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I tip on takeout orders regularly. It's money well spent.

I give the girl at my pizza joint a buck, but my pizza is always exactly as I like it. Well-done, crisp, but not DOA.

I give the guy at the deli a buck. I get back a sandwich that's enough to feed an African family for a week.

 

 

This is a smart man.

 

 

Here's the thing, if it's a place you go to regularly a tip will more often than not enhance your experience. Whether it be larger portions, faster service blah blah blah. So if Im a regular I usually tip well and it more than pays for itself.

 

Case in point: Smoothie King. I started goin to Smoothie King about 9 months ago after my workouts during my lunch break. I started tipping the employees for my shakes and what do you know.........bout 2 months in Im no longer getting charged for my shakes (cost $5.50). Now the shakes only cost me $2. :cool

 

 

 

As far as today's sushi takeout, I tipped $4 but it felt really weird cause the bill was approaching $60 (I added the tip on my debit charge...it wasnt a cash transaction). It was a sushi place I do not frequent because although the sushi is outstanding, its too expensive (Ichiban in Boca Raton FWIW).

 

The weird part was I sort of caught a "not so friendly" vibe from the asian female AFTER I had filled out the debit charge with tip. I almost felt like she saw the $4 tip as an insult.

 

 

 

FWIW, as a rule, I normally tip 20% when I go out to dinner for good or above service (I tip 20% of the bill without the alcohol. If the service is below good I tip 15% and if the service sucks I tip 5%.

 

90% of the time I go out and end up tipping 20%.

As a rule, when eating out, I tip 20% no matter what, and if the service was very good, I give them an extra $5.

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I tip on takeout orders regularly. It's money well spent.

I give the girl at my pizza joint a buck, but my pizza is always exactly as I like it. Well-done, crisp, but not DOA.

I give the guy at the deli a buck. I get back a sandwich that's enough to feed an African family for a week.

 

 

This is a smart man.

 

 

Here's the thing, if it's a place you go to regularly a tip will more often than not enhance your experience. Whether it be larger portions, faster service blah blah blah. So if Im a regular I usually tip well and it more than pays for itself.

 

Case in point: Smoothie King. I started goin to Smoothie King about 9 months ago after my workouts during my lunch break. I started tipping the employees for my shakes and what do you know.........bout 2 months in Im no longer getting charged for my shakes (cost $5.50). Now the shakes only cost me $2. :cool

 

 

 

As far as today's sushi takeout, I tipped $4 but it felt really weird cause the bill was approaching $60 (I added the tip on my debit charge...it wasnt a cash transaction). It was a sushi place I do not frequent because although the sushi is outstanding, its too expensive (Ichiban in Boca Raton FWIW).

 

The weird part was I sort of caught a "not so friendly" vibe from the asian female AFTER I had filled out the debit charge with tip. I almost felt like she saw the $4 tip as an insult.

 

 

 

FWIW, as a rule, I normally tip 20% when I go out to dinner for good or above service (I tip 20% of the bill without the alcohol. If the service is below good I tip 15% and if the service sucks I tip 5%.

 

90% of the time I go out and end up tipping 20%.

Maybe you misinterpreted the look. She probably doesn't get the money if it's on a debit/credit card. Cash is what they want. And on second thought, for a specialty item like sushi, $2 is too little. $3-4 is right. But if it's a place you don't frequent, then no tip. If it's a place you do frequent, then again it's money well spent. You can then be sure when you get home that your sushi will be top quality, and the order correct. I also don't know about sushi restaurants, but I do not tip in Chinese restaurants. You have no shot at getting anything extra there.

Edited to add: Try Su-Shin in Lauderhill/Sunrise. I like my food cooked, but from what I hear from people I trust, it's good.

I've only tipped take out when I've known the person

+1

don't tip takeout unless there is a hookup

 

my frequenting your establishment on a fairly consistent basis should be enough for you to ensure that I get at least a fair shake on freshness, quantity, etc.

 

If you notice I come in frequently and don't make me ask for the same 4 requests or do something a little extra - that's value add and I'll pay a little extra

 

most of these places don't really care about a tip enough to show you some love - i'll reward it if they do, but will not attempt to bribe them before hand - in takeout it's usually money wasted

I understand the justification for tipping on takeout, but how does it work out well? You're essentially giving in to the person on the other side of the counter.

 

If you don't like the service/food/cooking/price, you shop somewhere else. You don't pay face value and then add a little something for the treatment you should have been getting in the first place. That, to me, is counterproductive. Now, tipping in other parts of industry has a purpose - taxis, waiters, delivery, etc. - but I don't see how paying someone extra to do the job they should have done at the price you already paid is anything other than screwing you over.

I too consider myself a generous tipper, however I never tip for take out. I ve been to places that even scratch it off on the credit card receipt as if saying dont bother.

 

Funny thing though, whenever I go to a cuban cafeteria I ALWAYS tip, and it is very much expected too.

Dont know the difference but thats how it works.

I don't tip for take out. Hell, if I dine-in I only leave $2-3 unless the service is THAT good...or good looking.

Nice Guy Eddie: C'mon, throw in a buck!

Mr. Pink: Uh-uh, I don't tip.

Nice Guy Eddie: You don't tip?

Mr. Pink: Nah, I don't believe in it.

Nice Guy Eddie: You don't believe in tipping?

Mr. Blue: You know what these chicks make? They make sh*t.

Mr. Pink: Don't give me that. She don't make enough money that she can quit.

Nice Guy Eddie: I don't even know a f***ing Jew who'd have the balls to say that. Let me get this straight: you don't ever tip?

Mr. Pink: I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job.

Mr. Blue: Hey, our girl was nice.

Mr. Pink: She was okay. She wasn't anything special.

Mr. Blue: What's special? Take you in the back and suck your dick?

Nice Guy Eddie: I'd go over twelve percent for that.

60 bucks on something like Sushi;which is not a typical takeout food; I'd tip 5 bucks, unless it was a weekend at a busy time I'd probably go 6-10 dollars if the service was quick and above average.

 

Yeah, same.

 

Although I don't let weekend alter the tip, rather if I frequent the place or not.

 

Then again, I don't do takeout a tremendous amount, it's delivery or dine in.

I don't tip for take out. Hell, if I dine-in I only leave $2-3 unless the service is THAT good...or good looking.

 

 

 

ghey

I don't tip for take out. Hell, if I dine-in I only leave $2-3 unless the service is THAT good...or good looking.

 

That's ridiculous. Don't be a cheapo, and above all else, don't screw over a good male server. That crap always got on my nerves when I used to be waiting tables.

There's a pretty hot girl that works over at the Italian place I get food from. I always tip her. Other than that, I never do.