Did you tip for takeout pre-covid? Do you now?

[teachercd]

1 hour ago, JJ Husker said:

Yeah, I hate that. Like I'm looking for a charity to donate to while I'm going through the Panda Express drive thru.   I snap back with a no so quickly they probably think I'm an a$$ 

I really hate it when my total is like 9.01...round up?  No thanks...that .99 cents is a shooter of booze!

[SandhillshuskerW]

I think you should all take the Dwight Schrute philosophy on tipping:

 

Dwight Schrute:
Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food, I can drive a taxi, I can and do cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist. Because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.

 

[BigRedBuster]

6 hours ago, GSG said:

One of my college friends used to think he was this super rad dude and would put a stack of 1's on the table at a restaurant and tell the server it was all theirs, but every time there was a mistake or he had to wait too long he'd take a dollar away. Funny enough, he never gave out more than 20% of the bill

If I were a waiter serving your friend, I would be motivated to tell him to go f#&% himself.  Being a waiter doesn't mean you have to suck up to every jack a$$ in the room.  

 

I on the other hand have been in a restaurant when a good waitress was working our table and the tables around us.  The table next to us had a total jacka$$ that made a big scene about something that wasn't even her fault, got up and stormed out without a tip.  I actually double tipped her that night and left a note telling her she was doing a great job.

 

Bad service is frustrating.  But, it really pisses me off when I see a customer being an idiot to the staff.

 

My wife used to work in the office at an exclusive country club in Des Moines.  The office actually had a list of members that were so bad that the wait staff got a tip from the club if they had to serve them.

[BigRedBuster]

Edit:  Screwed up posting.

[B.B. Hemingway]

4 hours ago, knapplc said:

 

You should not contribute to those for multiple reasons. They use your donation as a tax write-off. They take an administrative fee out of your donation for their "handling" of the cash. The charity receives only a percentage of your donation. 

 

If you want to donate to charity, donate directly to that charity. And get a receipt. 

 

 

Always. I never pass up a good tax write off.

[B.B. Hemingway]

This thread did not go as I thought it would.... Somehow, I now feel like I should tip less than I do currently.

[Decoy73]

I tip the pizza delivery guy $5 even though its probably too much, but they are always prompt and friendly.  I usually max at $5-$10 for curbside depending on the size of the order.  I figure it helps good restaurants keep good staff.  I worry about my favorite places closing their doors during these times.  But no way in hell am I going off a percentage.  That's for good dine-in service only.  When the whole gang wants PF Changs and the bill is $100,  $15-$20 just to carry it out to the damn truck?  Heck no.

[Xmas32]

Yeah I'm in the same boat @Decoy73 when it comes to pizza delivery.  I'm tipping usually in the 25% range since it's only a couple extra bucks for me but I swear my pizza always gets delivered faster than the quoted wait times and there are never any issues with missing items.