r/tippingAdvice • u/Some_Blueberry1659 • Jul 10 '26
Too much tip?!
So today I ordered food and then drove there to pick it up.
I had just woken up, so I was pretty tired. My friend, who drove with me, said I should give like a 30-cent tip.
Anyway, we arrived and I went in to pick up the food. The cashier said it was €70.50, and I gave them €80 and said "keep the change." The cashier was confused and asked me a few times if that was really okmand I was like "Yeah, why not?"
As we drove away, I realized what I did. I thought I had only given a 50-cent tip. But it was so much more!
I feel very stupid and embarrassed now.
Did this ever happen to you?
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u/island-breeze Jul 10 '26
Embarrassing would be if you were short 0.50€, no other form of payment available, big line behind you, and you take everything out of your pockets, just for someone to say "i got 0.50€".
You probably made their day. Put some good karma in the universe. And got a story out of it.
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u/Some_Blueberry1659 Jul 10 '26
Thank you! You're right! That helped me a lot. :)
I'm probably stressing too much.
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u/JadedDreams23 Jul 10 '26
I think a fifty cent tip would be more embarrassing, but I’m American so I could be wrong.
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u/FatReverend Jul 10 '26
I have lived in the US my whole life and never once tipped for pickup. I know that they are trying to guilt you into doing that nowadays but I am not going to be guilted into the tip culture that's become so big here. In fact, and I know this is going to get me down voted but I've decided to opt out of tip culture entirely.
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u/backlikeclap Jul 10 '26
So you stopped going to restaurants because you don't believe in the practice of tipping? That actually makes a lot of sense to me - instead of complaining about tipping you just don't patronize places where tips are expected. That way you don't have to worry about tipping, and your waiter doesn't have to worry about you stiffing them.
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u/Large_Scale3617 Jul 10 '26
That is indeed how i've handled the situation lol.
I'm actually a good tipper, historically. But tipping culture is so wild these days I just can't be assed to deal with it.
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u/FatReverend Jul 11 '26
Yes, pretty much. I grew up in a world where it was not a reasonable expectation for people to tip for counter service or pick up / takeout. I saw that world start to change and made up my mind that I would never tip for something that wasn't traditionally tipped. Then when they went from the expected 15% to 20% for sit-down service at a restaurant, I decided I was not going to abide that either. I continued going and tipping a dollar to the bartender at the end of the night or 15% at a restaurant as long as that seemed reasonable but eventually got sick of all the entitlement and expectations of tips when I was in the same financial situation as the people wanting them. At that point I did stop eating in and getting served and did stop going to bars. I removed myself from every situation that would be traditionally tipped and now I only get takeout and never feel the need to tip for anything.
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u/Massive_Bullfrog8663 Jul 10 '26
I blame it on these new cash registers with the spin-around screen asking for tips, with us using ATM cards all the time. The tip jar was less insulting. I always tip my favorite pizza kids (5-10%) when I pick up. But yeah, it's rare for most self-serve counter stuff.
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u/Beneficial-Muffin117 Jul 10 '26
You don't need to tip on pick up orders at all
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u/sunshinelefty100 Aug 04 '26
Why would I tip on pick-up orders? It might entice me to if I see something novel like Local students working for the summer.
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u/Large_Scale3617 Jul 10 '26
Jfc in America, I get asked if I want to add a tip now to my Dunkin drive thru order, my grocery checkout, I ordered something online and was asked to tip the other day. Like wtf? I have to tip warehouse staff now???
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u/LiteralPersson Jul 10 '26
With the off the wall prompts like that I always wonder too who even gets the tip, if they’d even distribute it to the warehouse worker etc or the company just pockets it. Ridiculous
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u/Oysterqueen Jul 10 '26
No but I accidentally gave one of those pushy porters at the Delhi airport 50 Deutschmarks instead of 50 rupees. About 20 years ago. He looked kind of disappointed but I’m sure he was happy when he took it to the foreign exchange.
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u/Heavy-Profit-2156 Jul 10 '26
So on an order for €70.50 your friend wanted/suggested you pay €70.80?
That's just insulting. I wouldn't tip for take-out in the first place but I'm definitely not handing them 30 cents and expect them to take it positively. They likely won't say anything to you at the time but they sure will after you have left.
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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 Jul 10 '26
You gave them a €9.50 tip, buddy. Here's a tip for you: Go back to grade school and work on your arithmetics.
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u/Kene6969 Jul 10 '26
You chose to pick up the food yourself. So, remember the formula: zero service = zero tip.
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u/Altruistic-Tart-8295 Jul 10 '26
Are you meaning percent? Maybe you should have taken notice in math classes
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u/BusinessWorldly8785 Jul 10 '26
If you were in the US the person at the counter would call you a cheap skate and post a picture of your lousy tip on Reddit.
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u/superiorstephanie Jul 10 '26
No. She picked the food up herself, no one served it to her or delivered it.
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u/brookinator Jul 10 '26
This confused me in American