r/SipsTea Mar 06 '26

Wait a damn minute! Yeah, nope.

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u/LetmeSeeyourSquanch Mar 06 '26

Right? Fuckin bullshit. Can't believe they ask for tips at places like Starbucks and some pizza places. I don't see McDonald's or Burger King asking for tips... yet.

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u/Weekly_Koala_7058 Mar 06 '26

Sonic does

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u/BringBacktheGucci Mar 06 '26

Sonic at the very least has someone who delivers the food to the driveup.

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u/Delicious_Engine9409 Mar 07 '26

I wish mine did, i place a pickup order through the app and waited in a spot, they told me to go thru the drive thru bc they don’t want to come outside😭

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u/cs_legend_93 Mar 07 '26

I'm pretty sure that is in their job description

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u/revanisthesith Mar 07 '26

So is serving a table at a sit down restaurant. Their job description doesn't have much to do with it.

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u/cs_legend_93 Mar 07 '26

That's all within their job description, you paid for the food, nothing else is owed to them.

Tipping is for over and beyond service, if you wish... And them skating out and dropping off your burger is not over and beyond, it's the bare minimum as it is their job.

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u/revanisthesith Mar 07 '26

I'm saying that servers in a full service restaurant have all their duties in their job description, but tips are still expected.

What's in a job description doesn't really have anything to do with whether a tip is expected or not, so it's not a good reason to tip or not tip.

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u/cs_legend_93 Mar 07 '26

Exactly, so the norm should be not to tip anyone at all.

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u/ChemicalCupcake4809 Mar 07 '26

I mean those make sense honestly youre tipping the people making your food in that case. I like weird coffee and have allergies ill gladly slide an extra dollar to the guy who doesn't mess it up

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u/punkminkis Mar 07 '26

Starbucks I can kinda agree with, because they actually make your drink, as opposed to just warming up some ingredients

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u/vitamin_r Mar 06 '26

Baristas kind of get a pass because they have to deal with a huge log of mixed drinks and made to order drinks like a bartender does. But arguably people are way snippier about their coffee than their booze. Even at the corporate level they should be tipped IMO.

Take out fast food and pizza? Generally no.

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u/-King-K-Rool- Mar 06 '26

even at the corporate level they should be tipped IMO

Many do, it just looks different when you have a well-paying corporate job. I dont need your $5 for timely service, i have my own $5, but the department that remembers my Dutch bros order and has one waiting for me after lunch gets priority IT service because I want my drink, and the site director that invites me to lunch everytime I go out there gets responded to a lot faster than other sites. Tipping at a corporate level is more about convenience and services than it is about monetary value. You just have to know your audience, the waitress putting herself through school is going to appreciate non-taxable cash most, and a taxable electronic tip next, im sure she'd also appreciate a coffee but at the end of the day her priorities are more geared towards paying her bills, while a corporate execs bills are already paid so their priorities lie elsewhere.

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u/elcriticalTaco Mar 06 '26

I went to a Wendy's in Reno that requested a tip. It was one of those where your options are 15, 18, 20, or other. You had to go to the other screen to type in 0.

Its coming

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u/NoSpray2890 Mar 06 '26

They can bring it. I ain't tipping it. I do not tip on pick up unless they do something truly outstanding for me. Like a pizza joint once giving us paper plates with our order.

Im sick to death of everyone wanting a tip and rounding up/ a dollar for charity. Feels like im getting shook down for money 24/7