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re: Do you tip at Sonic?
Posted on 4/12/15 at 6:55 pm to wildtigercat93
Posted on 4/12/15 at 6:55 pm to wildtigercat93
It is very often a bartender or server who isn't being paid minimum wage doing the to-go orders. I know that isn't the customer's fault, but neither is the fact that servers are paid $2 and they still tip them.
At my old work, you got more than $2.13, but it was still only $5/hour. So you were still relying on a certain percentage of your customers to tip. And you never made anywhere near what you made waiting tables.
Every place is different. Some have their bartender doing it while working. At ours, a server was assigned to "to-go" shift so that was the only money they were making that day.
I don't tip what I would sitting down, but I tip something. You're right, though. Maybe they should just charge $1 service charge on all to-go orders. Would help the server, would justify the extra work that to-go service requires, and would eliminate tipping.
At my old work, you got more than $2.13, but it was still only $5/hour. So you were still relying on a certain percentage of your customers to tip. And you never made anywhere near what you made waiting tables.
Every place is different. Some have their bartender doing it while working. At ours, a server was assigned to "to-go" shift so that was the only money they were making that day.
I don't tip what I would sitting down, but I tip something. You're right, though. Maybe they should just charge $1 service charge on all to-go orders. Would help the server, would justify the extra work that to-go service requires, and would eliminate tipping.
This post was edited on 4/12/15 at 6:58 pm
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Posted on 4/12/15 at 6:58 pm to LouisianaLady
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It is very often a bartender or server who isn't being paid minimum wage doing the to-go orders. I know that isn't the customer's fault, but neither is the fact that servers are paid $2 and they still tip them.
At my old work, you got more than $2.13, but it was still only $5/hour. So you were still relying on a certain percentage of your customers to tip. And you never made anywhere near what you made waiting tables.
Did not know that. I'm gonna have to start tossing them a couple bucks.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 7:45 pm to LouisianaLady
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It is very often a bartender or server who isn't being paid minimum wage doing the to-go orders. I know that isn't the customer's fault, but neither is the fact that servers are paid $2 and they still tip them. At my old work, you got more than $2.13, but it was still only $5/hour. So you were still relying on a certain percentage of your customers to tip. And you never made anywhere near what you made waiting tables.
That sucks and all but again, I should not be responsible for their salary as a consumer.
I'm not a jackass for not tipping, the model of tipping in the industry is the culprit for that low base pay. Seems really confusing to me in a business that runs on customer service, that the place of blame goes immediately to the customer instead of the actual source of blame on the business itself.
Tipping by definition is optional. Whoever came up with the whole scam of you're a bad guy if you don't tip everyone you meet in life, is a genius and a piece of shite.
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