Just learned that a friend of mine always tips 10% on takeout. Ive never tipped on takeout unless they offered me a water/soda while I waited or something.
US biased, but I’m a little curious about other countries as well.
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German here, I don’t have to give anything.
If I am enlighted by service, or the food was really nice I tend to give 10/15%. Mind I am poor and expensive meals are like 45€, so giving 50€ for a good service and evening seems fine to me :)
Hate to break your bubble, but no man is poor who eats takeout for 45€. Thats 4x the price of an expensive meal in Hungary. We are talking about countries with similar grocery prices.
Don’t mind the pop :)
The poor was more refering to my ability to give a tip and the range i can do it with. (And I would say poor, changes from country to country?)
Expensive dine outs like this are rare (sadly) The regular meal out in my region is between 8-15 € Home cooking is far cheaper
How is the range in your area in Hungary
My last grocery shop without expensive stuff for ½-1 week was 45 € which was ruff 😢
You friend is insane and making the problem worse. Tell them to stop.
Even in the US, where tipping has been out of control for a long time, nobody in their right mind tips for takeout. The employee literally didn’t do a damn thing other than a couple seconds of handing you a box and possibly cashing you out.
In my previous town there was a restaurant where I had to install an app to order. When ordering, the kitchen would make the meal and put it out on a counter where I had to go and pick it up myself. When ordering drinks, I had to walk over to the bar where a server left the drink out on a table for me to fetch. Basically no interaction with anyone.
The audacity when the app asked me to leave a tip. Luckily I live in Norway where leaving no tip is completely normal, because civilized employment laws exist.
Please continue not tipping. I do not want to pay extra so that business owners can dump wages.
Well that’s just false. Many people don’t tip for takeout (I don’t), but the customary amount in the US is 10% if you’re going to. I worked in the service industry almost 20 years ago and that amount was supposed to go to bartenders and hostesses who handled the takeout, and it was a nice supplement since takeout and busy bar times didnt normally overlap. It didn’t use to be expected (unlike post covid where tipping is out of control), but if they bring the food out to you or if you have any special orders it’s definitely common. I still bristle at the idea and did back then too, but it’s a far cry from “nobody in their right mind”.
I’ll tip like a buck sometimes, but only if I’m feeling like it. Certainly no obligation. USA
Yup, in the US you shouldn’t tip on takeout orders
if i have to leave the car to get it no, otherwise I will do a small tip since they rendered a service bringing it to my car
American here. $0-$5 cash tip for take out. Depends on the place/circumstances. I live in a high cost of living area as well.
More annoying than just asking for a tip on in delivery or takeout, is asking for the tip first. At this point it is just a fee.
I only ever tip if it’s raining or super cold when I’m ordering. Never a %, just 10 or 20 dkk (a couple bucks)
I tip 20% or $5 on takeout orders, whatever is larger (provided nothing goes terribly wrong). I have the means, and I remember how much I fucking hated working in retail. I depend on these people to feed me and I appreciate that they’re willing to do it (especially with how poorly they get treated at times). If I can make someone’s day better then it’s worth it to me.
That being said, I hate tip culture and wish that the laws in my country around tipping would change. This is getting off topic now (since I think that the people doing takeout orders aren’t subject to this), but it’s absurd that we let restraunts pay $3.50 an hour if someone is making the rest of the minimum wage in tips. If I tip someone, I want it to be because I really appreciate what they did. I don’t want to be paying their wages, they should be receiving a livable wage no matter what. I know that refusing to tip won’t change that, so I just go along with it.
20% / $5 on true “takeout”? When you drive/walk there, go to the counter, wait, and leave with food?
I love the generosity and understand the point for appreciating workers, but that still sounds too generous for getting zero “service” and only getting food.
I don’t take out much but when i order home delivery i don’t normally tip but if i don’t have change and nor do they i tell them to keep the change .
No never, we’re not a tipping culture.
Only exceptions are if you’re taking a taxi or getting food delivered and you pay in cash, it’s a dick move not to round up.
But no one uses cash any more even for that stuff, so that’s kind of moot.
I hate tipping culture so much. But I always tip on food service, even take out that I pick up. I’m not going to punish restaurant workers for our messed up system which pays them substandard “wages”. During covid crisis I raised my tipping $ a bit, and haven’t gone back down. Before covid I also tipped 10% on take out. Because I wanted my favorite restaurants to stay in business, I started tipping 20% for take out.
In take-out ? Never, is a thing in the US ?
In delivery, when the weather is bad, or the delivery was fast, I let 1 EUR to the delivery person
In restaurants, when the service was above average or I’m in a good mood, I let 1-2 EUR.
No it is not. However those electronics terminal would like you to tip everywhere.
I tip around 1-2€ depending how much change I’ve flying around. Never tipped through the app because I don’t think this reaches the driver.
None. I just pay in the app and choose a 0% tip. The thing is expensive already and I don’t wanna waste money uselessly
We don’t tip here nor do we have takeout.
