Tipping Question/Opinion

[fla4fun]

This is my paranoia speaking, but there are places like Papa John's and a few local places with online ordering portals that have a tip section when you order online for pickup. While I'd normally tip for delivery, pickup is kind of odd. Still, they can see if you tip or not, so I can't help but wonder if I'll be coming home with a "sneezer" if I don't tip some on a pickup.

This would just make me order delivery instead of pickup. If I have to tip to ensure I don’t get tampered food, I might as well make it convenient for myself and have it delivered, where I would have tipped anyway.

 

[disneychrista]

This place used to be a regular brewery/bar. The moved about a year & a half ago into this new location and at this point went to the self service. So previously under the traditional service, I would tip, no questions. At first I tipped just like I normally would but then most recently just wondered what the heck am I tipping for. Especially when the majority of the time I don't get any food and the "service" I receive is less than what I receive at a fast food restaurant.

 

[prairie_girl]

Nope, not tipping for that.

 

[fla4fun]

This place used to be a regular brewery/bar. The moved about a year & a half ago into this new location and at this point went to the self service. So previously under the traditional service, I would tip, no questions. At first I tipped just like I normally would but then most recently just wondered what the heck am I tipping for. Especially when the majority of the time I don't get any food and the "service" I receive is less than what I receive at a fast food restaurant.

Yeah, under this scenario, I wouldn’t be tipping. Tipping should involve some sort of service provided. In a TS restaurant, that service is taking your order and bringing you your food, refilling your drinks as needed, providing information regarding the food and any specials. In this case, you are simply making a transaction like you would with a cashier at your local grocery store. I don’t allow myself to be guilted into tipping in situations like this.

For the record, I do tip generously in restaurants, for luggage handling, for housekeeping, and other traditionally tipped activities. But I draw the line at tipping where no service is provided or where I am doing the work myself.

I do believe that in many of these cases, the software they are using includes a tip section where it either didn’t before, or it wasn’t activated before. That is the only explanation I can come up with for the self checkout at the grocery store asking how much the customer wants to tip. . .

 

[Traveling on cc points]

I wouldn’t tip. Tipping has gotten out of control.

We have a place near us that we order from regularly. It’s very similar to Panera bread.
They don’t offer delivery but can place an order online for pick up. The last screen auto defaults to a 15% tip for pick up orders. You can change it to any percentage you want including a zero tip but it annoys me everytime I order from there.

 

[SteveH]

I am so over the tipping just to tip fad. I if I go to a restaurant and the server takes my order & delivers my food they are in the range for about at 18-20% tip. If a food runner drops my food off and has to ask who ordered what, I knock off about 5%. If I have to ask or or push my glass to edge of the table so that they notice that I need a refill that's another 5%. In my State there is no restaurant wage so minimum wage is about $16.50 that's already a good wage, service needs to be solid for a 20% tip these days.

Edit: To add if I order at a counter, pick up and/or serve myself (think 5 guys) I don't tip as there was no service. Cleaning up, is not a service in my view.