a tip, seems like that's bleeding into other industries now.
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Re: I usually give a couple of dollars, but I do feel like tip culture is beginning
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:20 AM
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I've had places now ask for a tip for just ordering a product online... from a small time vendor.
Self-serve yogurt places in town ask for tips when you wind up doing all the work.
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That should be customizable, I'd have a problem with it if I were
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:41 AM
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selling certain goods and it ask my customer for a tip. I'd be worried about rubbing them the wrong way if my system ask for a tip after selling them a mountain bike or something like that.
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Under $20 a buck. Over $20 2 bucks.***
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:23 AM
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Yes, but I question myself every time I do it.***
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Dec 19, 2024, 11:51 AM
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