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re: Is it customary to tip the car hops at Sonic?

Posted on 6/26/18 at 9:54 pm to
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
82662 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 9:54 pm to
Like 20% of people do. Sonic was my first job when I turned 16, and I made about $20 in tips per 4 hour shift.

Unless something has changed, none of them ~expect~ it from most customers. But yes, roughly 20% of them do give it. Most times it is the leftover coins. At most $1.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
60368 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 9:55 pm to
If I am at the drive through, then I do not tip. If parked, I give them a buck and whatever change I am due....I generally don't spend change anyway.
Posted by OWLFAN86
Erotic Novelist
Member since Jun 2004
194376 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 9:55 pm to
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LouisianaLady
Id give you more than the tip
Posted by hsfolk
Member since Sep 2009
19167 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 9:56 pm to
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BigPerm30


quote:

If she’s cute I’ll customarily give her the tip of my dick.



probably the smallest tip she's ever received
Posted by BigPerm30
Member since Aug 2011
30880 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 9:59 pm to
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probably the smallest tip she's ever received


Ask your dad. He can’t take more than the tip.
Posted by hsfolk
Member since Sep 2009
19167 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:00 pm to
my father is dead
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
68752 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:03 pm to
Of course you tip. Only poors don't tip them
This post was edited on 6/26/18 at 10:04 pm
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
60287 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:04 pm to
Yes.
# of items X $1
Divided by 2.88
This post was edited on 6/26/18 at 10:05 pm
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
38848 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:08 pm to
No. I use my card to pay and you can't leave a tip on it so no tip for them
Posted by WaterLink
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2015
20558 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:08 pm to
How much more do they make per hour? Most waiters work for tips alone, except in some states (like Nevada for example). But in a state like Louisiana waiters work for like $2-3 an hour or so, they essentially just work for tips.

We can talk about minimum wage problems for fast food workers about if it's high enough or not, but at the end of the day they technically are guaranteed more money when they clock in which is why they don'treceive many tips
Posted by Winston Cup
Dallas Cowboys Fan
Member since May 2016
66705 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:10 pm to
I dine in at the new location that used to be a McAllister’s. I tip 20% as is customary
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
100226 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:10 pm to
I swear this is a weekly topic on here.

I'll tip if I pay with cash but I usually only have a card. I've even told waitresses before to complain about not having a tip option with card receipts because I do like to give them a dollar or two
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
37468 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:13 pm to
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Of course you tip. Only poors don't tip them

I've also read here that only poors carry cash. Quite the conundrum.
Posted by BrownEyedSquirrels
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2018
119 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:16 pm to
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Sonic was my first job when I turned 16
Mine too!

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Unless something has changed, none of them ~expect~ it
This was also true back in my day.

Times have changed though. The ones in my area try every trick under the sun to get a tip out of customers-no changer, “forgetting” how to count change, flat out asking if I want my change back, etc . I give them nothing in those instances.
Posted by airfernando
Member since Oct 2015
15248 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:24 pm to
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They bring out your food the same as any waiter in a restaurant.
so does the person at any drive thru window.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
101244 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:27 pm to
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One of the OT's all-time favorite topics.


Or have you ever sat down to piss.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
70499 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:34 pm to
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Times have changed though. The ones in my area try every trick under the sun to get a tip out of customers-no changer, “forgetting” how to count change, flat out asking if I want my change back, etc . I give them nothing in those instances.


You sound like a royal cheapskate. It's not a trick but standard practice for people who work on tips. Unlike you, most people aren't interested in having a minimum-wage worker sit there and count their coins back to them.
Posted by theantiquetiger
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Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:50 pm to
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They should knuckle check anyone who doesn't


Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:52 pm to
Sonic carhops make minimum wage, so tips aren’t expected.

If they were, Sonic would let you tip via card.
Posted by Graham Wellington Jr
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2018
916 posts
Posted on 6/26/18 at 10:54 pm to
If you tip at Sonic, it makes it the worst value of all the fast food places. Even if you dont tip, their food isnt great.
This post was edited on 6/26/18 at 10:57 pm
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