Ah, yes, the age-old question: Do you tip for take-out orders?<\/i><\/p>\n
I’d be interested to hear readers’ opinions on this. Sure, I could go cruise Google, and I’d undoubtedly find lots of back-and-forth blog banter on the subject. But there are some regular commenters here whose opinions I’d like to get.<\/p>\n
I bring this up only because a couple of days ago, on a quick take-out visit to my local Domino’s, I noticed the “TIP: _____” line on the card receipt, and it occurred to me that this topic was one I hadn’t breached at Money Musings.<\/p>\n
Did I add a tip, you ask? No, in this instance, I certainly did not. For one thing, I had to verbally request our 2-liter of Coke, plus some cheese and red pepper packets, from the Domino’s employee … even though those things had been noted in my internet order. For another thing, it’s take-out pepperoni-and-pineapple pizza, for crying out loud. Take-out pizza ain’t some gargantuan culinary undertaking which requires exemplary levels of service to pull off and\/or deliver. (I typically do<\/b> tip for delivered pizza, though, unless the delivery took longer than expected.)<\/p>\n
Next question: Do I normally<\/b> tip for take-out? I don’t have a hard ‘n’ fast rule on this, but I would say that I usually do not<\/b>, unless I’m picking up a pretty sizeable order — say, for five or more people. Or something equally “complicated.”<\/p>\n
Also, I note that in the case of “tipping when dining in,” by the time the tip gets disbursed, you’ve likely eaten your meal (or whatever) and experienced the prompt or excellent service that the tip was supposed to ensure. With take-out, you probably have no idea what’s in those styrofoam or cardboard boxes, or whether it’s even edible at all, until you get home!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ah, yes, the age-old question: Do you tip for take-out orders? I’d be interested to hear readers’ opinions on this. Sure, I could go cruise Google, and I’d undoubtedly find lots of back-and-forth blog banter on the subject. But there are some regular commenters here whose opinions I’d like to get. I bring this up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spending","category-whatever"],"yoast_head":"\n