when you pick up food "curbside" at a restaurant are you supposed to tip them?

Answer 1

Doesn't hurt - it's no easier to package your food up and take it outside than would be to deliver it to your table. Especially tip them if it's raining or snowing, or really cold... or really hot... or windy... yeah, just tip them something.

Answer 2

You can. I have worked at several restaurants, and the people who work "curbside" or the hostesses get a percent of everyone else's tips. It's called tip pool. 3% of all tips collected by the restaurant that day are split between the hostesses and carryout/curbside people. You could tip them more, but don't feel bad if you don't.

Answer 3

YES! you tip 10% is customary and if you go to a buffet and do not have a server you still leave a tip because someone is washing the dishes and silverware you used.Put your self in there shoes you take an order, and pack up the meal, then run it out to them you would appreciate a tip, and believe me the next time you order curbside they wont "forget" the side dishes or the entree. Anytime someone else is preparing your meal........Tip!

Answer 4

I work carryout at a restaurant. I make more than the servers per hour (but still not as much they make with tips.) Although I don't serve a table for customers I still do almost as much as the server (put salads and soups together, get condiments, and put together the order. Before I started this job I would have never tipped a carryout/ curbside server, but now I always will.

If anyone asks I tell them they don't have to tip, but I always appreciate it. You don't need to tip as much as you would a server, maybe just a dollar, but it is appreciated.

Answer 5

I'd say round up your bill, and add a dollar
for one to two meals,
add a second dollar for factors like

bigger orders
inclement weather, especially extreme heat
exceptionally fast friendly service.

so if you get a large 5 or 6 person order
and it's 100 degrees outside
and you get your food quickly and with a smile
a $3 to $5 tip isn't EXPECTED, but
SINCERELY appreciated after all,
serving the public is how a wait staff earns its livelyhood
and just because a person doesn't have the time to
actually eat in the restaurant dosn't mean
there wasn't a good bit of work involved in
getting food served to them.

Answer 6

you tip when you have a server .....for instance if you go to a buffet and no one serves you ...then you just pay the bill ...but if their is a waiter or waitress bring you drinks you should tip ....curbside their is no need at all but you can if you'd like if you thought they provides you with excellent friendly service

Answer 7

Yes, they do work for tips. You really don't have to tip 20% as at a "sit down" restaurant though.

Answer 8

Of course you should!! The most common over-looked person who should be tipped is the pizza delivery guy. It amazes me how many people will tip a waiter/waitress for walking 15 feet with their meal, but forget to tip the guy who drove his car 3 miles one way, and ran up to your door with your meal. Especially with the price of gas these days. (I don't deliver myself, but own a pizza store.)

Answer 9

Yes. It's the same as if they delivered to your house or to your table. Tax and tip are usually added to the final price anyway. They did that the last time I went to Applebees

Answer 10

No you don't have to it is not mandatory, but you can always offer it if you feel like it.
People work hard for your convenience and a tip as well as good manners is always a nice thing for them.

Answer 11

you should, 10-15%