Do you just eat it or send it back?

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Originally Posted by 33girl

All this about the take-out from Applebee's, Ruby Tuesday's etc...count me as another person who never tips in that situation, and I'm not a cheapskate. I honestly had no idea wait staff had ANY hand in that, and I'm betting most of the public doesn't either. That's shitty that they're made to include that in the things they're doing - especially since the restaurants are REALLY pushing it lately.

Re the tip jars - they make me LESS likely to tip. Especially when they're at places like Subway where I know damn well the staff isn't working for tips (i.e. they're making minimum or better). It's presumptuous & intrusive.

That's what I tell servers when they get pissed. A lot of people don't know to tip on carry outs. I don't think it's shitty to make them do it. They're still serving the public. In some restaurants, the manager is busy catering to servers needs (helping them run food, putting in food comps, gift certificates, helping keep things filled in the back if the servers are too busy to) so it has to go on the servers.

I understand though that people don't know what exactly goes on behind the scenes at a restaurant. I had no clue about any of this before getting in the business. The only reason I knew to tip on carry outs was because of my friends who were servers. Once you're in the business, you become a lot more sympathetic to those who do it.

Originally Posted by SthrnZeta

...But what's with Cold Stone having a tip line on their receipts and a tip jar? The people at my Cold Stone don't sing and I'm sure they get paid a regular hourly wage - so what's the tip for?

I'm not gona lie. I only tip at Cold Stone because I'm sure the teenagers hate doing the song and dance and I think it's funny to have to make them do it.