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sdfernando

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27. I always tip on a take out order.

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 02:53 PM

Feb 2018

I'm a good tipper and give 20% minimum at a sit-down meal...unless the service is REALLY bad. On a take-out I typically do 10% and 15% on a delivery order.

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After failing to tip Outback server on $735 order, mega church finally pays up [View all] jpak Feb 2018 OP

Naples? That's a poverty stricken area of Florida, isn't it? RKP5637 Feb 2018 #1

We're not too far from there snowybirdie Feb 2018 #39

I've been there a few times, the opulence is just too much, showing who has the RKP5637 Feb 2018 #45

I really wish we would move away from the tip system, like other spooky3 Feb 2018 #2

That would require restaurants to pay their employees more. Initech Feb 2018 #4

Yes, I know. Several restaurants have tried it, with mixed spooky3 Feb 2018 #10

I think it's hilarious when establishments tell me there's no tipping allowed. Iggo Feb 2018 #40

I don't think most servers would spit in your beer if you tried to give them a tip anyway. spooky3 Feb 2018 #47

Know'm say'n? Iggo Feb 2018 #48

I agree with the confusion on tipping for take out orders... I usually do, but not always and hlthe2b Feb 2018 #6

Agree. And the church was also helping her to find spooky3 Feb 2018 #9

That was my reaction, partly customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #24

Sure. My problem is squarely with Outback, which should have Hortensis Feb 2018 #37

I agree w/ you...Outback should have been more responsive to the former employee... SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #55

:) Interesting point about the church. Never thought Hortensis Feb 2018 #62

I was never in a 'megachurch', so don't know about the kitchens in one... SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #64

:) You too. Hortensis Feb 2018 #66

Service in Europe is much better than it is in the US. GoneOffShore Feb 2018 #42

And, it goes even deeper than that. Lord_at_War Feb 2018 #57

Same here customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #68

Oh, well that purported $140-odd will really help since she got fired . . . hatrack Feb 2018 #3

That was my first thought.... Bengus81 Feb 2018 #23

You dont have to tip on a takeout order Renew Deal Feb 2018 #5

To Be Fair To Her. . . ProfessorGAC Feb 2018 #7

I agree Renew Deal Feb 2018 #11

Agree that the manager should be responsible in this case. Stinks that he/she fired the poor girl. WillowTree Feb 2018 #13

I always tip on a take out order. sdfernando Feb 2018 #27

Who does that tip go to? WillowTree Feb 2018 #32

The cash goes to teh server..If I don't have cash it goes on the card. sdfernando Feb 2018 #36

And then he fired her. Iggo Feb 2018 #41

That's how you were raised... Blue_Tires Feb 2018 #52

15-20% is stingy for dine in Renew Deal Feb 2018 #54

15-20 is the minimum, and I scale up depending on quality of service Blue_Tires Feb 2018 #61

While I don't think it's required you tip on take-out orders NewJeffCT Feb 2018 #8

Never going to outback again BSdetect Feb 2018 #12

You usually tip on a carry-out order? WillowTree Feb 2018 #14

I do. Not everyone does. But I do. Aristus Feb 2018 #15

I do too Beaverhausen Feb 2018 #17

i try to tip but lol, they try to refuse. unblock Feb 2018 #31

I do -- 10% obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #46

Again, when you're just going in to pick up your order, who do you give the tip to? WillowTree Feb 2018 #50

I ask for the person whose name is on the order Skittles Feb 2018 #53

That's fine as far as it goes. WillowTree Feb 2018 #56

they verify who put the order together Skittles Feb 2018 #60

yes Skittles Feb 2018 #51

The servers who prepare your take-out orders Mariana Feb 2018 #58

I'm really surprised that someone in PR at Outback Danascot Feb 2018 #16

you think servers should be allowed to insult customers online without getting fired? unblock Feb 2018 #29

Her employer should be paying her fair compensation. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #18

In this situation customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #25

Pay them a living wage. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #28

I was assuming customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #33

"who's going to go first with," NCTraveler Feb 2018 #34

Under the present tipping system customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #35

"the customer being served gets the power to deem it a good job or not" NCTraveler Feb 2018 #38

I disagree w/ the concept of 'customer getting the service' has power to deem it a good job or not.. SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #65

My grandfather gave nothing for good service. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #67

A takeout order like that should have it built into it for gratuity because of the size Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #19

It seems like lots of restaurants do have an automatic gratuity built in bullwinkle428 Feb 2018 #20

It's almost never applied to take out orders Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #21

I usually don't tip on takeout but i would if it was an order this large JI7 Feb 2018 #49

I don't get how she spent most of her shift readying the order nadine_mn Feb 2018 #22

so called tips should be added to checks as a required service fee so customers have an option to msongs Feb 2018 #26

Thank you, jpak and FL saidsimplesimon Feb 2018 #30

From what my friends who have been servers told me crazycatlady Feb 2018 #44

she lost her job and Outback no longer on our places to go. beachbum bob Feb 2018 #43

Sounds like collections may have been down last Sunday Mariana Feb 2018 #59

I always pay a generous tip on take-outs. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #63