Comments on: Do You Tip for Takeout?

By: Charles @ Your Worth Finance

Charles @ Your Worth Finance — Sat, 02 May 2015 08:49:05 +0000

I honestly think that it’s just alright not to tip. Mochimac said it well.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 18:02:56 +0000

In reply to mochimac @ save. spend. splurge.. Honestly. That's how I feel about it.

By: mochimac @ save. spend. splurge.

mochimac @ save. spend. splurge. — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:54:33 +0000

I don’t tip the full amount. I’m taking out the food, where is the full service other than packing it?

By: Heidi Proebstel

Heidi Proebstel — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:46:08 +0000

This is one of those cases where it’s important that you know your own state laws regarding minimum wage for wait staff. In Idaho it’s around $3.00 an HOUR. That’s right. The wait staff that is preparing your order is making $3.00 an HOUR. If you do not tip, you are effectively stealing from them, because the business and the federal and state government are all assuming you are GOING to tip them. They work there based on the idea that they will get tipped for providing a service.

Some states do not have a lower minimum wage for wait staff. (Lower than the federal minimum wage). If you state does not have a lower minimum wage for wait staff than you probably don’t “need” to tip. But if you are using up 10 minutes of that persons time bagging up and preparing your order, then you should think about tipping if you are in one of those states that have a lower than minimum wage.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 01:02:25 +0000

I wouldn’t have tipped. I tip if someone does something extra, like a waiter/waitress. I see so many places with counter service trying to get a tip through use of a tip jar or a line on the bill. Tipping seems to be overrated and over used these days.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:38:48 +0000

I only tip for take out if it is a place I go to often – I get tacos to go at the same place every few weeks and it is always the same server, so I tip $2 on my $10 trio of tacos – sometimes I feel it’s overkill, but at the same time I’d feel like a jerk not tipping. I do the same at the pizza place on the corner, mainly because I know the guys really well (and they love me as once while dining it, I was paying while I had too much to drink, and accidentally tipped twice what we had paid – oops). But if it were a place I was just running into and went to rarely, like how it sounds your order was, I definitely wouldn’t have tipped, and the statement to fill out all three lines would have annoyed me to the point of not tipping even if I did normally tip for take out.

PS – I was not driving the night I tipped $40 on a $20 pizza order. And now my husband will not let me pay if I’ve been drinking! 🙂

By: Leslie Beslie

Leslie Beslie — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:47:13 +0000

I order take-out specifically so I don’t have to tip…

By: Newlyweds on a Budget

Newlyweds on a Budget — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:57:42 +0000

I feel like this is a case of people expecting tips just for doing their basic job. Bagging the food is not going above and beyond–it’s called doing the job you’re paid to do. No, I don’t tip in this situation.

By: Jennifer Kennedy

Jennifer Kennedy — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:47:00 +0000

Every time I’m faced with this situation, I always wonder to tip or not to tip. I usually tip $1 when I go in for take out. Most of the time it’s because I feel obligated to, not because I actually want to.

But, from the points above, I think I will stop that practice! Ha. Especially since there isn’t as much work involved in the take out process.

By: kathy

kathy — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 03:18:12 +0000

My daughter works at a rest with call ahead curbside service which also has sit down dinner service. She said she has never had anyone picking up food tip. It would be like tipping at the drive through of fast food according to her.

I guess it depends on the place. But she said she would be totally shocked if she received a tip for carrying a bag of food to the customer who drove there.