<p>OHMomof2: Procedures vary a bit from place to place, but it should not take more than a couple of minutes to do the whole thing, and I always just looked at is as one of the dozens of things you need to do to keep the place running. No biggie.</p>
<p>oldfort: If you do not see a cashier, then everything will be done by the wait staff. Pretty much that simple - who else is going to do it? I worked three restaurants, only the chain restaurant had a cashier.</p>
<p>I take out almost everyday for lunch and there is usually a cashier or a host. In NYC, a table is a premium. If I am not taking up a table and I am picking up my own food, what am I paying for? I am not tipping a cashier at the grocery store. I’ll tip the person for carrying the grocery to my car, but not for ringing up and packaging.</p>
<p>Well it’s a “biggie” if you are only making $2.50 per hour. As mentioned in previous posts many states assume that wait staff are getting tips, so normal minimum wages do not apply. So if it is your responsibility to assemble the take out orders, enter the order, time the pick up as well as attend to your tables, it can indeed be a “biggie” pain in the @ss. The person ringing up your groceries is making much more per hour.</p>
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<p>Like sidework, take out orders were a necessary evil for us. All I’m saying is I like to tip a little to the person who puts together my takeout order and when I was a server myself I appreciated it when people tipped me. We didn’t do a lot of takeout - obviously we weren’t set up to handle any serious volume of takeout and we didn’t advertise it or have takeout menus - so it wasn’t a huge issue. If we catered more to a takeout crowd, I’d expect a staff person (properly paid, not making server wages of $2.50) would have the job of handling those.</p>
<p>Forgive me if I don’t remember this in the previous posts, but thought of this thread yesterday when I was driving through Starbucks - who have a tip cup at the drive through pick-up window - how many of you tip there???</p>
<p>I very rarely tip at a coffee shop. I believe coffee shop folks are paid minimum wage or more and do not depend on tips as part of their income. That said, occasionally I do anyway.</p>
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<p>The law you are referring to, also guarantees that everyone is making at least minimum wage. If the gratuities combined with $2.50 an hour are not enough to amount to minimum wage, the employer is responsible for the difference.</p>
<p>If places like McDonalds can “afford to pay $15/hr” to its employees, then how come these restaurants are getting away with paying $3-4/hr to their employees? PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES AND QUIT EXPECTING THE CUSTOMER TO DO SO DOUBLE!</p>
<p>^ I agree. Raise the prices and include the service fee and pay people something they can live on.</p>
<p>I do not tip at the drive-through, ever.</p>
<p>No one at our McDonalds is making $15/hr except for managers. And most restaurant chains don’t do the volume that the local McDonald’s does, and their overhead is a LOT more.</p>
<p>Sort of comparing apples to alligators.</p>
<p>If restaurants start paying more and tipping pretty much stopped, that could work - but you would see your cost/plate go up.</p>
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<p>No, but that’s what they are fighting for right now! Workers have already struck in some places and more strikes are on the horizon. And they’re demanding $15/hr.</p>
<p>They might as well just shut the doors.</p>
<p>I never tip at Starbucks. I would if I went there more often or the employees were nicer. I actually had a manager sing- song my order like sn opera diva to the barista (“can you do…a tall skinny latte?”) back and forth for 10 minutes while I waited. I ended up walking out.</p>
<p>^^ugh, classof2015, did that happen to be at the Memphis airport? I was treated to a long, loud amount of crappy singing there, and I actually sent a complaint to Starbucks. Obnoxious!</p>
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<p>At Starbucks, I now pay with my iPhone so I don’t tip there, but when I’ve gone through drive-through and paid with cash, yeah, sometimes I’ve tipped there because to me that seems no different from what goes on inside the store.</p>
<p>But to be honest, when I tip in coffee shops, I do so for my convenience – because I don’t want to have to deal with the change that day. Not because of a general principle.</p>
<p>I used to work entirely on tips, and I am a pretty generous tipper. I do not tip for call in take out orders, unless there was some extraordinary feat involved in getting me my order. The tip is for services rendered, there is not much service for a carry out, if there was a different process where there was some amount of service besides ringing me up for a carry out, I would consider a tip. Also, when you receive bad service you are supposed to tip less. That is how you get better service. If someone was having a noticeably ruff day I wouldn’t tip less, but if they are lacking effort they get less every time in my book.</p>
<p>The McDonalds about 45 minutes away from me in rural Nevada had a sign on the door forever saying that they were hiring starting positions for 10$ an hour lol.</p>
<p>Busdriver11 - no, it was actually at the Starbucks in the tiny town where I live. I thought of complaining, but I didn’t. I’ll be going through Memphis airport soon - I’ll see if I have the courage to try that Starbucks!</p>
<p>We tend to frequent the same restaurants for both dine in and take out. For that reason we always tip. Also, we always tip with cash - never on the credit card receipt. For a take out order meal I leave a few dollars. For a sit down meal we tip at least 20%+. For me a dollar or two here and there is not something that is going to alter my life but if I add a dollar or two to what I already intend to tip it might make someone else a bit happier. Not sure if the thought pattern is correct but we always receive very good service in our regular restaurants.</p>
<p>As for places with a tip jar out such as Dunkin or Starbucks - I deal with that on a case by case basis. I do not go to these places too much because I like the way I make my coffee at home :)</p>