Do you tip for takeout? (How much?)

No, because tipping culture isn't a thing here.

I never ever tip if I'm picking up the food myself. No service is being rendered.

I also pretty much never get takeout anymore because the grossness of being asked for a tip ruins the experience.

Never. On nothing. Fuck tips.

You friend is insane and making the problem worse. Tell them to stop.

Even in the US, where tipping has been out of control for a long time, nobody in their right mind tips for takeout. The employee literally didn't do a damn thing other than a couple seconds of handing you a box and possibly cashing you out.

Nope. Where I live employees' salary is included in the food prices.

Canada here. For the very rare delivery order I make, I'll do 10%.

For takeout orders, 0, except from my favourite shawarma place because I like them and want them to stay around. They get 10%. Their prices are very reasonable to begin with, so much that I've thought they could charge more.

Zero tips for takeout.

Fuck no, they're paid to prepare food. There's no service, why am I tipping? People who tip like this are the reason why we have a terrible time ordering every time we go out.

Scotland. As much as they are trying tipping isn't. Thing here but back in the days when we payed by cash I'd usually just round it up to the next £5 or £10

Nope.

I'll tip like a buck sometimes, but only if I'm feeling like it. Certainly no obligation. USA

Not for takeout. I only tip for eating-in, which I still find dumb. We should ban tips and force restaurants to pay a livable wage

USA, I also tip 10% on takeout. I guess it's my way of helping the employees have a shot at a livable wage. I used to have a job in the industry myself, and internalized the "pay it forward" culture.

Take out ( like fast food)? Never

If I sit down in the restaurant, then I tip if I get good service.

German here, I don't have to give anything.

If I am enlighted by service, or the food was really nice I tend to give 10/15%. Mind I am poor and expensive meals are like 45€, so giving 50€ for a good service and evening seems fine to me :)

Never. Not a thing.

Sweden.

No never, we're not a tipping culture.

Only exceptions are if you're taking a taxi or getting food delivered and you pay in cash, it's a dick move not to round up.

But no one uses cash any more even for that stuff, so that's kind of moot.

For pickup? No tip. There's no service provided. You are paying the listed price for the goods (food) you are receiving.

Delivery? 20% with a cap of $5

At a bar? 20% with a cap of $10

Sit down restaurant? 20% with a cap of $20

What are tips? I ain't in the "freedom" land so don't know,

I tip 20% or $5 on takeout orders, whatever is larger (provided nothing goes terribly wrong). I have the means, and I remember how much I fucking hated working in retail. I depend on these people to feed me and I appreciate that they're willing to do it (especially with how poorly they get treated at times). If I can make someone's day better then it's worth it to me.

That being said, I hate tip culture and wish that the laws in my country around tipping would change. This is getting off topic now (since I think that the people doing takeout orders aren't subject to this), but it's absurd that we let restraunts pay $3.50 an hour if someone is making the rest of the minimum wage in tips. If I tip someone, I want it to be because I really appreciate what they did. I don't want to be paying their wages, they should be receiving a livable wage no matter what. I know that refusing to tip won't change that, so I just go along with it.

No, they did nothing but their job.

$0.00

I don't take out much but when i order home delivery i don't normally tip but if i don't have change and nor do they i tell them to keep the change .

Japan: no. Tipping culture can DIAF. ~ Us citizen (who spent a couple years as a tipped employee) living in Japan for the last nearly-10.

I do for certain local mom and pop places because then they remember me and give me extra fries/rice/extras and orders seem to go a little faster. With a chain, nah.

Aussie here. What's a tip? /s

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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

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.

Absolutely not, I only tip waitors / waitresses or delivery people.

Now we're discussing tipping for takeout? What's next tipping in drive thru? I'm so tired of the tipping culture in the US, so very tired.

NO

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

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 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:

I don't, unless something extraordinary happened.

They aren't $3/hr servers.

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)

UK here.

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

I refer to it as the lazy tax.

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.

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.

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.

0-8%

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

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

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

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.

Living samples of penicillium.

I dont even tip when eating inside lol

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.

US here, before COVID I would tip delivery drivers but not if I was picking it up. Now I tip 10-15% for takeout and 20%-25% for table service. I've also come to understand that checking your order, packing the bag, and including condiments or extras all take time and I've decided I'm ok tipping for that if it helps them earn a more decent living.

American here. $0-$5 cash tip for take out. Depends on the place/circumstances. I live in a high cost of living area as well.

I tip $5-10 every time I order delivery. I do not order delivery unless I am sick or its shite weather and I cannot get my own food. I feel like if you are bringing me necessities in whatever condition it is you deserve to get a fair amount. If it was friends or family I would offer a case of beer, how is it different for a stranger.

I tip around 1-2€ depending how much change I've flying around. Never tipped through the app because I don't think this reaches the driver.

I'm in the usa and I tip at least 20% no matter what. the food service industry is shit and I want to help the workers in a way that I can.

if you're in the United States you get a tip like 50% otherwise the guys just fucked

I'm a sheep, if given the opportunity to tip, it's always at least 25%. I'm just worried the employees will hate me or do stuff to my food.