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kitlit

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Dec 11, 2007
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Wow, I missed the part in this thread where someone stated they didn't tip on to-go orders. I believe the discussion at hand was tipping for coffee.

From my experience most people tip very well on 30A. Locals especially tip very well as we understand the stress of working through major holiday weekends and season.

You may want to reconsider your original statement that everyone doesn't tip, because it's flat out false. Many of us have and do work hospitality and for tips as well, so we're pretty well versed in how to do it and what is appropriate.

Right now I'd tip that post at about 10%, the person was rude.

Actually, SWGB, the OP was inquiring as to whether or not tips were given for take-out food orders in restaurants. Many people stated that they chose not to tip, as it did not involve actual "service" like a sit-down dinner does. Several of us (in the service industry) have argued otherwise--that it can actually involve MORE effort because we have only one chance to get it right before the customer takes the bag and walks out the door. I feel that it is a personal decision whether to tip but, as a hostess/to-go person in a local eatery, I can certainly tell you that the tips are very much appreciated.

We kind of segued into the coffee discussion from there. I personally tip a dollar per drink at coffee houses, particularly if I've requested a special creamer or additional ingredient. I just think it's good manners and believe in doing unto others, etc. :wave:
 

jodiFL

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Jul 28, 2007
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Tipping has proven to be more about pleasing the individual leaving the tip than the person receiving it. In all, it makes as much economic sense as charity. Tipping has a greater impact on the benefactor than the beneficiary, so it's not as much about them as it is about you.
I will make sure I tell Chelco that I am only giving that tip money to them to make that random person I waited on last night feel good about themselves. Hope it makes them feel as good as I do when my lights dont get shut off.
 
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scooterbug44

SoWal Expert
May 8, 2007
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Sowal
I think when people are being paid below well minimum wage because they are supposed to receive tips, tipping is much more about them getting paid properly than me feeling good about it.

IMO most good tippers are those who have worked in the service industry, or have friends and family who did/do and educated them.

This is the chance for service folks to educate people about what is the norm and what should be given in odd situations - otherwise many people who would probably tip if they "knew better" will continue to not do so out of ignorance.
 

PJJ

Beach Lover
Oct 27, 2007
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I will make sure I tell Chelco that I am only giving that tip money to them to make that random person I waited on last night feel good about themselves. Hope it makes them feel as good as I do when my lights dont get shut off.

I am speaking on an individual basis. The difference between a good tip and bad tip (10% vs. 20%) is about 2% of a server's nightly wages after taxes (serving 20 tables all night), or 0.4% of weekly wages working 5 nights per week. We can expect that the bad tipper is not a frequent patron because returning customers actually have of an economic incentive to tip. Given that "good" tipping is the social norm in the US, a negligible weekly difference in tips is not as harmful to an individual as the social stigma of being a "bad" tipper.

Michael Lynn (former bartender and waiter with a PhD in social psychology) has written more about it, some quoted below from the salmon colored paper.

tipping exists for psychological rather than economic reasons. The display of wealth, status and power, the seeking of social approval, conformity, a (forlorn) hope for future, better service, and guilt over inequitable relationships are all theories put forward to explain why we tip...

Tipping is also less prevalent in countries where power differences between people are less culturally acceptable. These findings suggest that the custom of tipping functions to reduce consumers' anxieties about the service relationship, but paradoxically, tipping itself can enhance unease about the unequal nature of that relationship.

Lynn also found that the greater value citizens of a culture place on status/prestige and recognition, the more prevalent tipping will be, affording an opportunity for displays of such qualities in a person.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/be390fbe-a893-11d9-87a9-00000e2511c8.html#axzz1KB1vzjNn
 

Matt J

SWGB
May 9, 2007
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Actually, SWGB, the OP was inquiring as to whether or not tips were given for take-out food orders in restaurants. Many people stated that they chose not to tip, as it did not involve actual "service" like a sit-down dinner does. Several of us (in the service industry) have argued otherwise--that it can actually involve MORE effort because we have only one chance to get it right before the customer takes the bag and walks out the door. I feel that it is a personal decision whether to tip but, as a hostess/to-go person in a local eatery, I can certainly tell you that the tips are very much appreciated.

We kind of segued into the coffee discussion from there. I personally tip a dollar per drink at coffee houses, particularly if I've requested a special creamer or additional ingredient. I just think it's good manners and believe in doing unto others, etc. :wave:

Gotcha. I always tip for to-go orders unless it's that persons job (i.e. Carrabba's). Most, if not all, of our local restaurants do not have such a position so I always tip.
 
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