How much do you tip?

[anonymouse]

My biggest pet peeve at restaurants is this new trend of putting tip jars on the counter. They expect people who are picking up take out orders to tip the cashier! Why should I tip the cashier for bagging and ringing up my order? I'm taking my food home. They don't have to wait on me or clean up after me.

It's paying the server who took your order on the phone, logged it into the computer and (possibly) gave it to the cooks, checked your order to make sure it was correct, and maybe bagged it up and brought it out for you.

Tips for take-out weren't normal when I was waitressing, and I remember that no server would answer the phone when it would ring near the kitchen. We would watch it ring or quickly find something busy to do as an excuse not to answer it. You didn't want to waste your time. Often, the manager would enjoin someone to answer the phone or simply answer it him/ herself. Also, new servers were sometimes saddled with the task of doing take-out orders.


I used to eat at Moe's a lot, and there is always a tip jar out and a line on the bill for you to add a tip. THIS I find bizarre and exploitative. I don't tip at Subway or Taco Bell.