Partly because I know some people who have been some and bitched that they didn't get tips, partly because I wanted to make the thread.

These people don't do crap but walk the food to your car and get the plastic silverware for you, and they get paid a real wage, not the server $2.15 or whatever.

I wouldn't tip one of these bitches ever.

6/12/2006 6:47:50 PM

You tell 'em, chief.

6/12/2006 7:57:11 PM

They're called carhops, and if they're skating or it's raining or anything, you'd better goddamn well tip, you fat, lazy bastard.

6/12/2006 7:59:16 PM

do you rollerskate in the rain often frosh?

6/12/2006 8:21:19 PM

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"These people don't do crap but walk the food to your car and get the plastic silverware for you"

To be fair it's something you're too lazy to do, so clearly it must have some degree of difficulty which is why you're paying someone to do it for you no?

6/12/2006 10:12:27 PM

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"These people don't do crap but walk the food to your car and get the plastic silverware for you, and they get paid a real wage, not the server $2.15 or whatever."

A lot of the time they're a bartender or something in which case you're taking time away from their bar/tables. That means you're costing them money.

Besides that...

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"To be fair it's something you're too lazy to do, so clearly it must have some degree of difficulty which is why you're paying someone to do it for you no?"

6/12/2006 11:08:02 PM

I would never tip for this... I'll go in and get it myself if I can. If the only thing they have is curb service then that is not my responsibility to tip.

When I was a server for 2 years, all carryouts went through the bar..but of course the servers actually had to pack everything up in bags and carry it to the bar (i don't think we should have been tipped anyways ,mind you) but the bartenders WOULD get tipped for checking the people out and keep it for themselves... douchebags.

6/13/2006 12:01:43 AM

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"A lot of the time they're a bartender or something in which case you're taking time away from their bar/tables. That means you're costing them money. Besides that..."

WTF, can you read? Obviously this is about people bringing food to your CAR...dear lord I hope a bartender isn't delivering to cars.

6/13/2006 12:04:56 AM

Yeah those high school bitches at Outback definitely don't bartend from their little booth in the back...

6/13/2006 12:06:50 AM

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[Edited on June 13, 2006 at 12:07 AM. Reason : sd]

6/13/2006 12:07:14 AM

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"WTF, can you read? Obviously this is about people bringing food to your CAR...dear lord I hope a bartender isn't delivering to cars."

I know that at the applebees i get carside at every so often it is either the bartender or one of the normal waitresses (i've had her wait on my table when i went inside before) so its not like the specifically hire someone for the carside service, i think the waitresses either rotate shifts or whoever isn't busy takes it out.

6/13/2006 1:07:18 AM

welllllll, I work at Outback, and I am not in high school.

we get paid 2.15 when we work takeaway and when we serve or bartend. also, some people are specifically hired to work just take-away

we take your order, we bag up the entire order (apps, salads, meat, sides, silverware, bread, extra dressings, etc.), we are entirely responsible for what goes in your bag....not the kitchen, not the bar, not the managers, just us.

we depend on tips.

i cant speak for any other restaurant, just Outback.



this is NotSure's girlfriend, btw

6/13/2006 9:15:38 AM

yeah i've always wondered what the rules for tipping take-out is. Its like a grey area. u definitly don't tip fastfood, then u have your diner kinda places, and then your restaurants.

what do u tip for take out?

6/13/2006 11:27:47 AM

I don't ever tip period. Fuck that. I have better things to do with my money.

6/13/2006 11:30:33 AM

My boyfriend and I always order food to go from places like applebees, macaroni grill ect. and we never tip. Truthfully we never thought to tip. I mean I drive to the restaurant, walk in, pay and walk it back out to my car, just like what I would do if we went to Burger King. So why should we tip at one place for more expensive food then at the cheaper food places?

6/13/2006 2:03:30 PM

"what do u tip for take out?"

depends on what you get

some ppl come to outback for a baked potato
some ppl come to outback and order $150 worth of take-out.....


i'd say a dollar for something real simple, and like 10% for larger orders.

6/13/2006 2:05:09 PM

Many places charge you a fee/auto gratuity for doing the takeout, so they are getting extra money for the service. Why do they need more?

6/13/2006 3:38:48 PM

are they coming to my house to clean the table after we eat?

6/13/2006 3:41:03 PM

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"this is NotSure's girlfriend, btw"

im glad this was solved. you seemed nothing like NotSure from his 1 other post on this forum.

6/13/2006 4:05:55 PM

^Haha. I laughed at that too.

6/13/2006 4:08:52 PM

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"we take your order, we bag up the entire order (apps, salads, meat, sides, silverware, bread, extra dressings, etc.), we are entirely responsible for what goes in your bag....not the kitchen, not the bar, not the managers, just us."

that sounds like a pretty demanding job for someone that made it through highschool - you definitely need a tip

make sure items are what customer ordered
put items in bag
do not lose bag while waiting for customer to get there

i mean i guess you do more than take the top off of a beer

6/13/2006 4:12:05 PM

i picked up food from an outback once & straight up asked the guy if i was supposed to tip him. he told me that some people leave a dollar or two but that it isn't necessary.

6/13/2006 4:12:33 PM

^^ that HS education isnt really going to work if you chose a job that had an ambiguous tipping requirement.

at least customers know you are supposed to tip waiters and bartenders. it'd be like choosing to waitress (if you want to call it that) at sweet tomatoes or cici's.

6/13/2006 4:26:17 PM

^ at least they clean the table afterward

6/13/2006 4:37:18 PM

This might be helpful, too.


http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=411111

6/13/2006 4:43:26 PM

"that sounds like a pretty demanding job for someone that made it through highschool - you definitely need a tip

make sure items are what customer ordered
put items in bag
do not lose bag while waiting for customer to get there

i mean i guess you do more than take the top off of a beer"


So that means I should only make $2.13/hr?

Have you EVER worked in a busy restaurant with lots of demanding customers?

I'm talking about a couple bucks tip in most cases...if you cant afford that on top of buying outback food then dont come.

6/13/2006 4:51:13 PM

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"i'd say a dollar for something real simple, and like 10% for larger orders."

good lord girl, raise your standards. i serve at a $texas restaurant, and <20% is definitely the exception.

6/13/2006 4:56:07 PM

Damn, I wrap presents at work all the time (barnes & noble) and the older ladies try to tip me and I never accept it, it seems wrong.

One thing that ticks me off are tip jars at starbucks or TCBY or ben & jerry's. It's like dammit, you're getting paid X.XX wages/hour, you aren't making $2.13


Has anyone here ever worked at Hooters? Or know anyone that has? Drop me a line - I'm interested.

6/13/2006 5:02:43 PM

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"good lord girl, raise your standards. i serve at a $texas restaurant, and <20% is definitely the exception."

on takeout orders?

6/13/2006 5:32:27 PM

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"Has anyone here ever worked at Hooters? Or know anyone that has? Drop me a line - I'm interested."

from your gallery it looks like hooters probably won't be

6/14/2006 2:09:23 PM

I also work at a take away restuarant. I think anyone that doesnt tip when someone is WAITING/GIVING TAKE-AWAY SERVICE(which includes having to sit on the phone with you, putting all of your picky orders in the bag, and dealing with you in person....which is obviously painful since your the type of person who doesnt tip) on them is a miserable fuck who probably needs the money to buy porn off of the computer because no decent girl/guy would ever be with a guy/girl who is so cheap that they show their ignorrance and their selfishness in one comment/action. Why dont you just scream "I have never been exposed to anything but McDonald's in my shitty redneck town, aren't I awesome!"
Besides, if you do not feel any generosity towards your fellow man then I feel sorry for what a sad and unfufilling life you are going to lead.

and we DO get paid 2.15, our paychecks end up being about 25 dollars every two weeks

6/14/2006 3:49:45 PM

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"and we DO get paid 2.15, our paychecks end up being about 25 dollars every two weeks"

if you are going to bitch about it - change jobs - cry cry cry

6/14/2006 3:51:30 PM

do your job and shut up. if you don't get paid enough, get another one. a person who hands me a bag of food does not deserve a tip.

6/14/2006 3:52:49 PM

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"i picked up food from an outback once & straight up asked the guy if i was supposed to tip him. he told me that some people leave a dollar or two but that it isn't necessary."

It depends on where you go. Some places pay these people $2-3 an hour so they depend on tips. Some places pay them $6-9.

6/14/2006 5:43:18 PM

it is always the random noobs who come on, call ppl greedy fucks, and have no logical points to support their argument.

lemme guess, if we dont support the president than we love terrorism as well.

6/14/2006 5:56:49 PM

all the n00bs are coming out of their lurking existence to cry about how they need more tips, go back to your fucking wral porn

6/14/2006 6:13:47 PM

I'm sorry us stupid n00bs get in the way of your daily ritual posts of "I will pay someone to take my virginity" on craigslist

6/14/2006 8:37:34 PM

I'm still confused about the part where it's our responsibility as customers to pick up the slack for your employer paying you like shit.

6/14/2006 8:46:55 PM

I'm still confused why you eat outback if you cant afford it

6/14/2006 9:03:52 PM

I'd tip for some reading comprehension.

6/14/2006 9:04:58 PM

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"I'm still confused why you eat outback if you cant afford it"

Its not that we don't want to afford it, its that we just don't care. Why the fuck should I waste money tipping you because your employer pays you shit? Whose problem is that? Isn't mine.

6/15/2006 8:30:04 AM

the employer pays them shit b/c you are EXPECTED to tip, unless your service really sucks.

6/15/2006 8:53:34 AM

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"the employer pays them shit b/c you are EXPECTED to tip, unless your service really sucks. "

Then why not build the tip into the cost of the food itself? I'm expected to do alot of things, but usually don't unless not doing it has some adverse affect on me.

6/15/2006 8:56:41 AM

i think it is obvious from this thread that most ppl dont expect to have to tip for carryout food.

6/15/2006 9:04:43 AM

^^well, your waiter is expected to not stir your food with his junk before he brings it to you, and refraining from doing so doesn't really have any adverse effect on him. Does that mean that it he should go ahead and do it?

6/15/2006 9:31:13 AM

i can understand wanting the price of the tip to be factored into the price of the food, but FULLY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT, I can't understand how someone would figure that tipping isn't necessary. You know damn well that waitstaff work almost strictly for tips--by not tipping, you are effectively having them perform a service for you for a 30 minutes or an hour, then not paying them for it.

Furthermore, the system as it stands right now rewards the best waitstaff and allows the consumer to pay what is warranted for the service delivered--but that is placing trust in the consumer's judgement not to take advantage of the situation.

[Edited on June 15, 2006 at 9:35 AM. Reason : asdf]

6/15/2006 9:34:17 AM

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6/15/2006 9:52:39 AM

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"You know damn well that waitstaff work almost strictly for tips--by not tipping, you are effectively having them perform a service for you for a 30 minutes or an hour, then not paying them for it."

Duke, we're talking about friggin' takeout food. That doesn't take half an hour to "serve."

If I eat in a restaurant with table service, I tip well if the service is good and tip adequately if the service is adequate. When I have a pizza delivered, I'll give the guy $2-3 if it's hot when it arrives -- more if the weather sucks.

However, if I get in my car, drive to the restaurant, pick up my food, drive back home... and then clean the table after I eat, I'm at a loss at to what "service" is being provided that warrants a tip.

6/15/2006 9:58:30 AM

I'm talking about this idiocy:

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"I don't ever tip period. Fuck that. I have better things to do with my money."

If I walk in and pick it up, I don't tip.

There's a Ruby Tuesday right out the front gate of the base down here, though...If I'm in my flight suit (or cammies, or dress blues with medals--although I never actually wear that uniform), I can't go in to eat, so sometimes I'll call ahead for some lunch, and they'll bring it out to my car. I usually leave a very small tip for that (usually a keep the change sort of thing).

6/15/2006 10:09:16 AM

I think it is okay for you to think that you dont have to tip if you get out of your car and walk inside, but if you sit in your car the whole time the least you can do is tip a $1, I dont see why everyone is complaining about a $1, its a nice gester, stop acting like fucking yankees

6/15/2006 10:15:09 AM