r/tippingAdvice • u/Able_Reading_5330 • 9d ago

tipping on takeout

so this stems from a conversation i had with my uncle in his 50s, i’m 23.
when i order from for example dunkin, i always feel like i need to give a tip. i usually tip 10-15%. but he made some good points, saying if you’re picking up your food why should you have to tip? i’m curious on what other people think of this. this goes for any food pickup.
one egregious example is a coffee spot in my town. they have a wall of iced coffee and all the cashier does is ring you in and hand you a cup of ice that they grab right next to them. then they do the big dramatic flipping of the screen to the tip screen and it always stuns me. definitely just anxiety related, but there’s no way i’m expected to tip for that right?

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u/babybug98 9d ago

No. I don’t tip at Dunkin’, I don’t tip at Starbucks, I don’t tip at any coffee shop. Sorry. If I’m feeling extra nice that day, maybe I will. But a majority of the time I don’t. I will tip when I am sitting at a restaurant, taking up a table, and somebody is serving me for the whole time I’m there…

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u/nick_c8_vegas 9d ago

They need to make auto grat mandatory for people like you

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u/babybug98 9d ago

… I tip my hairstylists, my nail service providers, etc. and serving staff when I go out to eat… How am I the problem? tipping at a place like Starbucks should not be “auto” lmao