Tip lines on EVERYTHING
 

Does this bother anyone else besides me?? For instance, I go to get some frozen yogurt from the local SELF SERVE yogurt shop. You know, the ones where you serve yourself from the dispensers on the wall. Go to check out, and boom: tip line. All the employee does is ring you up. I know, I know - just don't tip. But I am the type to put something on the line because I feel guilty if I don't. Have also been noticing tip lines at several other locations that aren't traditional tipping places, i.e. where one would sit down and be served (I fully understand its purpose there). I'm talking call in order type places. Are we going to start seeing tip lines at McDonalds? Gas stations? Movie theatres? Every eatery out there? You get the picture. In my humble opinion, they are playing on peoples' guilt, and it's not right!!!

It might just be that company that supplies the machine has a certain one they use for the food service industry. But I agree it is strange.

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i personally don't and wouldn't tip some one who all they did was ring me up and take my money, that is just wrong, i do tip bartenders and waitresses

I run in to this problem everytime I go pick up food at roly poly. Another thing that gives me a complex is places like Izzo's. Technically they have to make your food as you go down the line.

It is a function on the machine. Once it is turned on it stays on. Often times it is preset that way when installed and the establishment just leaves it that way. I personally will not tip anyone in that situation. An actual waitress is different because the tips are part of their pay.

You need to come off some of that money nohow you tight ****:rotfl:

I cant stand tipping at Sonic either!!!

but they bring your food on skates

Ummm....no they dont

At the one in new iberia most of the time i go they have skates on

Dang! They're bringing your food to you...Do you at least tip the pizza delivery guy?:eek:

I usually let them keep the loose change from my order or give em a dollar if they are really fast

If only I worked for the local telecommunications giant!!!

But that may very well be the case that the machines are just programmed to do that, but they sho don't mind it!!! The best tho is hotel room service. You got your already over priced food. Then you got your convenience fee. Then you have your room service charge. Then on top of all of that, there's the tip line. Boom! $75 ribeye!!!

**Of course that's o.k. if it's on the company card**

Yeah I refuse to get room service. Eating in my room isn't that convenient that I want to spend $40 a person for breakfast

At a regular restaurant I tip 15-20%
Carry out ect that has a tip line I always feel guilty n give them a few bucks but you are right it is BS n I always wonder what other people do

I only tip strippers.....:)

Owners either add a tip line or raise the price of their product as a way to keep up with rising prices. If I come across a tip line at an out of the ordinary place, boom: one bone. Places that are already pricy like Izzos or rude customer service, boom: no bone

The worst thing is going to a hotel that you spent all week looking for a good deal on...... For instance, Place St. Charles in DT NOLA......$129.99 a night....not bad! So I book it. When you get ther they tell you about the $8.95 a night resort fee, the $26 a day parking fee and the %10 hotel tax in NOLA. Ends up costing you close to a $180 a night. Then they want you tip the bell hop for bringing bags to your room, I can handle my overnight bag myself buddy...no thanks. I do tip the valet driver though.

I always tip on take out from a real restaurant because the server person who takes the order usually has to go back to the kitchen and organize your order, make sure the right stuff is in the right bag, etc... I usually leave them 10%.

I agree. I do the exact same thing, down to the same percentage. And that's because you are right, there is more to putting together an entree that has sides, bread. It takes some running around and usually more face time with the customer.

I also agree about tipping of bellhops. I wish they would just sit back and wait until someone asks for their help rather than pushing it on you.

never said I dont tip, just said it pisses me off. They gotta walk like 10 feet. Dont get me started on the pizza guy.

Here is why I have hard feelings. While in college I worked at a local garden center as a laborer making $7.25 an hour. My responsibility included making deliveries. I would have to unload 150 bags of mulch, or 5 100# pots, or big oak trees, or giant fountains. Heavy back breaking stuff. But rarely did I recieve a tip. A guy walks a pizza to your front door and he gets 2 or 3 dollars, JUST because it is a food service. I always pick up my own pizza.

When i was H.S. i moonlighted at West Building materials working with my brother. The manager was a friend of the family so he let me in the garden center during Christmas time selling Christmas trees, that was the worst job I ever had, brings out the pickyness in everyone, not to mention you covered in sap and getting stuck by pine needles. out of the 100 or so trees i sold I might have made $10 in tips.

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Do yall tip fishing guides??????

The one charter I ever went on my dad tipped the deck hand, i wasn't old enough to have money back then.

If I feel they deserve it... Same with hunting guides. If they put out extra effort to make it a remarkable trip even if we don't limit out. I will tip

If she is cute, I tip

Tip % is directly proportional to waitress hotness!

Fixed that for you. :D

What was the pizza delivery driver hired to do? Hell no, he doesn't need a tip. That was what he was hired to do. One the other hand, you may want to tip him if you get delivery often. He may hook ya up with a lil something extra if he delivers to you often and he doesn't get any change.

I can tell you've never delivered pizzas or waited tables.
Pizza delivery drivers , waiters and waitresses all are hired for a good bit less than minimum wage between $2 -$3 on the basis that there tips will guarantee them minimum wage.
If you get bad service don't ever leave nothing , leave a nickle. that way the person that waited on you knows that you thought about it and aren't just another stiff.
If the food is not cooked to your liking or the steak is not correct ,Don't take it out on the wait person. they don't cook ,they just take your order and serve.
If you get bad service or food ,PLEASE let the management know about it!
Nothing can be corrected if the problem is not known.
Also if you get exceptional service or food let the management know about that too.

I delivered pharmaceuticals last summer, didnt make a single dollar in tip. What I did get, though, was a sense of helping people and making a difference in their lives.

You tip at Sonic???

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Not right, but so damn true!:smokin:

Didn't know the pizza guy deal worked that way. I've never delivered pizza. I was too busy bustin my azz offshore between semesters and working for the university during the semester to pay my way through college. It's all about choices. Sorry for his misfortune. Hope they told him tips weren't guaranteed.

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just kidding!:)

If I can help an 80 year old lady enjoy her last days on this earth without pain, I have no prob doing it. :D

I was probably the most underpaid drug dealer in LC :smokin:

You are correct. If you have a CC machine for ANY type food business it is pre-programmed in the unit. Business owners cannot re-program the unit.

Don't feel obilgated to tip at self service places unless the server is very friendly and goes out of her/his way to help you.

I tip sonic servers about 50 cents to $1 depending on how fast my food comes out.

I tip pizza delivery drivers cause the gas is so dang high and they pay for it. $2.00 - $3.00

I am a pharmaceutical rep so if I order food to go from chilis or o'charleys I tip the to-go person about $5 to $10 depending on how big my order is. They are usually the ones going to the kitchen, bagging the food, putting it in take out containers, getting drinks, etc. In essence they are doing what a waitress does.

Pizza delivery people get paid mileage.