Tip the guy at the takeout window?

[bigredd]

I get takeout BBQ from this lil joint close to my house fairly often and I never know whether or not to tip the chick behind the counter. It's a pay before you eat establishment if you dine in, they bring your food to you but you get your own drinks. I generally call in and pick up the food at the takeout window; would you tip?

[Fallon]

Nope.

[LOAF]

Have to agree with fallon

[sailor]

<font size="2">the pay before you eat tells me no tip.&nbsp; if it was a diner-type (pay after you eat), i would tip.<br /></font>

[DonInNC]

I don't feel obligated, but if it's a place I go to all the time and they know me, I might leave a dollar or two. Unless it's the owner running the counter, then no. &nbsp;

[bigredd]

I tend to agree but I always leave feeling like I should have tipped.

[Crispy123]

Your paying for the goods, you tip on service. You go and pick this shit up, how much does it take for them to hand you a bag? Unless she cups your balls and massages the shaft there is definitely no need to tip.

[sailor]

<strong>CPW3</strong> wrote:<br />Your paying for the goods, you tip on service. You go and pick this shit up, how much does it take for them to hand you a bag? Unless she cups your balls and massages the shaft there is definitely no need to tip.<p>&nbsp;<font size="2">boxing and bagging everything up is at least as much work as bringing it to you if you were eating at a counter.<br /></font></p>

[Bob Impact]

I tip my Dunkin Donuts guy, usually the change of whatever im drinking.&nbsp; I dont know how it started.

[Yuppie_Scum]

<font size="2">Tipping has to stop somewhere.</font><br />&nbsp;

[TheVHD]

If it's a local place you like and go to allot and there is a tip jar... I would throw in a buck.&nbsp;It's just a sign of good will... but that's just me.

[Bob Impact]

<strong>TheVHD</strong> wrote:<br />If it's a local place you like and go to allot and there is a tip jar... I would throw in a buck. It's just a sign of good will... but that's just me.<p>&nbsp;Thats exactly why I always tip the Dunkin Donuts guy, and the Starbucks we always go to.&nbsp; The Dunkin Donuts drive thru guy is the best, he's always got a good joke, he never fucks up the order and hes pleasant.&nbsp; He always says that Sarah likes her coffee sweet, like her.&nbsp; I like the fact that a guy in a wheelchair who works in a Dunkin Donuts is in a good mood at 5:30.&nbsp; The Starbucks tipping is because I go there everyday, and one of the guys will swing buy with freebies (we're right across the road) for me every so often. </p>

[hedges]

If they were serving you the food inside the restaurant, then tip. But if you're picking the food up at a take-out window, no tip.

[PapaBear]

I tip about a buck at the frozen custard window. They should be opening for the season in a week or two. I gots to gets me some chocolate/banana frozen custard!!!

[King Hippos Bandaid]

<strong>bigredd</strong> wrote:<br />I get takeout BBQ from this lil joint close to my house fairly often and I never know whether or not to tip the chick behind the counter. It's a pay before you eat establishment if you dine in, they bring your food to you but you get your own drinks. I generally call in and pick up the food at the takeout window; would you tip? <p>only when you want the Chick behind the <strong>Cunt</strong>er's #</p>

[Fez4PrezN2008]

<p><img src="http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/images/meat_market.jpg" border="0" width="235" height="223" /><font size="6">+</font><img src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/JBphotojunk/uglyteeth.jpg" border="0" width="185" height="143" /></p><p><font size="6">= how could you not ???</font></p><p><font size="5" color="#ffffff">At least contribute for the dental work, I mean geez !</font></p>

[ChrisTheCop]

<p>If theyre not cleaning up after me, I dont leave a tip.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But here's another question about tipping:</p><p>I go to the same laundromat every week. I drop off. I always feel weird merely paying the bill when I pick up the next day. It's a mom and pop store and I assume the same people are always doing my laundry. They call me by my first name. Theres no tip jar, nor any sign promoting or prohibiting it.</p><p>Do you tip in that situation? Or do I maybe wait til Christmas and give em a gift?&nbsp;</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>Nada</p><p>Nada Comaneech</p>

[CofyCrakCocaine]

<p>I never tip for takeout. What's the point? I'd want my money to go to the guys who made my dinner, not the guy who charged my card up front. Unless I walked into the kitchen and handed the guy cash, there's no guarantee the guy up front wouldn't keep it for himself. </p><p>Sidebar: The guy I gave my money to at the window in a Wendy's on Rt.17 gave me my change and said 'There you go, Gringo'. So I know that I'm not gonna break my no-tipping-takeoutwindowman streak at that Wendy's.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Reephdweller]

No not normally, though some places like Starbucks drive thru's have their little tip bowl there and if I get back like 35&cent; or whatever once in a while I'll just toss it in.

[sailor]

<strong>ChrisTheCop</strong> wrote:<br /><p>If theyre not cleaning up after me, I dont leave a tip.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But here's another question about tipping:</p><p>I go to the same laundromat every week. I drop off. I always feel weird merely paying the bill when I pick up the next day. It's a mom and pop store and I assume the same people are always doing my laundry. They call me by my first name. Theres no tip jar, nor any sign promoting or prohibiting it.</p><p>Do you tip in that situation? Or do I maybe wait til Christmas and give em a gift? </p><p>&nbsp;<font size="2">since they're the owners i wouldn't tip, but there's nothing wrong with a christmas bonus/gift.</font></p>

[oh_kee_pa]

<strong>Bob Impact</strong> wrote:<br />I tip my Dunkin Donuts guy, usually the change of whatever im drinking.ÿ I dont know how it started.<p>&nbsp;i do the same, with a 20 spot on christmas eve</p>

[flavopop]

Im pretty sure Ronnie B would tip $2, cuz thats just what he does...

[Chip196]

<strong>ChrisTheCop</strong> wrote:<br /><p>If theyre not cleaning up after me, I dont leave a tip.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But here's another question about tipping:</p><p>I go to the same laundromat every week. I drop off. I always feel weird merely paying the bill when I pick up the next day. It's a mom and pop store and I assume the same people are always doing my laundry. They call me by my first name. Theres no tip jar, nor any sign promoting or prohibiting it.</p><p>Do you tip in that situation? Or do I maybe wait til Christmas and give em a gift?&nbsp;</p><p>I tip my laundry people well (especially since they pick up and deliver my clothes), but I think anything you're such a regular that they know your order, or know your first name deserves something.&nbsp; Christmas gift / bonus works as well.&nbsp; I just feel like the people doing 40 pounds of our laundry a week, I want to keep on my good side and happy.&nbsp; Plus they do an AWESOME job.</p>

[DonInNC]

<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Nada</p><p>Nada Comaneech</p><p>Sometimes a guy's gotta take a handstand.&nbsp;</p>

[SinA]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>ron says that you gotta take care of the people who take care of you.&nbsp; but come on, i can't tip everybody?&nbsp; the clerk at rite aid is taking care of me when she has to unlock the cigarettes and fancy condoms.&nbsp; </p><p>i say no, but keep your karma in balance by giving someone a break the next time you're merging in traffic.</p>

[angelinad128]

No

[foodcourtdruide]

The whole idea of &quot;tipping&quot; is such a scam by business owners. Some places even take a percentage of tips from employees. For example, people tip at a lot at coat rooms. In busy/upscale places a coat checker could make like $1,000 a night, but they almost always give a percentage of their tips to the owners. That absolutely infuriates me.

[ralphbxny]

I wouldnt tip him/her crap!

[CofyCrakCocaine]

<p>Buddy of mine was a mover for a few months and the families would tip with the mind that tips would go equally to each person who helped deliver their heavy ass shit to their new homes, but because he was a new guy, the dudes with seniority would just smile at him and take his half of the tips and stuff it in their pockets.<em> That's</em> infuriating.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[sailor]

<strong>CofyCrakCocaine</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Buddy of mine was a mover for a few months and the families would tip with the mind that tips would go equally to each person who helped deliver their heavy ass shit to their new homes, but because he was a new guy, the dudes with seniority would just smile at him and take his half of the tips and stuff it in their pockets.<em> That's</em> infuriating.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<font size="2">that should get someone shanked.<br /></font></p>

[lleeder]

<font size="3">Yeah I tip on take out.</font>

[bigredd]

<strong>CPW3</strong> wrote:<br />Your paying for the goods, you tip on service. You go and pick this shit up, how much does it take for them to hand you a bag? Unless she cups your balls and massages the shaft there is definitely no need to tip. <p>Now THAT would be good BBQ...and well worth my hard earned money.</p>

[bigredd]

<strong>Bob Impact</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>TheVHD</strong> wrote:<br />If it's a local place you like and go to allot and there is a tip jar... I would throw in a buck. It's just a sign of good will... but that's just me. <p>&nbsp;Thats exactly why I always tip the Dunkin Donuts guy, and the Starbucks we always go to.&nbsp; The Dunkin Donuts drive thru guy is the best, he's always got a good joke, he never fucks up the order and hes pleasant.&nbsp; He always says that Sarah likes her coffee sweet, like her.&nbsp; I like the fact that a guy in a wheelchair who works in a Dunkin Donuts is in a good mood at 5:30.&nbsp; The Starbucks tipping is because I go there everyday, and one of the guys will swing buy with freebies (we're right across the road) for me every so often. </p><p>I do throw em a bone every once in a while but not every time by any means. </p>

[DonInNC]

<strong>bigredd</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>CPW3</strong> wrote:<br />Your paying for the goods, you tip on service. You go and pick this shit up, how much does it take for them to hand you a bag? Unless she cups your balls and massages the shaft there is definitely no need to tip. <p>Now THAT would be good BBQ...and well worth my hard earned money.</p><p>Is that what dry-rub means?</p>

[drjoek]

The one concern about NOT tipping in a place where you go regularly for food is the concern of what they will do to your food next time. Anyone seen the movie "Waiting" where they send the food back? Wouldnt want that happening to my food.

[ralphbxny]

Never unless they go beyond the call of duty!

[ChimneyFish]

At this rate, I'm thinking about starting the "Who in the hell DON'T I tip????" thread.



I say, you giving a few bucks every once in awhile is fine.

[MichiganJay]

People used to tip me at the drive thru window of taco bell all the time when I worked there in high school. Usually drunk people, after a night of tipping the bartenders I guess it just came naturally. We were always like "what the hell why is this person giving me money?" it was cool though. Coolest thing ever and I reccomend spreading the cheer is a 2 guys drove up to the window smoking a jay and said "do you know what this is" and the I nodded and he said, "You want it" and I nooded and the dude gave me a pre rolled fatboy. Pretty fucking cool.

[badmonkey]

What about restaurants where you get curbside service? Like the Outback where I live brings my carryout food to my truck, gets my credit card, takes it in and swipes it, brings it back to me and I sign and bring the food home. I usually tip them like $5, but I always drive away wondering.

Badmonkey