Tipping ? In regards to carry out

[RTM58]

Here's one that I still haven't decided on: wife and I are at a wine bar/tapas type restaurant and we venture into some higher end wines, but are not particularly hungry, so just have a few small plates & cheese. Food bill comes to $50, wine bill comes to $250 (two bottles and two glass of bubbly) - are you throwing down a customary tip on the entire bill or skim it because it's mostly booze.

You most definitely do not tip 15% plus unless the waiter spent enough time on you or added that much to your eperience. Carrying a couple $80 bottles of wine to the table hardly merits a $40 tip. Lehman, as a policy, wouldn't reimburse if you tipped on wine -$5k wine bill, no tip. That's a little draconian, but it was the rule. A maitre d' ran down one of their guys in the parking lot at a restaurant in Vegas, while he was pitching a new client. OUCH!

The tip is reflective of the service/experience, not the bill total.

 

[RunRonnieRun]

You know Ronnie, I have enjoyed your posts over the years. You are mostly a funny, intelligent guy.

It just annoys me when you go into your condescending, holier than thou act, it just isn’t a good look for you.

I'm not holier than thou, I'm just right.

And I'm enjoying picturing how irked you probably get every time I call you Buddy Boy.

 

[pauldNole]

You most definitely do not tip 15% plus unless the waiter spent enough time on you or added that much to your eperience. Carrying a couple $80 bottles of wine to the table hardly merits a $40 tip. Lehman, as a policy, wouldn't reimburse if you tipped on wine -$5k wine bill, no tip. That's a little draconian, but it was the rule. A maitre d' ran down one of their guys in the parking lot at a restaurant in Vegas, while he was pitching a new client. OUCH!

The tip is reflective of the service/experience, not the bill total.

How do you feel about the request to tip for 'to go' orders or self serve style orders where you place a food order at Panera's or Jersey Mike's and they request a tip?

 

[Bud Fox]

I'm not holier than thou, I'm just right.

And I'm enjoying picturing how irked you probably get every time I call you Buddy Boy.

I don’t mind it actually. Wasn’t it you that was going to sue someone on here for hurting your widdle feewings a while back?

I’m good brudda.

 

[Fijimn]

I don’t mind it actually. Wasn’t it you that was going to sue someone on here for hurting your widdle feewings a while back?

I’m good brudda.

I think RRR was the sue-e and not the sue-r

 

[RTM58]

How do you feel about the request to tip for 'to go' orders or self serve style orders where you place a food order at Panera's or Jersey Mike's and they request a tip?

As someone who put himself through college via tips, I don't see it as a requirement but I do leave tips if I frequent a place, because I know it will garner better service, or if my request is unusual like the Outback link previously. If the order is hamburger there's probably no tip, but if it's 100 hamburgers there probably a tip involved.

It has also been my experience that the take out window is manned by hostesses, with slightly higher salaries, and not waitresses. I've asked so as to determine if a tip is appropriate and to what degree. Someone manning the take out window getting a couple bucks an order could make $100 plus a night, while a waitress may see far fewer tables and spend a considerable amount of time with each in addition to being paid less.

 

[docb76]

Imma guess in Europe the servers don’t rely on tips to pay their bills.

I lived in Germany for four years, this is correct, if anything you would merely round up to the next whole number and leave something like 50 euro cents as a tip. They get paid a lot more, BUT, there's typically only one - two waiters for the entire restaurant, so you have to be aggressive about flagging them down. Its why they don't care if you sit there all day because they're not trying to turn tables over.

 

[OrlandNole]

It just annoys me when you go into your condescending, holier than thou act, it just isn’t a good look for you.

Those are the best part of Ronnie's posts. If RRR is condescending or holier than thou toward you, wear it like a badge of honor.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

A maitre d' ran down one of their guys in the parking lot at a restaurant in Vegas, while he was pitching a new client. OUCH!
.

Reminds me of The Sopranos when Chris and Paulie killed a waiter for doing that.

 

[TarponSpringsNole]

The proper protocol for tipping on take away is:

ZERO.

A polite thank you will suffice.

 

[FreeFlyNole]

I give a few bucks. Not usually more than 10%.