No Stupid Questions

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.

NO

New York City.

The delivery guy is probably not making very much money. Looks like minimum wage for food service is $10, $15 for everyone else. They have to go out in the rain and snow, too.

I make a modest shitload of money. I am not going to notice the extra $7 tip I give the driver. They might.

I can understand if you're tight on money not wanting to tip extra. Fine. Make your own decisions. But people pulling in mid six figures can afford to share the wealth.

Singapore here, we don't usually tip but it's sort of forced into the overall cost as a 10% service charge in certain restaurants. No tips on takeout but some places will charge you a couple of tens of cents for the takeaway container. This is usually for smaller cheaper stalls though, usually never happens at restaurants.

No. Sometimes I tip 3% if there’s an easy option and I paid credit. But usually 0% for takout

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.

Canadian here. If I call in, pick it up then yeah, about 10 is my general go to. They're in my neighbourhood, I like them and I'll spend more than that on an unnecessary beer without thinking.

I've seen a lot of good places go under, I'll do my small part to help keep places I like in business. Admittedly, while I'm not rich a few extra bucks here and there to people busting their asses isn't a backbreaker. (Worked in kitchens, am not a hard enough worker for that ever again. Mad respect for those who do.)

I don't, unless something extraordinary happened.

They aren't $3/hr servers.

I used to tip everytime when I got food to-go but recently I've completely stopped on to-go orders for 2 reasons.

1. It was getting annoying how much money it just keeps adding onto what should be a smallish purchase

2. I didn't realize until recently that if you tip through the card scanner or online or whatever the company that made the scanner or online processing takes a part of the tip. I didn't tip for you card processor I tipped for the employee.

If I'm picking it up then none.

Only during COViD. They put extra service by risking their health. Some sullen teenager standing behind the register while I pick up my bag has provided no service

As in driving my own car, using my own gas, to pick up my order? No.

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.

As a service industry worker, I wouldn't bother. We generally treat it as a "cool they left money for some reason".

Me, a non-american:

UK here.

Yes, 2 or 3 pound. Typically that's about 10%.

I refer to it as the lazy tax.

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

I'll tip the next time I come around if I really liked their food/packaging/utensils/attitude/atmosphere USA

It really depends on what you're talking about. If it's dedicated counter staff no. If it's waitstaff that is on waitstaff wages(as in a waitress went to get your food), maybe. The former should actually be having a competitive wage to employ them. The later were hired on with the expectation that they work for tips. Counter staff getting tips that they don't even share with back of the house is kind of dumb.

I simply let a Benjamin fall out of my pocket as I walk away from the takeout counter.

JK but it's based on a true story, when I was a waitress one wealthy traveling CEO left a $100 tip by "accidentally" dropping a $100 bill on the floor, for a $12 order. He was from Greece.

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)

0-8%

We don't tip here nor do we have takeout.

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

Low tip for takeout. Usually 10ish%. I'm also a high tipper at restaurants in general, food service in particular is shit work where you're treated badly and paid garbage. "It's not my responsibility to pay their employees" always sounded cheap to me. Either you can't afford it or you're cheap, if you claim to have any sympathy for minimum wage employees, you tip well. If you don't like tipping (because you're cheap or can't afford it, neither of which is wrong), you push for legal change and don't punish the fellow worker in front of you.

Living samples of penicillium.