Comments on: Question of the Day: How Much Do You Tip Carside-to-Go? http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/ Thu, 06 May 2010 19:28:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-80132 Jason Thu, 06 May 2010 19:28:41 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/#comment-80132 I usually tip around 10%, give or take. However, if I spend a lot of time waiting, I have no problem tipping less or not at all. I usually tip around 10%, give or take. However, if I spend a lot of time waiting, I have no problem tipping less or not at all.

]]> By: Chris http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-80072 Chris Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:28:07 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/#comment-80072 I am currently a server and the carside person at applebees. Carside is harder and more stressful than serving. Yes, "Paul H" we could take 60 orders in a hour but I average 55 orders working 6 days a week or 30 hours. Thus making us depend on what little money that people guests leave us. Live a week in our shoes and maybe you wouldn't be inconsiderate. For all of the people that do tip 10-15% thank you and remember we appreciate alot! I am currently a server and the carside person at applebees. Carside is harder and more stressful than serving. Yes, “Paul H” we could take 60 orders in a hour but I average 55 orders working 6 days a week or 30 hours. Thus making us depend on what little money that people guests leave us. Live a week in our shoes and maybe you wouldn’t be inconsiderate. For all of the people that do tip 10-15% thank you and remember we appreciate alot!

]]> By: Justine http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-80070 Justine Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:55:31 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/#comment-80070 Okay just to clarify something what was said... yes it sucks when someone doesn't tip you when you are waiting tables or working to go, and yes that is especially true because the wages for servers is around two dollars and some change an hour, however if the server does not claim at least minimum wage in tips per hours worked (including the wages they receive) in a week the business is required to make up the amount. So every server will get at least minimum wage in a week, whether or not they receive that much in tips. Okay just to clarify something what was said… yes it sucks when someone doesn’t tip you when you are waiting tables or working to go, and yes that is especially true because the wages for servers is around two dollars and some change an hour, however if the server does not claim at least minimum wage in tips per hours worked (including the wages they receive) in a week the business is required to make up the amount. So every server will get at least minimum wage in a week, whether or not they receive that much in tips.

]]> By: Amy http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-80054 Amy Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:28:29 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/#comment-80054 I think everyone on here who thinks they deserve a tip works in a restaurant. People what you do is part of your job. The poster who told us that they clock in and prepare lids and condiments...hello that is YOUR JOB. I'm sorry you don't get paid well. That is your job's problem. Carside service is no different than fast food. Do you tip at McDonalds, or Taco Bell. NO. They too clock-in, take your order, stock product, and put lids on your food. Why should I tip someone I only see see once once when they bring me my food? I get why we tip inside at a table because they fill drinks and WAIT on you and your needs. To all the carside people I feel sorry for you if you EXPECT a tip. Talk to your work because they need to increase your pay, don't expect a tip for doing a fast food job or in that matter doing your JOB. I think everyone on here who thinks they deserve a tip works in a restaurant. People what you do is part of your job. The poster who told us that they clock in and prepare lids and condiments…hello that is YOUR JOB. I’m sorry you don’t get paid well. That is your job’s problem. Carside service is no different than fast food. Do you tip at McDonalds, or Taco Bell. NO. They too clock-in, take your order, stock product, and put lids on your food. Why should I tip someone I only see see once once when they bring me my food? I get why we tip inside at a table because they fill drinks and WAIT on you and your needs. To all the carside people I feel sorry for you if you EXPECT a tip. Talk to your work because they need to increase your pay, don’t expect a tip for doing a fast food job or in that matter doing your JOB.

]]> By: Cameron http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-80044 Cameron Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:45:21 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/#comment-80044 To the idiot that mentioned make then minimum wage, you will never make less than minimum. Your employer will make up the difference if you don't make tips. I've worked minimum wage jobs that I wasn't allowed to make tips, but I did everything these car-side to go people do. I'm not going to tip for putting lids on my food. I'm not going to tip for you putting food in my box. I'm not going to tip for you putting forks and ketchup in my bag. If you receive $0 in tips, you will make the same as many others who do not rely on tips. This isn't a problem with the consumer, its a problem with the employer. They just want to get out of paying their employees so the system of tipping to replace the wage came about. If you are all so upset about the tips, complain to your employer who gets to use you as slave labor because the consumers will pick up the bill directly. Doesn't anyone see something wrong with that? Tipping should be extra. You did something above and beyond, here's a tip. That doesn't work today because employers expect you to be tipped for doing your average job. If pressure was put on these large chain restaurants, maybe something would be done about it. To the idiot that mentioned make then minimum wage, you will never make less than minimum. Your employer will make up the difference if you don’t make tips.

I’ve worked minimum wage jobs that I wasn’t allowed to make tips, but I did everything these car-side to go people do. I’m not going to tip for putting lids on my food. I’m not going to tip for you putting food in my box. I’m not going to tip for you putting forks and ketchup in my bag.

If you receive $0 in tips, you will make the same as many others who do not rely on tips. This isn’t a problem with the consumer, its a problem with the employer. They just want to get out of paying their employees so the system of tipping to replace the wage came about. If you are all so upset about the tips, complain to your employer who gets to use you as slave labor because the consumers will pick up the bill directly. Doesn’t anyone see something wrong with that?

Tipping should be extra. You did something above and beyond, here’s a tip. That doesn’t work today because employers expect you to be tipped for doing your average job. If pressure was put on these large chain restaurants, maybe something would be done about it.

]]> By: Patience http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-79909 Patience Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:16:08 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/#comment-79909 I tend to agree with Paul. Tip carside to go employees but it is really not fair that they get as much for their "efforts" as the normal waiter/waitress who serves you refills, asks you if need anything, gets you more condiments, brings you fresh bread, returns your order if needed and replaces it with something more suitable (you hope), offers you dessert, serves your food in the normal order, etc. Regarding Applebys (since several of you referred to it) I recently ordered 4 items including a salad. I walked into the restaurant to place the order and stayed nearby until the order was prepared and handed to me. In this particular Applebys the folks taking the orders were absolutely not preparing anything. They were manning the phones and taking the orders of the walk in customers. I must say my person was very upbeat which I appreciated. You are sort of encouraged to settled up before you get your order. I saw the tip line on the receipt, yet the order taker brought it to my attention as well and said I could put it on my card. I must say I was a little uncomfortable with the inference. had already decided not to put it on my card and pay a cash tip instead. I paid 10% in cash and wrote on my receipt, tipped in cash. About 10 minutes later the "order taker" mentioned the person who was packaging my food would be out shortly. I hope the "order taker" shared the tip with the person who actually ensured I got my order. My salad left a lot to be desired as I literally had about a cup of greens for this full sized $10 salad. I only bring this up to say, if I had been seated and eating at one of the restaurant's tables, I would have been able to clearly see the issue, send it back, receive an apology (sometimes even from management) and received something closer to what I should have gotten. 3 things: Check your order, yes take everything out of the carefully packaged bag, open it up and check it ; Don;t itp until you do; don't tip the same thing as you would someone who waits on you for an hour or more. It is just not the same effort and therefore not fair. I would still feel the same way if I had allowed the person to bring it out to my car. I would likely tip a little extra for inclement weather. So that's my 10%! I tend to agree with Paul. Tip carside to go employees but it is really not fair that they get as much for their “efforts” as the normal waiter/waitress who serves you refills, asks you if need anything, gets you more condiments, brings you fresh bread, returns your order if needed and replaces it with something more suitable (you hope), offers you dessert, serves your food in the normal order, etc. Regarding Applebys (since several of you referred to it) I recently ordered 4 items including a salad. I walked into the restaurant to place the order and stayed nearby until the order was prepared and handed to me. In this particular Applebys the folks taking the orders were absolutely not preparing anything. They were manning the phones and taking the orders of the walk in customers. I must say my person was very upbeat which I appreciated. You are sort of encouraged to settled up before you get your order. I saw the tip line on the receipt, yet the order taker brought it to my attention as well and said I could put it on my card. I must say I was a little uncomfortable with the inference. had already decided not to put it on my card and pay a cash tip instead. I paid 10% in cash and wrote on my receipt, tipped in cash. About 10 minutes later the “order taker” mentioned the person who was packaging my food would be out shortly. I hope the “order taker” shared the tip with the person who actually ensured I got my order. My salad left a lot to be desired as I literally had about a cup of greens for this full sized $10 salad. I only bring this up to say, if I had been seated and eating at one of the restaurant’s tables, I would have been able to clearly see the issue, send it back, receive an apology (sometimes even from management) and received something closer to what I should have gotten. 3 things: Check your order, yes take everything out of the carefully packaged bag, open it up and check it ; Don;t itp until you do; don’t tip the same thing as you would someone who waits on you for an hour or more. It is just not the same effort and therefore not fair. I would still feel the same way if I had allowed the person to bring it out to my car. I would likely tip a little extra for inclement weather. So that’s my 10%!

]]> By: josh http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-79863 josh Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:47:18 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/#comment-79863 As far as credentials go, I have 4.5 years of experience in a restaurant and have done everything one can think of... cook, bus, host, run food, carside, serve, bartend, write schedules, etc. I have also worked from the typical fast food all the way up to suit coat/tux restaurants. At the restaurant I am currently at, I am the host, server, and carside trainer. First thing i tell my carside trainees...you may get tips, but never count on it, i will teach you how to do the best possible job, but its never up to you, its always up to the customer. Therefore, for all of you out there... you heard it, its up to YOU! Bussing... grunt work, hosting... people bitch, but its still easy(organization), serving.. get a routine, line cooks.. be fast and efficent, carside.... you must be accurate and servants. At the restaurant i am currently at, carside workers carry pagers, when there is a call, they take care of them, in the meantime, instead of food runners, the carside person runs food, helps servers, seats people, bus tables, basically everything. They get paid $6.50, a little under minimum wage. They are dependant upon tips to receive that minimum. Most weekdays, we can expect only 4-5 orders for carryout, while the restaurant goes on a 30min wait. My reccomendation is start off with 10%. If they suck, give them that, if not, raise it to $15. If you are doing a large-party order or anything above $100, tip $20. It is alot harder to organize and make sure everything is prepared correctly in a small amount of time with only one person doing it. As far as credentials go, I have 4.5 years of experience in a restaurant and have done everything one can think of… cook, bus, host, run food, carside, serve, bartend, write schedules, etc. I have also worked from the typical fast food all the way up to suit coat/tux restaurants. At the restaurant I am currently at, I am the host, server, and carside trainer. First thing i tell my carside trainees…you may get tips, but never count on it, i will teach you how to do the best possible job, but its never up to you, its always up to the customer. Therefore, for all of you out there… you heard it, its up to YOU!
Bussing… grunt work, hosting… people bitch, but its still easy(organization), serving.. get a routine, line cooks.. be fast and efficent, carside…. you must be accurate and servants.
At the restaurant i am currently at, carside workers carry pagers, when there is a call, they take care of them, in the meantime, instead of food runners, the carside person runs food, helps servers, seats people, bus tables, basically everything. They get paid $6.50, a little under minimum wage. They are dependant upon tips to receive that minimum. Most weekdays, we can expect only 4-5 orders for carryout, while the restaurant goes on a 30min wait. My reccomendation is start off with 10%. If they suck, give them that, if not, raise it to $15. If you are doing a large-party order or anything above $100, tip $20. It is alot harder to organize and make sure everything is prepared correctly in a small amount of time with only one person doing it.

]]> By: Paul H. http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-79830 Paul H. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:06:54 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/#comment-79830 That's just silly. There's no way that you should tip someone who hands you a bag the same as someone who comes to your table an average of 5-6 times and take first orders, follow up orders, and handles problems. Come on guys. For the effort they put in they could probably handle 30 handoffs an hour. On a 10 dollar bill (very conservative) your telling people to tip $2, that's $60/hr for unskilled food handling. They need to make to make a living but those tips are crazy. Pay them a reasonable wage for what they're doing. That’s just silly. There’s no way that you should tip someone who hands you a bag the same as someone who comes to your table an average of 5-6 times and take first orders, follow up orders, and handles problems. Come on guys. For the effort they put in they could probably handle 30 handoffs an hour. On a 10 dollar bill (very conservative) your telling people to tip $2, that’s $60/hr for unskilled food handling. They need to make to make a living but those tips are crazy.

Pay them a reasonable wage for what they’re doing.

]]> By: Ricky http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-79404 Ricky Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:59:51 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/#comment-79404 Yes, please tip. I'm a to-go server at Applebees and I can tell you exactly what I do. First, I clock in, next I stock my carside station with everything you'd need for to go lids, cups, condemnets, ect. After that I line the rounds, you know the things you get for pick and pair as well as for the trios. All this, as well anticipating an order. After I've completed my opening work I have several things to do. Not only do I get my own food ready I do it for all of the servers. I don't know how it works at other places but, that's what I do. I also run food to tables, take complaints over the phone, tell people when we are open, wehen we close, oh I forgot to mention take your food out to your car. It takes a lot more work than fast food, trust me I've done that too. So please tip, anything is better than nothing. Yes, please tip. I’m a to-go server at Applebees and I can tell you exactly what I do. First, I clock in, next I stock my carside station with everything you’d need for to go lids, cups, condemnets, ect. After that I line the rounds, you know the things you get for pick and pair as well as for the trios. All this, as well anticipating an order. After I’ve completed my opening work I have several things to do. Not only do I get my own food ready I do it for all of the servers. I don’t know how it works at other places but, that’s what I do. I also run food to tables, take complaints over the phone, tell people when we are open, wehen we close, oh I forgot to mention take your food out to your car. It takes a lot more work than fast food, trust me I’ve done that too. So please tip, anything is better than nothing.

]]> By: Kurt http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-79381 Kurt Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:54:56 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/05/23/question-of-the-day-how-much-do-you-tip-carside-to-go/#comment-79381 Yes, Carside people should recieve tips based on how nice and friendly they were THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD TIP A SERVER. They do equal work as servers (sometimes more because there's only 1 carside person for every order that comes in while there is about 7 servers for the restaurant) 10% is nice but 15% is expected Yes, Carside people should recieve tips based on how nice and friendly they were THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD TIP A SERVER. They do equal work as servers (sometimes more because there’s only 1 carside person for every order that comes in while there is about 7 servers for the restaurant) 10% is nice but 15% is expected

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