How many of you tip at take out places like a small sit down restaurant. I never tip when I pick up take out. But then I almost never take out, very rare do I do it. It cheaper to sit and have a meal and pay the tip then washing dishes. Is it the new norm to tip now even if they never actually serve you?
I asked someplace else with a little younger audience, not a bunch of old farts like us here.
Most seem to tip 10 % but I think its the net and people just didn't want to sound cheap. I am not sure if they would actually do it in real life? Most of us here have thick skin and could care less what people think, so lets hear it.
This was what actually got me thinking. I phoned in an order for a bunch for breakfast burritos the week after Thanksgiving for my sub contractor's and my men because they busted their fat asses for me right up to the holiday. I went and picked up the food at this place that I like to eat lunch sometimes and catch my breath. This is not a cheap place but not fancy by any means. Their breakfast burrito cost about 14 bucks each (8 or them). The cashier handed me the change, so I dropped the couple of bucks and change in the tip jar and thanked him. The little siht said" Thanks big tipper". I wanted to take my money back and rip his throat out. On my way back up the hill, I kept thinking that maybe a new thing to tip at situations like that? Maybe I was at fault and deserved to be called a cheap bastard. At the same time, he didn't do siht but put the already prepped food in a bag and took my money. I don't think he deserved 10-12 bucks tip for doing nothing, does he?