Just learned that a friend of mine always tips 10% on takeout. Ive never tipped on takeout unless they offered me a water/soda while I waited or something.
US biased, but I’m a little curious about other countries as well.
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Nope. Where I live employees’ salary is included in the food prices.
What are tips? I ain’t in the “freedom” land so don’t know,
Extra money to the employee. It’s supposed to be optional and a mark of good service, and typically was only wait staff/bartenders (for food service; there are other tipped jobs), but the hourly wage for said staff ended up becoming a fraction of the main wage and tips basically became required (in my day, $2.13/hour (though if, for example, we literally had no one come in, the company would make it up to the actual (non-tipped) minimum wage) versus I think around $7.15 an hour or something (it may have been less at the time). When I was a kid (1980s), we were always taught about 10-15% of the amount of the bill. These days, it’s often cited as 20-25%. In some states, the server wage is still really, really low (a quick search shows Oklahoma (state) is still at $2.13 with non-tipped minimum wage at $7.25/hr).
Add to that that many of the wait/bar staff are also having to pay idiotically-high US health insurance plus the actual cost of healthcare and their employers may or may not have any contributions to the plan. Then more if they want silly things like vision and dental insurance. The whole thing is a trainwreck and one of the reasons I no longer live in the US.
This just made me not want to visit US ever. And especially not live in it.
Thanks for the eye opener.
If you did visit, you would also tip a taxi driver if you used a taxi, hotel staff if they take your bags to the room (edit: and, increasingly, the cleaning staff, but there’s no set expectation on that yet), etc., etc. I just covered the food/beverage side, heh.
You are really trying to make it so I have even less will to even think about it ever.
Tnx.
Nope.
if i have to leave the car to get it no, otherwise I will do a small tip since they rendered a service bringing it to my car
In take-out ? Never, is a thing in the US ?
In delivery, when the weather is bad, or the delivery was fast, I let 1 EUR to the delivery person
In restaurants, when the service was above average or I’m in a good mood, I let 1-2 EUR.
No it is not. However those electronics terminal would like you to tip everywhere.
No never, we’re not a tipping culture.
Only exceptions are if you’re taking a taxi or getting food delivered and you pay in cash, it’s a dick move not to round up.
But no one uses cash any more even for that stuff, so that’s kind of moot.
I only ever tip if it’s raining or super cold when I’m ordering. Never a %, just 10 or 20 dkk (a couple bucks)
It really depends on what you’re talking about. If it’s dedicated counter staff no. If it’s waitstaff that is on waitstaff wages(as in a waitress went to get your food), maybe. The former should actually be having a competitive wage to employ them. The later were hired on with the expectation that they work for tips. Counter staff getting tips that they don’t even share with back of the house is kind of dumb.
Aussie here. What’s a tip? /s
Never. Not a thing.
Sweden.
It’s starting to become a thing, though.
Then refuse to tip. Tipping culture is fucking awful - if you can avoid feeding it then do… the only reason I tip in the US is because servers don’t make a livable wage.
Canada here. For the very rare delivery order I make, I’ll do 10%.
For takeout orders, 0, except from my favourite shawarma place because I like them and want them to stay around. They get 10%. Their prices are very reasonable to begin with, so much that I’ve thought they could charge more.
This is the correct response. Small businesses with fair prices need support.
Not for takeout. I only tip for eating-in, which I still find dumb. We should ban tips and force restaurants to pay a livable wage
I simply let a Benjamin fall out of my pocket as I walk away from the takeout counter.
JK but it’s based on a true story, when I was a waitress one wealthy traveling CEO left a $100 tip by “accidentally” dropping a $100 bill on the floor, for a $12 order. He was from Greece.
German here, I don’t have to give anything.
If I am enlighted by service, or the food was really nice I tend to give 10/15%. Mind I am poor and expensive meals are like 45€, so giving 50€ for a good service and evening seems fine to me :)
Hate to break your bubble, but no man is poor who eats takeout for 45€. Thats 4x the price of an expensive meal in Hungary. We are talking about countries with similar grocery prices.
Don’t mind the pop :)
The poor was more refering to my ability to give a tip and the range i can do it with. (And I would say poor, changes from country to country?)
Expensive dine outs like this are rare (sadly) The regular meal out in my region is between 8-15 € Home cooking is far cheaper
How is the range in your area in Hungary
My last grocery shop without expensive stuff for ½-1 week was 45 € which was ruff 😢
You friend is insane and making the problem worse. Tell them to stop.
Even in the US, where tipping has been out of control for a long time, nobody in their right mind tips for takeout. The employee literally didn’t do a damn thing other than a couple seconds of handing you a box and possibly cashing you out.
Well that’s just false. Many people don’t tip for takeout (I don’t), but the customary amount in the US is 10% if you’re going to. I worked in the service industry almost 20 years ago and that amount was supposed to go to bartenders and hostesses who handled the takeout, and it was a nice supplement since takeout and busy bar times didnt normally overlap. It didn’t use to be expected (unlike post covid where tipping is out of control), but if they bring the food out to you or if you have any special orders it’s definitely common. I still bristle at the idea and did back then too, but it’s a far cry from “nobody in their right mind”.
In my previous town there was a restaurant where I had to install an app to order. When ordering, the kitchen would make the meal and put it out on a counter where I had to go and pick it up myself. When ordering drinks, I had to walk over to the bar where a server left the drink out on a table for me to fetch. Basically no interaction with anyone.
The audacity when the app asked me to leave a tip. Luckily I live in Norway where leaving no tip is completely normal, because civilized employment laws exist.
Please continue not tipping. I do not want to pay extra so that business owners can dump wages.
