Just learned that a friend of mine always tips 10% on takeout. Ive never tipped on takeout unless they offered me a water/soda while I waited or something.
US biased, but I’m a little curious about other countries as well.
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In take-out ? Never, is a thing in the US ?
In delivery, when the weather is bad, or the delivery was fast, I let 1 EUR to the delivery person
In restaurants, when the service was above average or I’m in a good mood, I let 1-2 EUR.
No it is not. However those electronics terminal would like you to tip everywhere.
No, because tipping culture isn’t a thing here.
Same. They’re trying, tho. Restaurants often ask me to punch in the total before paying. I consistently go for the sum that I actually ate for.
Some taxi drivers/companies do the same. I’ve started only using those who don’t.
Until people outside the service industry have the same opportunity to get something extra, tipping culture can fuck right off. I’ll gladly keep paying more for my meal if the waiters etc get decently paid.
No tipping culture where I live either, but there are a few places - especially in tourist heavy areas - where the EFTPOS machine will ask if you want to add a tip before you put your card in. Just about every place I’ve been the server will hit the “0%” button for you before handing the machine over if they can tell you are a local
This. I’m happy with weekend surcharges, so long as that’s going to the staff being paid properly. If you want staff to get paid better, do what literally every other workforce does and bake it into your business.
Restaurants often ask me to punch in the total before paying.
What? That’s such a slow way of doing it!! The ones who try it here just have an extra screen like the receipt yes/no screen.
If they’re going to start making you do data entry that’s awful.
Until people outside the service industry have the same opportunity to get something extra, tipping culture can fuck right off.
I think that’s called bonus pay, I’ve just never seen a job that actually gave bonus pay.
Never. On nothing. Fuck tips.
Fuck tips.
Please, people: continue tipping for non-takeout service!
I generally agree with you and personally think that tipping culture in the US is out-of-control and needs reform. Restaurants should pay their employees a living wage, regardless of whether or not the customer gives them extra… But until they do, workers still rely on you to survive. So please don’t stiff them in an attempt to make a point!
In the US, tip servers, they make about $3/hr. Now that you know, you’re the asshole if you don’t tip.
Won’t change the system through conformity.
I avoid places that enforce tips, but if there’s no alternative, I’m not giving away free money.
I will in the US as per your country’s unfortunate custom. But at home? Fuck no.
This is untrue. If they earn less than minimum after tips the business has to make it up. The first $5 an hour essentially go in the pocket of the owner.
Sounds good on paper, huh?
You’re still the asshole though, because even though you don’t tip, others will, and in that hour they will exceed the $7 min wage. So, their employer will be out nothing, and didn’t make a dime off of your table.
Huh, seemed like they only one benefiting is you. Calling out the system doesn’t justify you being selfish.
And don’t give me the “well, at least they made minimum wage.” Fuck that. Minimum wage wouldn’t even pay for the meal you just ate.
Don’t want to tip? Either get take out, or accept that you’re an asshole and nobody wants you sitting at their table.
I’ll tip like a buck sometimes, but only if I’m feeling like it. Certainly no obligation. USA
Yup, in the US you shouldn’t tip on takeout orders
I never ever tip if I’m picking up the food myself. No service is being rendered.
I also pretty much never get takeout anymore because the grossness of being asked for a tip ruins the experience.
There’s a donut place I go to that hands you a device/keypad thing when you pay and it has like a gazillion prompts and questions, including tip. But I found that if you order ahead and pay online, you can skip all that and just pop in and pick up your order. So that’s what I always do now.
For anyone in the Chicago area, you need to try Stan’s Donuts. Everything is good but specifically the yeast-raised donuts are to die for. Best Boston Cream donut I’ve ever had.
I just assume that the tipping screen is built into the POS (cash register) software. It doesn’t know if this is a tip appropriate business, so it just asks for one.
They surely wouldn’t complain if you did, but I don’t think that any of those places are trying to manipulate people into tipping through their cash out screen prompts.
As a business owner that has used several different POS systems, I can tell you that they are choosing to have you see the tip prompt. I have never seen a system that didn’t have tipping as an option that can be turned on or off. However, it is usually set to on as default.
I have no doubt that you are completely correct.
But, as someone who has used various POS at various companies, I can tell you that nobody ever changes the defaults. 😂
I’m in the usa and I tip at least 20% no matter what. the food service industry is shit and I want to help the workers in a way that I can.
Then you should also campaign to get them better wages and to get rid of tipping, get to a better healthcare system to so the money they do get isn’t sunk into that, as well as for doing something about crazy rents in some places.
How do we know that goes to the workers and not the head honcho?
What are tips? I ain’t in the “freedom” land so don’t know,
Extra money to the employee. It’s supposed to be optional and a mark of good service, and typically was only wait staff/bartenders (for food service; there are other tipped jobs), but the hourly wage for said staff ended up becoming a fraction of the main wage and tips basically became required (in my day, $2.13/hour (though if, for example, we literally had no one come in, the company would make it up to the actual (non-tipped) minimum wage) versus I think around $7.15 an hour or something (it may have been less at the time). When I was a kid (1980s), we were always taught about 10-15% of the amount of the bill. These days, it’s often cited as 20-25%. In some states, the server wage is still really, really low (a quick search shows Oklahoma (state) is still at $2.13 with non-tipped minimum wage at $7.25/hr).
Add to that that many of the wait/bar staff are also having to pay idiotically-high US health insurance plus the actual cost of healthcare and their employers may or may not have any contributions to the plan. Then more if they want silly things like vision and dental insurance. The whole thing is a trainwreck and one of the reasons I no longer live in the US.
This just made me not want to visit US ever. And especially not live in it.
Thanks for the eye opener.
If you did visit, you would also tip a taxi driver if you used a taxi, hotel staff if they take your bags to the room (edit: and, increasingly, the cleaning staff, but there’s no set expectation on that yet), etc., etc. I just covered the food/beverage side, heh.
You are really trying to make it so I have even less will to even think about it ever.
Tnx.
Canadian here. If I call in, pick it up then yeah, about 10 is my general go to. They’re in my neighbourhood, I like them and I’ll spend more than that on an unnecessary beer without thinking.
I’ve seen a lot of good places go under, I’ll do my small part to help keep places I like in business. Admittedly, while I’m not rich a few extra bucks here and there to people busting their asses isn’t a backbreaker. (Worked in kitchens, am not a hard enough worker for that ever again. Mad respect for those who do.)
It really depends on what you’re talking about. If it’s dedicated counter staff no. If it’s waitstaff that is on waitstaff wages(as in a waitress went to get your food), maybe. The former should actually be having a competitive wage to employ them. The later were hired on with the expectation that they work for tips. Counter staff getting tips that they don’t even share with back of the house is kind of dumb.
Nope. Where I live employees’ salary is included in the food prices.
Never. Not a thing.
Sweden.
It’s starting to become a thing, though.
Then refuse to tip. Tipping culture is fucking awful - if you can avoid feeding it then do… the only reason I tip in the US is because servers don’t make a livable wage.
German here, I don’t have to give anything.
If I am enlighted by service, or the food was really nice I tend to give 10/15%. Mind I am poor and expensive meals are like 45€, so giving 50€ for a good service and evening seems fine to me :)
Hate to break your bubble, but no man is poor who eats takeout for 45€. Thats 4x the price of an expensive meal in Hungary. We are talking about countries with similar grocery prices.
Don’t mind the pop :)
The poor was more refering to my ability to give a tip and the range i can do it with. (And I would say poor, changes from country to country?)
Expensive dine outs like this are rare (sadly) The regular meal out in my region is between 8-15 € Home cooking is far cheaper
How is the range in your area in Hungary
My last grocery shop without expensive stuff for ½-1 week was 45 € which was ruff 😢
Not for takeout. I only tip for eating-in, which I still find dumb. We should ban tips and force restaurants to pay a livable wage
I simply let a Benjamin fall out of my pocket as I walk away from the takeout counter.
JK but it’s based on a true story, when I was a waitress one wealthy traveling CEO left a $100 tip by “accidentally” dropping a $100 bill on the floor, for a $12 order. He was from Greece.
Japan: no. Tipping culture can DIAF. ~ Us citizen (who spent a couple years as a tipped employee) living in Japan for the last nearly-10.
