Sometimes I’ll choose the “custom tip” - but then I’m worried about taking too long or I try to hurry and add in the wrong numbers…so then I find myself reverting to the tip choices they have on the screen.
We are a family of 7, this happens to us frequently. Sometimes I add, sometimes not, depending on service. I remember being a server getting $2.13 an hour and getting stiffed by big tables, it sucked.
I usually do at least 20% but she brought us our food and we didn’t see her again. We had to ask a bus boy to bring us our check and a refill. And the place was pretty empty. 2 other tables had customers.
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Our last outing was a food truck. (No table service, used disposable plates & utensils, self clean-up, etc.). The Credit Card tablet started at 22% and up. Custome tip was not on the screen. Perhaps you could swipe and find it, but it was awkward.
I ordered an item from Bed Bath & Beyond (daughter and I were pre-planning for her dorm). A half hour later, Door Dash shows up. We never use Door Dash, so I tell the woman I didn’t order any food and ask if she has the correct address (mistakes happen all the time in our neighborhood). She looks confused but drove off. A half hour later I got a call from someone explaining that Bed Bath & Beyond was using Door Dash for deliveries. I didn’t know! The woman then came back, and I tipped her along with offering an apology. She was so nice about it. Hours later that night, I get an email telling me the BBB order was arriving the same day. Gee, thanks. The next time I needed something I drove to Bed Bath & Beyond myself, because I am not tipping Door Dash again. Whose responsibility is it to tip Door Dash when Bed Bath & Beyond is supposed to be providing “free shipping”? If I needed it the same day, I wouldn’t have ordered it online to begin with.
Yes, tipping is out of control.
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Would you go back to that food truck? I think in that instance, I’d just decline to go back.
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It’s that stuff that drives me crazy. They did their job, nothing more, nothing less. It’s a food truck. They might as well just add the tip to the price but people would say they were too expensive.
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It wouldn’t drive me crazy, I just hit No tip.
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In honor of this thread I said my first “no thank you” yesterday at Home Goods where they were taking donations for a local branch of a national charity. Most times I honestly do add on a $1 but I decided I need to learn to also exercise my “no” function if I’m not totally into the charity.
That’s different than a tip of course. One thing I don’t usually mind is when a store asks if you’d like to “round up” (to the next even dollar) for a charity. That just seems easy and I think a good ask.
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In some situations I am fearful that the staff would purposely mess with the food if I don’t tip, or tip too little…getting food from a food truck is one of the instances because the ‘cashier’ is often also a cook.
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I thought you pay after you get the food. But no fear here, I will not be a repeat customer, actually I don’t really buy anything from food truck.
But my husband doesn’t tip at a pizza place and he’s been ordering from them for years, plus he’s always asked for a senior discount. So you should have no fear. They too have a fear that they will go out of business.
I have fear because I have heard from too many peeps who have worked in food service as a cook or waitstaff that they do bad things to the food of difficult/not tipping/poorly behaved customers. You would never know if someone spit in your food, for just one (gross) example.
I fear this too, so I keep a strict “no complaining” policy (unless my food is raw or burnt to a crisp, I’m not sending it back - and even then, I’m apologetic about it 
). Both my kids have worked in food service and have never witnessed anyone tampering with the food of a difficult customer or even contemplating it. Nonetheless, I stand by my fear.
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For foodtruck, don’t they cook right in front of you. What makes you think good tipping will prevent crazy cooks from spitting on your food. One good reason not to eat out anymore.
I have never sent any food back. I accepted the cook made a mistake in cooking my food and moved on.
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I’m sorry to freak anyone out, but the worst case I ever saw of people seeking revenge with food was when I worked for an airline. Let’s just say that you can never be sure where your business class steak has been….and you don’t want to know. The moral of the story, as with anything, is don’t be a jerk. The guy was a jerk and what happened to his steak was probably bordering on illegal. 
I worked as a waitress in several restaurants in college and I NEVER saw a single instance of food tampering. I don’t think we should be held hostage to tipping by worrying what happens if we don’t tip. A tip is supposed be given freely as an acknowledgment of good service. I think what’s happened is that a lot of people see it as a right and don’t remember what it’s supposed to be for.
I’m pretty disturbed also by the stories of mandatory tips for the movers, and exactly how much the tip is. Is they do a lousy job, there’s no recourse it seems.
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You don’t really know until you unpack them. For us almost 9 years later and a couple vases were broken, no big deal for us though, no heirlooms.
I am always happy to tip. I know how hard it is for service workers in this day and age. There is a coffee shop/cafe near where I work and it is staffed by disabled people who wouldn’t get a job elsewhere. They do such a wonderful job and are so nice and glad to be there. I don’t mind dropping some change in the tip jar, even if they just pour me a cup of coffee.
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Do you personally draw a line somewhere? If your cup of coffee and muffin is, say, $6.00, and the expectation is a 22% tip as a several people here have mentioned, is that reasonable to you? That’s considerably more than change in a tip jar.
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I’ve never tipped at 22% unless someone goes way above and beyond. I usually tip 20% or less. I usually just put a dollar or two in the tip jar.
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