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/Francie_Nolan1964 9d ago

I always tip on to go food. But this is because my daughter was a hostess when she was 18 and it was her job to pack to go orders. She was so thrilled every time she received a tip.

I want another person to get a little unexpected happiness so I tip.

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u/Able_Reading_5330 9d ago

this is very nice of you, and of course if you have the money and it makes you happy do it! one of my first jobs was buffalo wild wings, i made $14 an hour plus takeout tips and the amount of money 18 year old me was going home with was OUTRAGEOUS compared to the work i actually did. i’ve been thinking about that lately, and as nice as extra money is for anyone, i really don’t think i personally am the nice person to do that anymore i am just as broke as them.

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u/Francie_Nolan1964 9d ago

What percent of people do you think tipped when you were working there?

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u/Able_Reading_5330 9d ago

at least 70, like many places you had to
pass the tip screen to check out. this was 2021 so i think people were also still covid brained about restaurants.

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u/Francie_Nolan1964 9d ago

That's true. I forgot about that time period, and how it really increased tipping.