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re: What is your tipping policy for takeout?

Posted on 3/1/18 at 8:52 pm to
Posted by WinnPtiger
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2011
25125 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 8:52 pm to
this thread happens more often than you get takeout
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
38170 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 8:53 pm to
It depends on how she looks.
Posted by Ric Flair
Charlotte
Member since Oct 2005
13879 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:10 pm to
Takeout is a dollar for a 25ish bill (a good pizza). If I’m dropping $100, I’m not doing takeout.
Posted by lsu xman
Member since Oct 2006
17020 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:15 pm to
Is this base on a true story?

Who criticizes a friend's tip amount to them to their face?
This post was edited on 3/1/18 at 9:16 pm
Posted by Ric Flair
Charlotte
Member since Oct 2005
13879 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:17 pm to
quote:


Who criticizes a friend's tip amount to them to their face?



Some a-hole from NY. I can see it happening.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87748 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:17 pm to
20%ish, but I'm less religious about it than dine-in

I tip more when it's a decent restaurant and they're packaging up sides in nice little containers and the like than when I'm getting a burrito to go. Getting to go food prepared and packaged well is well worth a good tip IMO
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
96254 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:19 pm to
quote:

She looked at how much I tipped and said “even with takeout I tip 20%”.



Well, Missy, you feel free to make up the difference.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122534 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:23 pm to
Every day for lunch and dinner I order takeout. Each meal is about $300 (I usually eat half, but being an OT baller i just throw it away). I usually just throw in an extra $100, no big deal.
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61594 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:28 pm to
Why get takeout at a nice restaurant?
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
37964 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:30 pm to
None. I wasn’t waited on.
Posted by TigerNlc
Chocolate City
Member since Jun 2006
33222 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:36 pm to
Posted by MightyYat
StB Garden District
Member since Jan 2009
25029 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:39 pm to
You can always tell the people that think subway is take out in these threads.


We get take out pretty regularly and all of our usual places know us fairly well. We never have messed up orders and we’re always treated really well as soon as we walk in the door. I appreciate good service especially in today’s service world.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
88344 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:42 pm to
If I order online and I have to pay online, then I usually tip well so that my food isn't spit on
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
61815 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:52 pm to
$20 is appreciated by most service industry workers, no matter the tab for take out up to 5 meals.

Thereafter tip $4-$5 per meal and they’ll treat you right every time.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:56 pm to
I’ll tip a dollar

Posted by Hickok
Htown
Member since Jan 2013
2987 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:59 pm to
Triple the cost then cancel the credit card when I get back to the ford ranger
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20733 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:06 pm to
If I go in to pick it up, zero.

If they bring it to the car, $2
Posted by ShamelessPel
Metairie
Member since Apr 2013
13176 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:13 pm to
10% of total

20-25% of total if I use Waitr
Posted by EarnYourStripes
Member since Aug 2014
565 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:32 pm to
I don't tip at Sonic. It actually deters me from going there often bc I don't feel like I should have to tip at a fast food place, especially when I don't have a choice.

If I'm ordering from a restaurant, then I'll tip $5 flat unless it's some massive order I'm picking up for a dozen people. I'll do $10 or so. I don't base it off a percentage.

This is fair, IMO.

I worked in restaurants for the better part of 10 years, but it was a long time ago. I worked To-Go for Outback about 15 years ago. If I got $5 tips for every order, I would have been happy as hell.
Posted by hendersonshands
Univ. of Louisiana Ragin Cajuns
Member since Oct 2007
160203 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:34 pm to
I tip the Thai dude at my pad thai place a couple of bucks every time because he tries to talk about the Saints to me and it's pretty entertaining.
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