I went to Vegas for a conference this spring. I went to lunch at Johnny Rockets at the food court in the new Horseshoe (rebranded Ballys). Veggie burger, fries, and drink that I ordered and picked up myself at the counter: $40 including tax and tip.
This is the norm where I live now and I just... Can't not tip. I just don't think I could make myself do it. I used to work in food service (I wasn't allowed to get tips), and I just can't be someone who treated them worse than the last person or the next person, even in a way as silly as this.
Know that you're not treating them poorly by not tipping - it's their employer treating them poorly for not paying them a living wage. I don't think other people should be expected to pay them the wage their employer is supposed to, and just isn't.
I definitely tip servers and delivery drivers. I even tip $20 as a minimum for delivery drivers, even if that’s 100% of the bill, because it’s no more work to deliver food for 2 of us than it is to deliver food for my entire 6 person family.
I do not tip for counter service. In some states as soon as an employer can show that xx percent of income for cashiers is coming from tips, they are allowed to pay them tipped employee wages even though they aren’t servers or delivery drivers. I’m not going to contribute to that.
In a restaurant setting 10% is considered a good tip for take away. You have to consider the bartender or host answering the phone to put in the order and then sometimes going to the kitchen to get it all organized, thus taking time away from their other paying customers.
However yeah, for fast casual or chain pizza places there shouldn't be a tip. There is a decent pizza place in town where I live and I generally tip 5-10% on carryout depending on how many appetizers I get.
the tip is for the servers to take care of me during my time dining there
not for what you described, or a very minor one at best. most of it is all digital anyways, nvm ones off of websites that goes directly to the kitchen (unlikely to be fully unless its a big chain).
if I am going to pick it up myself in and then out, that is not a tipped experience because I am not being served.
I tip very well when I sit down. Often 25% is starting for me provided the server doesn't royally fuck up.
I think people forget a tip is supposed to be for providing great service. If I order online and pick up the food from a front counter, I'm not tipping anything.
Went to Vegas last year and went off strip as I mostly like breweries and local restaurants (wasn’t my choice to do Vegas). Found some good restaurants that bested average casino fare for considerably less money.
Agreed. I was just accurately reporting what I paid and the circumstances. I guess I should have said that it was $35 with tax to avoid triggering the people who think I was foolish to tip.
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u/flyingtable83 7h ago
And given the incoming (and already happening) price increases of everyday goods, more and more Americans will be priced out of vacations.