View Full Version : Do you tip at the Drive-thru takeout?
DJ Machismo
03-09-2008, 01:21 AM
I don't tip at drive through windows because they don't deserve to be tipped. They do their job, they get paid by the company for doing their job, simple as that.
I for one think that almost every "tipped job", most specifically in the food service industry, should simply be paid minimum wage and tipping should go back to what it was meant to be. That little show of appreciation for going above and beyond the call of duty.
I've also heard from a few trusted friends of mine that they know of more than one person and location that if their tipped employee's do not make minimum wage after their salary and tips, that the employer is required to make up the difference. I assume that is not the case for every situation, and am curious as to how widespread this situation is throughout the country. Since it seems that it would go well with my thought that since there is a minimum wage, people should be paid that minimum wage, and not have a job that relies on tips in addition to salary to make that minimum wage.
ajbaer
03-09-2008, 08:11 AM
I'm against it, unless it's some outstanding service or somewhere I go to regularly and they "know me" and what I want when I walk in kinda place. Even then I tip sparringly. When you go to a restaurant and sit, those waiter/waitresses make LESS than minimum wage (usually). They make tips based on service, accuracy, friendliness etc. I'm not tipping the dunkin' donuts guy for pushing a button and handing me coffee with cream and saying hello. He/she is getting paid accordingly already.
I will say that I have occasionally tipped, I'm not saying I'm a prude bitch...but I'd rather give my money to charity or for exceptional service if I'm going to give it away.
ajbaer
03-09-2008, 08:12 AM
I don't tip at drive through windows because they don't deserve to be tipped. They do their job, they get paid by the company for doing their job, simple as that.
I for one think that almost every "tipped job", most specifically in the food service industry, should simply be paid minimum wage and tipping should go back to what it was meant to be. That little show of appreciation for going above and beyond the call of duty.
I've also heard from a few trusted friends of mine that they know of more than one person and location that if their tipped employee's do not make minimum wage after their salary and tips, that the employer is required to make up the difference. I assume that is not the case for every situation, and am curious as to how widespread this situation is throughout the country. Since it seems that it would go well with my thought that since there is a minimum wage, people should be paid that minimum wage, and not have a job that relies on tips in addition to salary to make that minimum wage.
I think that is a federal law. But, the likely hood that you don't even hit minimum wage is practically null. When I was in food service the pay was around 2.15 an hour, and minimum wage was 6. If you didn't make that difference it was time to find a new job.
hyzenthflay
03-09-2008, 08:54 AM
The fast food and coffee shop employees (and bartenders) are getting paid minimum wage or better.
The waitstaff get paid 1/2 minimum wage + whatever tips they make!
hockeybobby
03-09-2008, 10:47 AM
A little update. I spoke to the manager at the Tim Horton's this morning. Just a friendly chat, and she was kind enough to give me the scoop on tipping there, and in the fast food/coffee business in general.
80% of customers tip. The staff on the counter/cash inside split their tips, and the group of 4 or 5 who handle the drive-thru window prep & cash split whatever the cashier at the window accumulates for the shift.
Now this is for a national franchise in Canada. Things of course may be very different in the US or other countries.
Comments?
Budai
03-09-2008, 10:55 AM
Sure, HB!
I give 'em fairly standard tips like "Stay in school," "Two wrongs don't make a right," and "Don't take shit from anybody"...
Bob_Loblaw
03-09-2008, 10:59 AM
I give 'em fairly standard tips like "Stay in school," "Two wrongs don't make a right," and "Don't take shit from anybody"...
HB is in Canada so a regionally specific tip like "Don't eat yellow snow" would be more appropriate.
HB, this was Tim's right? Do you tip every visit at every fast food establishment including drive thru?
Budai
03-09-2008, 11:03 AM
HB is in Canada so a regionally specific tip like "Don't eat yellow snow" would be more appropriate.
:spit: :rotfl:
hockeybobby
03-09-2008, 11:06 AM
Has anyone ever thought of the money they give out/spend in this way:
When you give a dollar out to someone for a product or service, that dollar supports you and everyone in the world. For instance, you buy a coffee, that money supports all the people working there, the owner, the people who provide the goods and services to that place....the families of all those people I just mentioned. And on and on...the people who grow/manufacture/transport those goods...and their families. All of the people working in the infrastructure/government services they depend on...and on to all the people/industries that all those people spend their money on.
In this way, a dollar spent, however you spend it, helps everyone on the planet...which helps you too.
I read this, I think in a Byron Katie book.
Does it help to think of a tip in this way?
hockeybobby
03-09-2008, 11:10 AM
Sure, HB!
I give 'em fairly standard tips like "Stay in school," "Two wrongs don't make a right," and "Don't take shit from anybody"...
;D
HB is in Canada so a regionally specific tip like "Don't eat yellow snow" would be more appropriate.
HB, this was Tim's right? Do you tip every visit at every fast food establishment including drive thru?
Yes I do, including drive-thru. I've never thought otherwise.
hardkandee
03-09-2008, 11:12 AM
Like BrunetteGoddess says, some people are not allowed to accept tips. It has to do with salaries and whether or not taxes are being taken out of tips and wages.
Some places are very careful about NOT letting employees take tips because of the possible tax trouble that could arise.
If the employee is not supposed to accept tips it actually makes for a very awkward situation when some one does try to tip.
Bob_Loblaw
03-09-2008, 11:16 AM
Not really. I mean, I like to think of myself as a generous tipper when I do tip. But I guess it comes down to when I believe it's an appropriate time to tip. IMO, there are too many people who feel they are entitled to a tip without ever doing anything to earn/deserve one. And where do you draw the line? Do you tip the person working retail who helped you find clothes in your size? Do you tip the salesman working at a car dealership? Do you tip your real estate agent?
That said, you do have me thinking HB. Maybe some adjustments in my tipping habits are in order.
BrunetteGoddess
03-09-2008, 11:18 AM
Has anyone ever thought of the money they give out/spend in this way:
When you give a dollar out to someone for a product or service, that dollar supports you and everyone in the world. For instance, you buy a coffee, that money supports all the people working there, the owner, the people who provide the goods and services to that place....the families of all those people I just mentioned. And on and on...the people who grow/manufacture/transport those goods...and their families. All of the people working in the infrastructure/government services they depend on...and on to all the people/industries that all those people spend their money on.
In this way, a dollar spent, however you spend it, helps everyone on the planet...which helps you too.
I read this, I think in a Byron Katie book.
Does it help to think of a tip in this way?
Once again HB, at least in the US, if you have accepted a normal wage job that you have AGREED on the wage, then no. No reason to tip.
I'm sorry, there's really no reason to tip everyone. If they wanted tips they could get a job that tips are the norm.
hockeybobby
03-09-2008, 11:22 AM
Like BrunetteGoddess says, some people are not allowed to accept tips. It has to do with salaries and whether or not taxes are being taken out of tips and wages.
Some places are very careful about NOT letting employees take tips because of the possible tax trouble that could arise.
If the employee is not supposed to accept tips it actually makes for a very awkward situation when some one does try to tip.
I've heard of this...though I've never encountered it personally yet.
DJ Machismo
03-09-2008, 11:27 AM
I think that is a federal law. But, the likely hood that you don't even hit minimum wage is practically null. When I was in food service the pay was around 2.15 an hour, and minimum wage was 6. If you didn't make that difference it was time to find a new job.
See, this is what really ticks me off then. I see and hear complaints all around the internet and from friends about how a bad tipper really pisses them off. The thing is, they'll get their minimum wage anyway, and most often will make over minimum wage if not WELL over.
I've worked minimum wage jobs before and I know others have too. If most tipped workers are making MORE than minimum wage, why is the whole "I live off of tips" argument even valid? They'll get their minimum wage anyway. Yet another reason why I think tips should just go back to what they were meant to be, something extra for a job above and beyond.
Its not like they are contract workers whose every penny earned depends on an actual tip, they'll get that salary.
BalletBaby
03-09-2008, 11:34 AM
At fast food joints? No. Save your tips for the strippers.
I second this;D
hardkandee
03-09-2008, 11:36 AM
I've heard of this...though I've never encountered it personally yet.
Even if you have, you are probably not aware of it. There aren't usually large NO TIPPING signs all over the place.
hockeybobby
03-09-2008, 11:47 AM
Here's a little passage from the final link on the page that's interesting:
Of course, I’ve taken my own share of the tipping pie. I worked two years at a coffee shop where I was tipped regularly. Often the tips were more profitable than my paycheck, if I didn’t have to split them. And what did I really do? I made cappuccinos and lattes. There was a little something extra to it though… I remembered who ordered what, good tippers got extra friendly chit-chat, I took extra care with the regulars, etc. But it wasn’t any different than I’d have done if there’d been a no-tipping policy. Hell, I and several of the people I worked with at McDonald’s gave the same treatment to regular customers there, too. We had customers who, when we saw walk in, we’d have their food ready before they got to the register. But the only tips we were allowed to take were along the lines of “Don’t eat yellow snow.” Not that anyone ever offered anything monetary. ;D
Lots of people agree with the no-tip policy. Some links on tipping etiquette for those interested:
http://manners.quickanddirtytips.com/tipping-rules.aspx
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060924141046AAJc1MW&show=7
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/answers2/frontend.php/question?qid=20071010011311AAO7F0n
http://www.tipping.org/discus4/messages/9/3553.html?1204345137
http://www.tipping.org/discus4/messages/9/3553.html?1204345137
hockeybobby
03-09-2008, 11:55 AM
Even if you have, you are probably not aware of it. There aren't usually large NO TIPPING signs all over the place.
Yeah, I've never seen a sign like that. I've read anecdotal stuff about McDonald's no-tipping policy, but that was for the servers inside at their "new" diner type eat-in facilities. I think some places (like McDonalds) want to keep their price-point edge, and tips bump their prices by 15% and up. Not good in a cut-throat business.
michele_b
03-09-2008, 12:40 PM
When I worked in fast food I never got tipped and didn't expect it. I have been a waitress and of course I was paid $2.13 and hour and just lived on tips. All my check was for was for taxes. I would get $5 paychecks, lol, sometimes $0.
If I go to Starbucks, I usually tip a dollar or something. If I go somewhere like Sonic I give them a little tip as well, a buck or 2, only sonic because they bring my food to me and bring anything I need. Also, If I order takeout I tip and I tip a food delivery person a few bucks. Oh yea, if I get my hair done of course I tip them as well.
This tipping cashiers, McDonald's employees, etc. is ridiculous. I am not going to tip those people.
LilyLove
03-09-2008, 01:12 PM
I just wanted to point out to the couple people who have mentioned it that not every state pays restaurant workers below minimum wage. BrunetteGoddess, I'm assuming that if you came to Oregon and ate at a restaurant here, you would still tip your server at a restaurant, even though they are paid the normal minimum wage?
BrunetteGoddess
03-09-2008, 01:16 PM
I believe so, because their tip is determined by their level of service. It falls within that weird category that includes hair stylists. Some place pay them minimum wage, some pay them nothing and work for tips. I'm not going to ask every single one what they work for, it's rude, so I'll just save the hassle and tip all of the hairdressers and waiters.
la429
03-09-2008, 01:18 PM
If I see a tip basket or jar I normally tip just because I figure what comes around goes around. Maybe that's naive but it makes me happy.
hockeybobby
03-09-2008, 01:25 PM
If I see a tip basket or jar I normally tip just because I figure what comes around goes around. Maybe that's naive but it makes me happy.
This is kinda sorta my attitude about it too la429. It just makes me happy.
On another note....just went to McDonalds drive-thru. Gave a polite tip, nothing special. They goofed up my order so bad, well, it's fuckin' hilarious.
I just ate it anyways. They've got bigger problems. Hell of a commotion going on in the back, a lot of noise and swearing...rootbeer dispenser was going wild. Whatever. My tummy's full now. ;D
Dottie Rebel
03-09-2008, 01:33 PM
I eat at Taco Bell a lot when I'm on the run because I can get fairly healthy vegan food there. When it's me, my husband, and our roommate the order can get pretty complicated and it usually takes the person a long time to get it and it's hardly ever right. One time we were in a hurry and ordered and this women put our long, complicated order in at lightining speed, called it back to us like "zip, zip, zip...please pull around". It seriously took like 10 seconds total. We were so impressed that after I paid I handed her a $20 and said, "You are freaking awesome" and she was ecstatic. It probably made her week--it would have mine! Not just the money, but the recognition.
hockeybobby
03-09-2008, 01:35 PM
Just for greater certainty, whether you tip at drive-thru's or fast food counters...or not, is fine with me, since you are doing what makes you happy. The beauty thing is, I only have to be concerned with making my little day to day decisions, and the rest of the world's population seems to manage quite well without my interference or judgements.
So, just because I'm sort of prodding the discussion along, please don't think that I am judging or arguing with anyone on this topic. Everyone can do what they want...Yes? Yes. :)
WillStrip4Shoes
03-09-2008, 01:36 PM
I have never tipped at a fast food place. I really don't think it's expected, as a teenager, I worked in tons of fast food places, and got tipped maybe once. Now, if I order food and pick it up at a restaurant, I'll tip whoever put my order together, and definitely ALWAYS tip delivery persons, but not at fast food.
ruru123
03-09-2008, 01:39 PM
tipping is getting outta control. the only people i tip are the usual, and only if they deserve one, servers, bartenders, stylist, nail tech and pizza guy.
i DON"T tip the for take outs, drive thrus, gas stations, ect....why???
hockeybobby
03-09-2008, 01:40 PM
I eat at Taco Bell a lot when I'm on the run because I can get fairly healthy vegan food there. When it's me, my husband, and our roommate the order can get pretty complicated and it usually takes the person a long time to get it and it's hardly ever right. One time we were in a hurry and ordered and this women put our long, complicated order in at lightining speed, called it back to us like "zip, zip, zip...please pull around". It seriously took like 10 seconds total. We were so impressed that after I paid I handed her a $20 and said, "You are freaking awesome" and she was ecstatic. It probably made her week--it would have mine! Not just the money, but the recognition.
I bet that seeing her gratitude made you feel great too Dottie...so it was like a double bonus...prompt, efficient service...(which is nice)...and make her week...(which is awesome).
mmmmm Taco Bell...I should've had lunch there. I love tacos. :)
Pretty_Penny
03-09-2008, 01:44 PM
i have a tendency to ask people if they work on tips (and yes, most of them are honest).
the only reason i do that is this:
many moons ago (read: 11 years) i was a "waitress" at a buffet restaurant. you know the kind.... you go in, pay at the front, get all your food at the buffet tables and then go sit down to eat. usually a "waitress/bus-person" comes by to see if you need anything and take dirty places.
when i did that, i was paid 2.50 an hour PLUS TIPS. you know how many people tip at buffets? ............ hardly any. i busted my ass there and i barely pulled min wage when it was all said and done.
because of that, i always ask. for the record (based on my inquires):
-most all people at drives throughs, fast food places, etc are paid a "normal" wage. that means i don't tip at starbucks or anything of that nature.
-most bus-people and "waitresses" at buffet-style (cept some of the nicer ones) places are still NOT paid a normal wage. a large portion of their income is based on tips.
-about 1/2 of the "curb side take-out" people are actually NOT paid a standard wage... which is ridiculous if you ask me because i see no reason to tip them, other than that i feel bad. some of them are just waitresses who got "stuck on take-out" that night. of course, this all depends on the place. i'm still "in the air" about tipping them or not. i think not tipping them might be a good idea because maybe enough of them will complain and the restaurants will either rotate the servers who do it more frequently or employ a person full time.
one more thing....
if you go to a coffee HOUSE please tip. i'm not talking starbucks or a similar chain. i'm talking a "sit down and stay for a bit" good old fashioned coffee house with maybe music or some other such entertainment. the baristas at such places are basically the same as bartenders. i know because i did that for a few years. i would be doing it still if i could find a place to work (most of them have closed because of starbucks and the like).
ruru123
03-09-2008, 01:44 PM
A little update. I spoke to the manager at the Tim Horton's this morning. Just a friendly chat, and she was kind enough to give me the scoop on tipping there, and in the fast food/coffee business in general.
80% of customers tip. The staff on the counter/cash inside split their tips, and the group of 4 or 5 who handle the drive-thru window prep & cash split whatever the cashier at the window accumulates for the shift.
Now this is for a national franchise in Canada. Things of course may be very different in the US or other countries.
Comments?
i've never tipped at tim hortons. and have never seen anyone else. employee's have a good sense to tell you that "80% of customers tip" to make it seem normal to you and make u feel obligated to as well.
for anyone in the States or abroad, Tim Hortons' is like Dunken Donuts. they serve you at the counter.
i don't tip anyone that serves me at the counter. never thought too. if i tipped everyone that served me at a counter, i'd be tipping everyone, from the grocery store to the mall employees.
ruru123
03-09-2008, 01:47 PM
i have a tendency to ask people if they work on tips (and yes, most of them are honest).
the only reason i do that is this:
many moons ago (read: 10 years) i was a "waitress" at a buffet restaurant. you know the kind.... you go in, pay at the front, get all your food at the buffet tables and then go sit down to eat. usually a "waitress/bus-person" comes by to see if you need anything and take dirty places.
when i did that, i was paid 2.50 an hour PLUS TIPS. you know how many people tip at buffets? ............ hardly any. i busted my ass there and i barely pulled min wage when it was all said and done.
because of that, i always ask. for the record (based on my inquires):
-most all people at drives throughs, fast food places, etc are paid a "normal" wage. that means i don't tip at starbucks or anything of that nature.
-most bus-people and "waitresses" at buffet-style (cept some of the nicer ones) places are still NOT paid a normal wage a large portion of their income is based on tips.
-about 1/2 of the "curb side take-out" people are actually NOT paid a standard wage... which is ridiculous if you ask me because i see no reason to tip them, other than that i feel bad. some of them are just waitresses who got "stuck on take-out" that night. of course, this all depends on the place.
maybe if i lived in a state where the ur wage depended on if you make tips or not, i'd start to tip those that i usually wouldn't, if they're wage was based on it.
here, in Washington tipped employee's still make the normal minimum wage, not a tipped wage or 2.15 or whatever is it.
dangerousdiva
03-09-2008, 02:14 PM
-about 1/2 of the "curb side take-out" people are actually NOT paid a standard wage... which is ridiculous if you ask me because i see no reason to tip them, other than that i feel bad. some of them are just waitresses who got "stuck on take-out" that night. of course, this all depends on the place. i'm still "in the air" about tipping them or not. i think not tipping them might be a good idea because maybe enough of them will complain and the restaurants will either rotate the servers who do it more frequently or employ a person full time.
Sorry, but I don't get what is "curb side take out"?
If I've ordered take out from some restaurant I've always gone in to get it myself. Thus, I would never tip because I'm not being waited on and usually it's the host/hostess ringing me up.
Zinaida
03-09-2008, 02:16 PM
80% of customers tip. The staff on the counter/cash inside split their tips, and the group of 4 or 5 who handle the drive-thru window prep & cash split whatever the cashier at the window accumulates for the shift.
Now this is for a national franchise in Canada. Things of course may be very different in the US or other countries.
Comments?
I have been eating fast food multiple times a week (often multiple times a day! :-[ ) for many years and I have never seen not even one customer tip anyone. Don't know what it's like in Canada, but in the US I'd say: 8O%; no way in hell. Nowhere near a realistic number for here. I really doubt that there's even a tip-splitting procedure here.
Zinaida
03-09-2008, 02:17 PM
i've never tipped at tim hortons. and have never seen anyone else. employee's have a good sense to tell you that "80% of customers tip" to make it seem normal to you and make u feel obligated to as well.
i don't tip anyone that serves me at the counter. never thought too. if i tipped everyone that served me at a counter, i'd be tipping everyone, from the grocery store to the mall employees.
Exactly.
Pretty_Penny
03-09-2008, 02:21 PM
Sorry, but I don't get what is "curb side take out"?
If I've ordered take out from some restaurant I've always gone in to get it myself. Thus, I would never tip because I'm not being waited on and usually it's the host/hostess ringing me up.
almost all of the restaurants here (the big chain ones) have someone bring it to your car. you call, put in the order, they ask what kind of car you drive, you pull up and they come out to the car and get your money then bring you your food. there's a parking lot section for curbside with cameras so they see you pulling up.
the ones i can think of off the top of my head
chilis
applebees
bennigans
carrabbas
macaroni grill
fridays
and there are more i can't think of right now....
dangerousdiva
03-09-2008, 02:30 PM
^Thanks, I guess I've seen that but never knew how it worked.
I guess I never use it cuz I don't mind going in to get it myself.
That must royally suck for the waiters/waitresses that have to work it though.
doc-catfish
03-09-2008, 03:20 PM
Has anyone ever thought of the money they give out/spend in this way:
When you give a dollar out to someone for a product or service, that dollar supports you and everyone in the world. For instance, you buy a coffee, that money supports all the people working there, the owner, the people who provide the goods and services to that place....the families of all those people I just mentioned.
In which case, they should be thankful that I give them my business. Without it, their business, their jobs would not exist.
Does it help to think of a tip in this way?
No it doesn't. Because unlike paying a wage or fixed fee for a quantitative amount of service, the amount of a tip is left to the subjective judgment of the customer and can often vary on criteria that has nothing to do with the quality of the service performed. The fact is that I don't need exceptional service from most service workers, just competent service. How much they receive for that should be the evaluation of their employer, not me.
Why not just do away with the whole tipping concept and just make up for it by replacing it with a flat 15-20% labor fee? Yes, we would be giving up the power of discretion on the quality of the service we receive, but just the same, we wouldn't have to deal with the whole guilt trip issue, which a lot of people consider an irritation with respect to any service industry they patronize. Considering most of us usually tip the oft-quoted benchmark amounts anyway, it would be a wash monetarily.
AudreyLeigh
03-09-2008, 04:00 PM
b.) people who are being paid normal minimum wage, but also expect tips because that's what makes the job worth it. Hairstylists that work completely off tips deserve to be tipped of course as the nature of the job. And then there are stylists like Audrey that get minimum wage but still expect tips because if one stylist is getting tipped, they should both be tipped even though they have different pay set ups.were hired.
:O I didnt pay $17,000 for school to make $9 an hour. Not to mention when I went into this field it was BECAUSE we make good tips. Otherwise who the hell wants to pay that much for school to make the same money as the people at McDonalds.
NO HAIRSTYLISTS WORK FOR ONLY TIPS. IVE NEVER MET ONE HAIRDRESSER THAT DID NOT MAKE WAGES whether it was them renting a station and charging whatever or comission or hourly.
POINT ME TO ONE SALON THAT DOES NOT PAY THEIR FUCKING EMPLOYEES.
I know youre in a bitch mood and all your posts have been fucking rude. I WAS sympathetic but theres no reason to be a cunt to me. And Im curious why pick on me and not Mia or any others in the industry?
On a lighter note: This thread makes me want to go watch the intro to Boondock Saints
Pretty_Penny
03-09-2008, 04:02 PM
^Thanks, I guess I've seen that but never knew how it worked.
I guess I never use it cuz I don't mind going in to get it myself.
That must royally suck for the waiters/waitresses that have to work it though.
usually (at least around here) they "make" you use it. also, when you go in to get it yourself you're most likely just giving the same person the money anyway.
BrunetteGoddess
03-09-2008, 04:04 PM
:O I didnt pay $17,000 for school to make $9 an hour. Not to mention when I went into this field it was BECAUSE we make good tips. Otherwise who the hell wants to pay that much for school to make the same money as the people at McDonalds.
NO HAIRSTYLISTS WORK FOR ONLY TIPS. IVE NEVER MET ONE HAIRDRESSER THAT DID NOT MAKE WAGES whether it was them renting a station and charging whatever or comission or hourly.
POINT ME TO ONE SALON THAT DOES NOT PAY THEIR FUCKING EMPLOYEES.
I know youre in a bitch mood and all your posts have been fucking rude. I WAS sympathetic but theres no reason to be a cunt to me. And Im curious why pick on me and not Mia or any others in the industry?
On a lighter note: This thread makes me want to go watch the intro to Boondock Saints
I....wasn't picking on you. I swear I have come across places in AZ where the hairdressers work solely for tips. I believe my friend who is a cosmetologist here in Tucson does as well. In a nice salon.
WTF? I just spent time posting about how you guys deserve tips for SURE and I get bitched at? Whatever.
AudreyLeigh
03-09-2008, 04:06 PM
You posted that I *think* I deserve a tip even tho I am being paid which is fucking rude.
Your friends full of shit. Shes making more than tips. Either renting and keeping all, commission or wage.
BrunetteGoddess
03-09-2008, 04:09 PM
Yeah, I think, as in saying I BELIEVE you should. Also, as in I KNOW you should.
If you don't understand what I mean, you could always ask instead of being nasty.
AudreyLeigh
03-09-2008, 04:11 PM
Im over it... Fuck doing hair anyway.
veronicavale
03-09-2008, 04:14 PM
My bf tipped at the Steak N' Shake drive-thru just the other night. He wanted a bunch of extra pickles and extra cheese sauce. He gave the guy an extra $6 or so. But he tips well everywhere we go, so it's not that unexpected. I, however, am not as much of a baller as he is, and often only have enough cash to cover my meal!
Bob_Loblaw
03-09-2008, 04:16 PM
Off topic: I've only been to Steak 'n Shake once while in Indiana on business but I loved it! Wish we had them up here.
alessandra
03-09-2008, 04:21 PM
I tip strippers, waitresses, sushi chefs and my hairstylist. I've never tipped a fast food drive-through employee, convenience store clerk or any other likewise salaried position because they don't work in a tipping-dependent industry.
Also, as mentioned before, some companies will take disciplinary action if you accept tips, for example, a friend of mine in high school worked for a grocery store and would occasionally help take bags out to cars. He was told implicitly that if he accepted a tip, he would no longer have a job with the company--it was a corporate policy.
cameron_keys
03-09-2008, 04:32 PM
You posted that I *think* I deserve a tip even tho I am being paid which is fucking rude.
Your friends full of shit. Shes making more than tips. Either renting and keeping all, commission or wage.
I really dont think she meant it that way. I read it as her saying that even though most stylists do get paid,they deserve tips as well. I'm not really sure why you would be so defensive and read it as her being nasty to you...
BrunetteGoddess
03-09-2008, 04:34 PM
I really dont think she meant it that way. I read it as her saying that even though most stylists do get paid,they deserve tips as well. I'm not really sure why you would be so defensive and read it as her being nasty to you...
Thank you!:O
Zinaida
03-09-2008, 04:50 PM
I really dont think she meant it that way. I read it as her saying that even though most stylists do get paid,they deserve tips as well. I'm not really sure why you would be so defensive and read it as her being nasty to you...
Ditto. I didn't get the out-of-nowhere hostility either.