Should I " tip" the Starbucks drive-thru server for bill of $11.00?

[FarPoint]

If one orders a latte and say sandwich the cost is around $11.00.... I just need to get feedback regarding this sometimes annoying, in your face to tip kind of customer service.

I am not sure the effort for a tip rises to the level of a sitdown, inside server at a table...then the tip when I leave one is $1.00 at the Starbucks window ....

What is the DU concensus regarding this, in your face/ tip-me approach?

[Blues Heron]

1. Definitely tip since they are bringing the food to your car window.

[hlthe2b]

8. The OP says they went through the drive-through. n/t

[Blues Heron]

12. exactly - they bring the food to you so you dont have to get out of the car. Thats a tipable service

[hlthe2b]

14. They don't bring the food TO YOU. I have no problem tipping, but they sit at the window.

I don't think I'd get upset at DUers that don't want to tip in that setting, but I typically do so nonetheless--even though they are NOT coming out to my car, but merely HANDING me my order. Still, dealing with the public is hard work so they earn the tip for sure!

[Blues Heron]

16. Somehow it gets to you without you getting out of your car. However that happens, you oughta tip the person

Also, one is exposing the person to the inside of ones vehicle- that could qualify for extra hardship duty tips depending

[hlthe2b]

17. That is ridiculous.. Handing someone something through a window is not entering your car, but whatever

Like I said, I think they earn the tip just dealing with the public. Make that your argument and I'm with you.

[Blues Heron]

18. I didnt say they entered, just looking or smelling some car interiors warrants an extra tip

[sinkingfeeling]

2. I would not tip. Then, I'm sick of this country's handling

of service workers' wages.

[GP6971]

20. Care to enlighten us with a link? Oh....you can't!!

[PatSeg]

21. My experience in food service

was actually the opposite. Conservatives and people who are financially well-off tend to be more on the cheap side, having little or no experience working for $2.00 an hour plus tips.

[CrispyQ]

30. Don't forget the fake Christians who come in after church on Sunday & leave proselytizing fake money.

[PatSeg]

31. And religious tracts

that they give you with their huge, fake smiles. They really believe they are doing "God's work".

I take it that you've waited tables too!

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. Well, you're not just tipping the person who hands you the coffee

You’re tipping the barista who made the drink.

Baristas are the exception I make for tipping with take out food.

[GP6971]

13. Hi Sunshine!!! Today is the big day...right?

[FarPoint]

23. That adds to the collective concept to tip at the drive thru.

I do tip but cringe when I do... that's why I wanted to get others insight....

[MichMan]

29. How do you know the tips given to the person at the drive through window get shared with a barista?

[Fiendish Thingy]

33. My son worked as a barista for years in his 20's

For both Starbucks and indie coffee roasters.

Common practice is for cash tips to be pooled and shared at the end of the shift.

Tips added via debit/credit card depends on the generosity and honesty of the employer.

[MichMan]

34. My only experience was as a busboy decades ago

It was at a restaurant that was a clone of Red Lobster. Made $3.35 an hour, or approx. $15 a night.

Servers would snatch up every tip left on the table and some bragged how they made over $100 in tips on a busy night. Once, one of them gave me $1.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. Same Experience

That's why, when they asked me if I wanted to wait tables instead of bussing, I said yes.
Sunday mornings at a fancy place that were known their eggs benedict. My hourly wage went down, but those nearly got me to double. A bit less than that on Saturday morning & Wednesday nights.
But, we did throw 10% into a kitty for bussers. So, I made a little even before I switched to waiting tables.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Don't go there, then you can tip yourself.

[anciano]

5. I personally would not......

IMO, tipping should be reserved for traditional scenarios.

[Metaphorical]

6. I usually tip

Drive-through is frantic, hard work, and typically underappreciated.

[True Dough]

11. I feel the same way

It's a shame what retailers and the service industry pays workers, not even a living wage, really. So I usually tip, thank the server but grit my teeth at the thought of some restaurant CEOs making tens of millions per year and shareholders rolling in the dough.

[MichMan]

27. There are lots of lower paid workers that people hardly ever tip

What about convenience store clerks, dry cleaning attendants, or store cashiers that fall into that category?

Who fills up their gas tank (self serve) and goes inside to tip the gas station attendant 15% ?

[True Dough]

28. Can't help 'em all, MichMan,

or I'd go broke!

[Mosby]

7. I use the starbucks app.

Mostly for the sandwiches. I always tip a buck.

[hlthe2b]

9. If I have my doggy girl with me and they give her a pup cup and some "happy talk," you betcha!

I reward kindness!

[FarPoint]

24. Now that is real customer service.

It would be a pleasure to tip then.

[doc03]

22. Exceopt for 2020 when everything was locked down I don't use drive through. They are on a timer

they have to meet a goal of so many seconds for each order. It looks like a very stressful job and they often
have to deal a-hole customers. I would give them a tip. Starbucks is about the biggest scam in history, on
cold drinks they fill the cup with ice and add 8 ounces at best of drink. Ice tea is like ice 4 ounces tea and 4 ounces water.

[MichMan]

25. I am not tipping someone at a drive through just for handing me an order

[wolfie001]

26. If I see a tip jar when doing pickup-up, I tip. And smile

And thank them as well. Me? Retired Union grocery 39 years 2 months.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

36. I do not tip for pick-up or carry-out.

Those are not really the personal services I tip for.

[OmegaX]

32. No...

absolutely not...