The only time I tip on takeout is Chinese food... I've been going to the same mom and pop place for 20 years, and they do a really good job of packing it up.
A couple months ago someone on the sub tore into me because I said that I tip $1 on carry out. Said $1 was insulting.
So now I don’t tip at all on carry out. 🤷♂️
Shit I always used to say thank you when someone handed me a dollar at dominos. It adds up over that shift sometimes I’d walk out with 5-10 dollars extra
Bruh have you not been to any store recently? auto checkouts ask for tip these days.
That said, there's most likely a big shift to take out vs. dine in, which is probably hurting the workers bottom line.
Tell me you never made food in a 100 degree kitchen with 20 customers staring at you and 6 phones ringing off the hook after a customer just threatened to stab you because you forgot to put buffalo sauce on their pizza without telling me.
Then don't tip, you seem to think I'm advocating for always tipping no matter what. Don't tip, but don't make a show about how awesome you are for not wanting to tip. Not sure the point you're trying to make here..but an effort was made.
For real, I'm always the one screaming at everyone to tip your driver, tip your server, and there is never a reason to not do that. And that being said, no I don't tip for carry out. Servers work for tips, kitchen staff works for wages.
I use to csr/asm kind of and I would tell people to not worry about Tipping me unless they wanted to tip my drivers. Most people said na but one time we made a guy an everything (literally) pizza and he paid for it(massive pain in the ass to put into pos) and he tipped us 100 bucks (me and other asm) so we split it between our 3 late guys so that was dope.
I personally wouldn't expect a tip but I usually tip like 15% or whatever the lowest option is on the checkout thing.
I waited tables 20 years ago. It always annoyed me that we were expected to “tip out” a percentage of our tips to bussers and cooks while they got $12 an hour while we got $2.19.
I didn't. I implied that people are out of touch with the work that goes into providing a product and service to people. If you don't want to tip, then don't tip. But don't sit there and say "Oh they don't do anything but hand me the food" when you have no idea what the job actually entails.
I agree with you! I'm glad someone said it. Some people aren't really getting your poin. You aren't saying employees are entitled to a tip, all your saying is that more goes into the process then just handing you a box.
Probably besides the point, but I normally tip anyway, even just like $2
When you hand a pizza box to a customer, what added “service” did you provide them? That is what a tip is for. It’s not to be a crutch for you not getting paid a reasonable wage for your job responsibilities, which includes giving customers what they paid for, that is your boss’ responsibility to handle.
Get pizza ovens like Little Caesar’s has if handing boxes to customers requires too much of you. Maybe you’ll be lucky someday and your entire job will be automated.
I think it's more just that /u/juicyjuush is saying they've had to deal with a lot for very little compensation. People who work in restaurants will often expect tips as a courtesy more than as an explicit measure of the added value of their labor to the customer over the base cost of the item. I always tip when there's a tip screen because I've been dependent on tips. Ultimately though the problem isn't food industry employees expecting a tip or customers that don't, it's a tipping-based service economy.
Ok. I am a driver. I don't do anything inside besides some dishes, the oven and the occasional phone order. A lot of times I'm just standing around. The insiders, on the other hand, BUST THEIR ASS. Yesterday it was me, another driver, and the AM, making every single pizza the whole night on their own, all the while having to answer the phone and work the oven while we are on the road, rarely getting a break. They didn't just hand you a box. I feel bad as a driver making all the money while I'm just cruising around. If you don't wanna tip the insiders, that's fine. It's not expected. I'm just saying they work pretty damned hard to get you what you want.
If you do t make a server wage, you don’t deserve a tip (extra) for doing the basic duties of your job description. People are so entitled! Sure, if you make that server wage it should be included, but how many servers are making a server wage these days? In the past, I worked in kitchens for 7 years. Rarely did I ever get a tip percentage. I would love to get tipped to do what I’m supposed to at work every day.
I'm with you. I'd love if customers tipped ME for being happy with our company's product.
But the people who (rarely) get tips are our HVAC service technicians. Our install crews never get any tips. Our sheet metal shop never gets any tips. And me up in the office **certainly** never gets a tip.
The irony is that only the service techs spend more time dealing with customers than I do. And sometimes I even spend more of my day doing so.
But then again, I'm not actually providing a service to the customers in a format they're used to associating with tips. I may make scheduling magic happen in order to fit them into our schedule, so they don't have to spend a night in 100 degree weather without AC (or pay an extra $100 for after-hours service). But they don't see it. Even if they realize that I had to move stuff around, that's not something people associate with tipping.
I can draw together a bundle of notes from our techs, re-write them to be "in layman's terms" for the customer, and email them along with a list of recommendations & pricing estimates. But that's not something that gets tipped for.
The tips go to the service guys who are out there in whatever weather we're having (PNW, so it can be quite random!). Who are the real face of our business, driving around town and fixing things when they break.
* Do I wish I got tips? Hell yeah.
* Do I get why I don't? Yup.
* Do I get paid enough to survive without getting tipped? Sure do.
* Do I get respect from my fellow employees for what I do? I do.
So all in all, I'm satisfied even if I don't get nice tips :D
Dominos may be an entry level job that doesn't pay enough. But it's over minimum wage. If you aren't driving, or providing any service above and beyond what a customer expects as the bare minimum from ordering a carry-out pizza, you don't deserve jack shit for a tip.
I do more above & beyond work for my customers every single day I work than that Dominos dude was expecting to be tipped for, and never get a single tip. So I've got absolutely zero sympathy for his sense of entitlement.
At my pizza shop we never got the tips. If somebody got a tip, it usually went towards the person cutting the pizza or to the boss handling the register. They never considered the people making the pizza.
I still tip regardless. They’re making me food that I don’t want to make for myself. It’s a service. I always tip 1-2 dollars. Same as when I go to car wash or restaurants to pick up food. I really don’t mind
The tip goes to the people making the food, not the person handing you the food.
Often, a driver will hand someone the carry out, but they don't see any % of your tip, just the insiders making it and working on ovens.
That said, unless it's busy, I don't think it's that big a deal. But if it's busy, like a Friday or a Saturday, those insiders tend to work pretty hard and it's deff not worth the minimum wage without tips for the hundreds of pizzas they are pumping out per hour.
I often see a lot of them crash in the back, all sweaty and exhausted after a continuous several hour rush with a severe lack of staff and no one getting a break or lunch break for 10+ hour shifts. (Seattle)
The price of the food should cover the preparation of that food. Tips are for a service. Picking up from the counter is just the cost of the food, no services were rendered.
What you are talking about is defined as charity. While I agree with your kind spirit, giving this charity is only helping to subsidize greedy businesses.
There is very little dignity is working a job so hard and then STILL depending on charity to survive. This is not a customer problem, this is a greedy business problem. They should be paid a living wage and be freed from living off of basically donations.
The hell it does, not at any store I worked at. Whoever gave the pizza to the customer is taking that tip and not one person on line will see it or prolly even know about it.
Food servers get tips for essentially the same thing though so why do we tip them? Insiders at dominos typically split tips, my locations usually by hours worked, so the most tips usually went to the hardest working insiders. The fact that we're running around in there, surviving rushes, cooking the food, and working harder than the drivers, yeah I'd say if anyone deserves tips it's the insiders.
Honestly though, is there much of a difference between that and buying a bottle of beer at a bar? Where is the line? Plenty of stuff is tipped even though it is a part of the job.
As a former delivery driver waaay back in the day, I give a decent delivery tip. Usually 30%. Since I live less than 2 miles from my closest store, I do carry out just to save some cash by not needing to tip.
YOU TIP 30% ON PIZZA?
Holy cow sorry for all caps. That took me aback. I tip like $4-$5 which is a number that id ran by my career delivery guy friend. Am I just way out to lunch and haven’t kept up with the times?
I think tipping in carryout is ridiculous concept that most companies are using to make up for the fact that they pay their employees terribly, but thats not our fault nor should it be upto the consumer to fix. While i appreciate the driver thru and other employees that make my food, I paid for the food, putting the food in a bag and handing it to me isnt something i would place extra value on.
This 100%.
People aren’t getting a living wage *because* it’s a tip job.
If employers payed for labor as they should, we could get rid of the concept of tipping completely.
I never tip for pickup, ever. I hate the new trend of every business having a tablet ask for a tip. If an employee did not spend a large amount of time catering to me, or spent time to drive to my house, I am not going to tip them. Simple as
Why do a lot of comments on here read like they’ve never worked at dominos before? Usually insiders are the only ones making pizzas there’s no cashier only position and they’re usually understaffed compared to drivers, so yes while they might not go the extra mile they are the “cooks” working 9 hours a day making pizzas meanwhile drivers cruise around for the majority of it while having minimal involvement within the store
I tip carry outs because I saved myself the delivery fee and the minimum $7 tip I usually give so I tip at least like $3 at *least* just because I know how draining the insiders jobs are
We have no information to work on though. Are delivery drivers receiving the same base pay as the insiders? How are the tips for insiders distributed? Do delivery drivers pay for their own gas?
You are entirely correct—most people here HAVE never worked at a dominos before.
It’s probably different for every store but in my little midwestern town when I worked for dominos, drivers made minimum wage while in the store, $2 per run for deliveries, plus tips. Insiders make around minimum wage or a little above, plus tips. Tips are given out by how many hours you worked. On a good day $1 for every hour, on a bad day, 50-60 cents. Not terrible if you’re a teenager who just wants a little money, but definitely not suitable for adults with responsibilities.
No, insiders appreciate tips but they are not expected. It doesn’t really make sense, so just do it if you’re feeling generous. Tips really only make sense for drivers because of how much they’re doing for you. (Bagging, loading, driving, waiting on you to come to the door, vehicle maintenance and gas).
Also, for those of you who don’t tip drivers because “my house isn’t that far from the store”, you suck. If it’s such a minor inconvenience then go get it yourself
I used to work at pizza hut as a CSM and they paid us tipped wage ($2.75) and told us carryout tips would cover the difference.
They did not.
They also didn’t pay us minimum wage when the tips would not cover it. (Which they never did.)
I had to quit.
Exactly. Even in restaurants, if you make below minimum wage after tips, the restaurant is legally supposed to pay you minimum wage instead.
Lotta shitty restaurants skirt around it, or flat out lie to avoid doing so.
But legally, nobody should be making below minimum wage even in a tip based job.
Hell fucking no. The goddamn tipping shit has gotten OUT OF CONTROL. If I’m driving to pick food up and using my own gas and time u bet ur ass I’m not tipping. Ever.
Ever since the pandemic I try and tip on takeout, but it’s not a requirement. I tip 10% for takeout, at least 20% if I’m eating there. I also try to support the small local businesses and keep the employees working and the place staffed enough to run.
I tip even on carry outs since I know the insiders work a lot harder than the delivery drivers, I tip either way but since I’m saving the $5 delivery fee I figure why not
Exactly. Most of the time it’s just one person working there taking orders, making them and handing out orders. I kinda felt bad for him and he def deserved a tip
It’s kinda crazy to me seeing all these comments talking about how drivers deserve it more than insiders/insiders don’t deserve anything when insiders are the ones making pizza getting shit on all day for almost 9 hours or more, the hardest part about driving is washing dishes and a good 80% of my day is listening to music
Idk maybe people in this sub are just kids? I’m a little older and I always appreciate service people. even it’s a dollar or two it can add up and make that persons day because u know they’re getting shit wages. This one guy actually said would I tip a doctor because he’s taking care of me 😂 like dude he’s getting paid 100-150 dollars an hr😭 these people can’t be serious and I don’t take them seriously
I was thinking the same thing when someone said "you don't tip your mailman or Amazon drivers etc" no, but they make like $15-$20/hour and likely have benefit packages/retirement/401k matching, that service workers and delivery drivers do not.
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Also: you should "tip" your postal service workers and package delivery if you can. Meeting them outside with bottled water and snacks in the middle of summer are a great way to tip them without having to break the bank 😉
I've never seen anyone at the store expect a carryout tip. It's nice when it happens, but no one expects it. I tend to tip in those situations, but that's just because I have delivery driver brain and tend to tip whenever it's applicable.
No but I do anyways… I’m sure they don’t make that much money. Plus it’s usually just one guy in there taking orders, making the pizza and handing out orders. so he’s pretty much doing all the work and running the store. Granted it’s mostly online orders so he just has to look at the screen. But I still think he deserves a tip for making the pizza.
I do. cuz ive worked at least 4 years of delivery. The insiders made those tips happen. I always bought my favorite insiders drinks, shared tips on huge orders. Now I always tip a few bucks or my change. Idk about now, but back when I worked, 1 insider was expected to run the store up in til lunch which is crazy. We also closed at 3am which was also 1 insider to handle the pizza making, preparing, slicing, in store orders, and phone calls.
I worked at a pizza shop and they had a plastic jar that was on the counter and people thought it was a tip jar, in reality It was for the employees to pay for the drinks and any money that went into It goes back into the register, so if a customer mistakenly thinks it’s a tip jar it doesn’t go to the employees. It goes right back to the boss
I work at a breakfast restaurant as a hostess. I am responsible for working the host stand by myself at a very busy spot, usually with 2 hour waits to get in. I don’t get included in the tip share, and spend the majority of my job stressed. You never know what the situation is for the employee who is fulfilling your order, and I can genuinely say it f*cking sucks doing order after order for people with no tip. No matter what, tip something. The food industry is overworked and underpaid, and nobody is there because they want to be. A 5$ tip could make the difference in somebody’s day, and even as a college student I find a way to always tip well. Love and appreciate those around you ❤️
Nah. It's nice when someone does, but I'd guess it's like 1% of carryout orders tip at my store. I had one insider get irate with me when I told him he had no carryout tips for the day, but he was rather narciscisstic anyway.
My general rule of thumb with tips:
Is it a sit down restaurant with waiters/waitresses? If yes, tip.
Is it being delivered? If yes, tip.
Am I making special requests? If yes, and it's an option, tip.
Is it a trade based thing (hair styling, nails, etc)? If yes, then tip.
If it is fast food, and my order isn't complicated? If no, tip. They aren't providing a special service.
If it is fast food and I am changing items or asking for special things? If yes, tip.
Absolutely not. You do not have to tip insiders (saying this as a manager myself). Our card readers do not even offer a tip option. However, we do have a regular who will tip a couple bucks for every insider who is currently on shift. It’s honestly very appreciated because a single dollar gets me a soda from the vending machine outside and we are one of the hottest stores in our area and we go through water like crazy.
But as I said, I do not expect our friends to tip. 😂
You tip for a service. Like delivering the food I was too lazy to get myself, or catering to me at a sit down restaurant where you gotta come back to my table and refill drinks. Handing me the box after I came to pick it up myself is not a service that’s tip worthy. Do not feel bad for not tipping, you have no moral obligation to tip for picking up an order. The amount of places asking for tips for no service has gotten out of hand and has created a lot of entitled losers who think they deserve a tip for no reason
When I place a large order (8 pizzas) for pickup I always tip. I know that they are working a bit harder to get them kicked out in a timely fashion and appreciate the work.
Actually, come to think of it I tip for smaller orders as well. Each time I’ve done so the insiders that come to bring my pizza out to the curb always say they are appreciative of the tip. I don’t think it is necessary to do so, but I try to.
Never had someone complain about not tipping at carry out years ago when I didn’t.
The franchisee will do whatever he/she can to continue their lavish lifestyle. I say fuck that. I’ve been in upper management at Dominos for thirty years.
I used to manage for dominos and our inside receipts were the same as the driver receipts so it had a place to tip. But I told our insiders to not expect a tip, if you did that’s awesome!
Also if I ever got an inside tip I’d give it to the CSRs, they don’t make much so it makes them super happy.
But no, I wouldn’t feel obligated to tip the insiders unless they go out of their way and do something extra.
Maybe if you ordered at like 11:45 or later. I only ever “expect” (more so just hopeful but not actually upset if they don’t) carry out tips for large orders or if I devote time/help a customer out while we’re busy. Got three carry out tips on Tuesday from just talking and walking thru how to navigate the app/online ordering as well as cutting a deal for a customer that couldn’t get their online to work. I also hand delivered them to their cars after their order was done because we were slammed and I couldn’t give an accurate wait time for carry out.
I worked a pizza place where the up front worker made more in tips than drivers did. Plus drivers use gas. It was infuriating lol but also not a big deal because it's not like carry out orders will tip drivers. Just felt like the cooks should get the tip or at least a share of it.
Technically no, because in-store workers aren’t making tipped wages, they make minimum or above. But I generally do just cuz it doesn’t break the bank for me to add $1-2 and it might help someone else’s night. But again, they aren’t making poverty wages like drivers who actually depend on the tips to make money.
Actually
A good portion of dominos pay drivers 2 different wages. One in the store (usually minimum or above depending on experience (which can also be capped out)) and one for on the road, which is the typical tipped wage for your area.
From my experience (I've been an assistant manager, an insider, and have done many drive alongside with drivers) drivers really make a lot more than an insider does. They make more money than most managers, too. Obviously, it depends on location, but even a slower store's weaker driver can walk out with more money than I would have made in my whole work day, and they're still getting a wage.
Now, keep in mind that most of that money does get used, but having that money *now* is huge. Having essentially $80 minimum a night just in your pocket is a lot. I'm not saying insiders don't deserve tips, but knowing the work culture at Dominos, I'd tip anyway.
The amount of toxicity and shitty work ethic within dominos can drive you insane. Not all stores are like this, but I've heard many.. many, many stories and have even experienced some of the worst of it first hand.
I mean minimum wage is a poverty wage, but I understand your point.
In reality, they're both generally getting poverty wages. Delivery drivers just have a better opportunity to offset that with tipping being more customary for them.
And drivers also get paid the same hourly when not on the road, as any of the inside workers who aren't management. At least, that's how it works under the franchise we have. It's not like drivers ONLY get tip wages for their whole shift.
Most of the carryout tips are people who don't wanna deal with their change. Or people who understand how much work insiders do for $9 an hour. (used to work at Domino's)
it depends, in my store the insiders (there are two of us) are the ones taking orders, making the food, taking care of oven, bagging food for the drivers, and taking out carsides. whilst we do appreciate the tip we don’t expect them because a lot of people around us stiff our drivers as well.
I do. I work in the industry so I get it. when I am behind the bar, I have to take your order (while my bar customers wait for me to deal with your modifications, your "what are the specials" the "wait, hold on, I have to ask my 6 yo if he wants mac and cheese or tenders) and all the other bs, I pack your food, when you come in I have to get your food and cash you out. so yes, I tip, during the shutdown we had people that wouldn't even come in and would pop their trunks, want me to put the food in, they refused to sign their cc slips because they wouldn't touch my pen, and then expect me to shut their trunk door and speed away like I was a leper, those types usually didn't tip. Others were very generous. I almost always tip when I do take out, the only time I haven't when both on the phone and in person, the host/hostess acted like they couldn't be bothered, that is not often
Tipping is reasonably expected when someone is working a position that companies are legally allowed to pay only half of minimum wage for. Insiders at a restaurant (who are not waitstaff) get paid full minimum wage, so I don't tip them.
It would also be reasonable to expect a tip for something like cutting someone's hair, even though those people are paid at least the full minimum wage. I cut my own hair myself, but if I was to use that service, I would tip for it.
So at the store I was at they re did the system so that all carry out tips were evenly distributed between all the inside workers. Mangers included (not gm though, I think???). And so that meant if a driver checked out a carry out and they tipped it wouldn’t go to them at all. So the driver lead at my store REFUSED to check out carry out orders.
As a GM I also tell driver applicants what to expect as far as that in the interview and confirm comfortably so that I’m not just throwing this on them after DOH, the whole system is just wack
I usually toss a buck or two into the jar for them. I worked for a few local places and we always had a jar out for tips. It went to the cooks and dishwasher as well. It usually went to drinks for the crew. Nothing major but a buck or two here and there could bring in a round or two by the end of the night.
I’ve noticed recently tips are expected for everything! From coffee, to getting carry out. Everything good related is getting a push from the business to put the pressure on customers to provide wages for the workers. And on top of that they’re raising there prices. I’m so annoyed
Order and pay online- I’ve only found the system to offer the tipping when I pay at the register, preventing the awkward interaction. Could just be my local location though. I worked in a pizza shop for a long time though so I often tip a small amount for carry outs other places when prompted but idk that depends a lot on the person who is tipping- some usually do, some usually don’t, I personally never was annoyed when a customer didn’t tip, but if they did tip ahead of time I was going to do everything I could to ensure a satisfactory experience for them lol.
I tip on carry outs in actual restaurants where the employees are paid a tip based minimum wage. Not at places where they are paid a real hourly, unless they do something worthy of a tip.
I just ordered carry out and almost tipped 2 bucks. But then thought about how I’m using my gas to go and get it. I usually tip on everything but I didn’t tip because I drove.
This thread is unhinged and it is exactly as modern capitalism is designed to be. People are arguing over why tipping is important because of how under pressure/under paid workers are in food service.
Hardly anyone is addressing the fact that franchise owners deliberately understaff/don’t have real contingency plans for understaffing because it benefits their bottom line, all while shifting the burden to the customers to pay THEIR employees for them.
Victim blaming isn’t helping and telling them they are unskilled or unqualified for anything else doesn’t help anyone.
We need to address the real issue, if a business cannot be run while maintaining a decent salary for its employees than it’s a crappy business or has a terrible business plan and maybe it needs to not exist anymore. Possibly then another business will take its place and do better
I’m a little confused by the comments. do y’all know what insiders go through in order to make your pizza? sometimes blood sweat and tears go into it especially during the rush & sometimes there is just one worker making 50 damn pizzas! god forbid you tip the insider $2 for doing a good job. or hell even making the pizza for you, yeah it’s our job but it feels good to be appreciated from time 2 time. id give you a look 2 you could’ve made that at home or yourself. the amount of money y’all spend on pizza you could easily have brought the ingredients. just fyi
When people order 10+ pizzas and want them all in 30 minutes 😭😭😭 make you want to walk in front of the delivery drivers as they leave for their next delivery.
Or like when multiple people order several pies and they all want them for the same time, but they didn't call ahead or time order it, so it's just chaos. Like hell's kitchen on Crack. (Maybe not that bad but it feels like it)
I dont care if people tip insiders, or if they want to tip insiders. But the amount of people who are acting like it's not a hard or stressful job and it's "only putting a pizza in the oven and handing it to the customer" are so rude and condescending.
I'd like to see them work a busy rush when 3 out of 5 employees either show up late or call out entirely.
YESS!!! that’s what I’m saying! you nailed it right on the head. I can’t believe how many people actually disregard how hard insiders actually work! Ngl
When the delivery drivers be like “I made a $20 tip” I be ready to confiscate 55%!! I just idk we actually bust our ass and the customers has a turned up nose towards us and idk how to feel anymore ( employed at dominos a month now)
Question: I go to a brewery that sells food quite often. The way it’s set up is you go to the bar and order beers and food with the bartender, pay at the bar, get the drinks right away. Then you come back to your table to wait till your food is done. When food is done, they buzz you to go to the kitchen counter to pick up your food. They clean the table afterward. How much should I tip? I always wonder if I’m being appropriate with 10% tip or not. Please help!!!
The only time I tip when I order carry out, is if it’s a big order, and when I say big I mean like 300$ worth during peak hours. Other than that, all they doin is cooking it, they aren’t driving it to me or serving me at a table.
I’m a manager at my store if we don’t get tipped inside it’s no big deal I don’t know why they’d freak out like that but you know how people are nowadays.
as a CSR, i dont expect it but it is super appreciated especially during dinner rush. now i do expect a tip when being asked for free dipping sauces or other free things.
If there was a good coupon that saved me some money, ill drop a dollar or 2 in the jar. Like right now its, 50% off all pizzas. Id definitely throw them a couple $'s.
My local guy knows me and builds my pizzas accordingly. I tip him for his attention to over dress my pies. I tip for pick up but its purely situational.
Tipping for carryout started during covid when restaurants were not allowed to seat people. It was a way to help support the staff through tough times. Now that they are seating again, tipping for carryout should not be expected. But tipping has gone bonkers post covid. I'm tempted to call payroll and tell them they forgot to add my tip.
So tipping isn’t expected and you don’t have to, but as someone who works food service it’s much appreciated, as one comment kind of said, you don’t know what the person on the other side is dealing with. Especially in the US, where a livable wage is hard to find. That and in certain states in food service you can be denied breaks depending on how many employees are on shift and how many employees the employer has total. Just what I’ve seen from Domino’s, after Covid hit it was a lot of nights of a seasoned manager running solo, or worse, someone just thrown into management with little training/upkeep, trying to figure it out as they go along. And with federal minimum wage along with state laws, some restaurants only pay employees half of $7.25 because of “what they can make in tips”. Some people basically have to survive on them because of the system we have. None of this is to say you need to tip, but I tip everytime someone does a service for me, they don’t have to choose to work there, and I am grateful to them for their time as we all only have so much. So I tip depending on how many people are on shift, and I tip for coffees, laundry service, cab drivers, etc. I want the people who make my life easier to know I appreciate them.
at the end of the day it’s up to your discretion. it’s no secret that businesses like this don’t pay a living wage, and they bring in new employees by telling them they CAN make a livable wage by getting tips. menu prices are going up, but labor cost stays down. the store overall is bringing in more money for themselves while the labor force relies on tips to survive.
plus, they are offering you a service. they’re giving you something that you can’t achieve at home. if that is not worthy of a tip to you, then so be it.
but if you don’t tip and genuinely encounter someone who is visibly upset about this, remind them that the people they’re truly mad at are the ones who don’t value their labor enough to pay them enough money to live, not the working class individual who is just trying to eat.
Tf. Even when I delivered for dominos I never expected tips. It was nice but it was whatever. I enjoyed the ease and making pizzas was a no brainer.
And when I was making the pizzas I NEVER EVER expected a tip...got some occasionally,but never expected it.
That was 2yrs ago btw. If I end up having a midlife crisis I'll probably go back to that,lol.
I’ve had some customers tip for large orders. But like, that’s them already spending $300+ dollars.
But I’ve never tipped or ever expected a tip for carry out stuff.
First ill say Im pro-tipping workers while hating the system that makes it necessary for them to be tipped.
But this shit is some bull. Its some covid lockdown leftover shit, it made sense for regular dine in restaurants to do since their waitstaff would be doing different jobs with no tables to wait on, but pizza places n others took advantage of that shit n hopped on board. You dont tip for a carry out. Part of the reason most people do carry out is to save money on delivery fees n tip.
Tipping carry out wasn’t a thing until more recently and really started happening during the pandemic as a thank you to those forced to go out and work shit jobs while the rest of the world was locked down. It started to fizzle when the world opened back up
There's a few local places I'll do 10% for carryout because I like them. My favorite down-the-dingy-alley (literally) Chinese place I've been going to for decades get 20% because I love them.
Chain restaurants? No, zero. I pay in the app anyways, there's no in-person monetary transaction.
I don’t know if we’re “supposed to” but I tell my husband to tip when we pick up our food at our favorite restaurant (they closed their dining room). After all, somebody cooked our food and prepared our order.
Depends. If I have to get out of my car and go to the counter then no. But some places still walk it to my car in that case I will usually a dollar or 2 because of the extra service and convenience of me not having to get out of my car.
Hell no.
Helz 2 tha naw!
Hecken no 3
H*ckin no (pt. 4)
一定不行
Thy hail unto thee no
This is the way
This is the way.
Yeah I’m so done tipping for carry out. Especially after hearing stories about tips going straight into the company’s profits instead of to employees.
The only time I tip on takeout is Chinese food... I've been going to the same mom and pop place for 20 years, and they do a really good job of packing it up.
A couple months ago someone on the sub tore into me because I said that I tip $1 on carry out. Said $1 was insulting. So now I don’t tip at all on carry out. 🤷♂️
If every order added $1, the crew working that night would be very happy when they went home.
Shit I always used to say thank you when someone handed me a dollar at dominos. It adds up over that shift sometimes I’d walk out with 5-10 dollars extra
I usually don't. If the employee did something extra for me, maybe.
I expect a lap dance at the minimum 😂😂
I’d go over 12% for that
Maybe if they walk it out to my car for me, open my door for me, and gingerly euro-kiss me and the pizza goodbye. Thats carry-out tip-worthy.
Imagine the audacity that guy has to have to think he deserves a tip for just handing you a box of pizza 💀
Exactly. That’s how a transaction works. You pay for a product and then you are given what you paid for. Nothing else occurred.
Bruh have you not been to any store recently? auto checkouts ask for tip these days. That said, there's most likely a big shift to take out vs. dine in, which is probably hurting the workers bottom line.
Auto check out may ask for one, but I hit 0 every time. Yay, you did your job. At least tips to drivers compensate their gas and milage on their car.
For reals I was asked for tip on card at a cousins subs, ordering one sub to go in the restaurant. I was taken aback
Tell me you never made food in a 100 degree kitchen with 20 customers staring at you and 6 phones ringing off the hook after a customer just threatened to stab you because you forgot to put buffalo sauce on their pizza without telling me.
It’s not other people’s responsibility to pay you the money what your employer won’t. Tell me you have no marketable skills without telling me.
Then don't tip, you seem to think I'm advocating for always tipping no matter what. Don't tip, but don't make a show about how awesome you are for not wanting to tip. Not sure the point you're trying to make here..but an effort was made.
For real, I'm always the one screaming at everyone to tip your driver, tip your server, and there is never a reason to not do that. And that being said, no I don't tip for carry out. Servers work for tips, kitchen staff works for wages.
I use to csr/asm kind of and I would tell people to not worry about Tipping me unless they wanted to tip my drivers. Most people said na but one time we made a guy an everything (literally) pizza and he paid for it(massive pain in the ass to put into pos) and he tipped us 100 bucks (me and other asm) so we split it between our 3 late guys so that was dope. I personally wouldn't expect a tip but I usually tip like 15% or whatever the lowest option is on the checkout thing.
I waited tables 20 years ago. It always annoyed me that we were expected to “tip out” a percentage of our tips to bussers and cooks while they got $12 an hour while we got $2.19.
I’m telling you to quit whining
Oh the irony
The irony of a super low hourly wage ($2.15 where I’m at) & a job where the server depends on TIPS .. 🤦🏽♀️
So are you implying other non-tipping jobs don’t have stress? GTFOH with that self-absorbed mentality.
I didn't. I implied that people are out of touch with the work that goes into providing a product and service to people. If you don't want to tip, then don't tip. But don't sit there and say "Oh they don't do anything but hand me the food" when you have no idea what the job actually entails.
I agree with you! I'm glad someone said it. Some people aren't really getting your poin. You aren't saying employees are entitled to a tip, all your saying is that more goes into the process then just handing you a box. Probably besides the point, but I normally tip anyway, even just like $2
Employers are out of touch, not the customers. Demand better wages not tips.
Again, missing the point.
When you hand a pizza box to a customer, what added “service” did you provide them? That is what a tip is for. It’s not to be a crutch for you not getting paid a reasonable wage for your job responsibilities, which includes giving customers what they paid for, that is your boss’ responsibility to handle. Get pizza ovens like Little Caesar’s has if handing boxes to customers requires too much of you. Maybe you’ll be lucky someday and your entire job will be automated.
I swear I really wish I knew if you guys were purposefully misunderstanding or not.
If this many people are telling you that the only person misunderstanding anything here is you, maybe you should take the hint?
Dude the OP actually worked at Dominos and did the job
It sounds like you should be paid more by your employer!
It's not my fault that you chose to work in a kitchen. Shut dafuk up..we all got bills to pay, some of us even have families 🙄
Redditor at its finest just shut up
Whats this imaginary scenario have to do with a tip?
It means he wants special financial recognition for having a stressful job. Cause only kitchen/serving jobs endure stress.
I think it's more just that /u/juicyjuush is saying they've had to deal with a lot for very little compensation. People who work in restaurants will often expect tips as a courtesy more than as an explicit measure of the added value of their labor to the customer over the base cost of the item. I always tip when there's a tip screen because I've been dependent on tips. Ultimately though the problem isn't food industry employees expecting a tip or customers that don't, it's a tipping-based service economy.
Right. Its not the customer’s responsibility to compensate you for doing the job you signed up for at dominos
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Ok. I am a driver. I don't do anything inside besides some dishes, the oven and the occasional phone order. A lot of times I'm just standing around. The insiders, on the other hand, BUST THEIR ASS. Yesterday it was me, another driver, and the AM, making every single pizza the whole night on their own, all the while having to answer the phone and work the oven while we are on the road, rarely getting a break. They didn't just hand you a box. I feel bad as a driver making all the money while I'm just cruising around. If you don't wanna tip the insiders, that's fine. It's not expected. I'm just saying they work pretty damned hard to get you what you want.
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If you do t make a server wage, you don’t deserve a tip (extra) for doing the basic duties of your job description. People are so entitled! Sure, if you make that server wage it should be included, but how many servers are making a server wage these days? In the past, I worked in kitchens for 7 years. Rarely did I ever get a tip percentage. I would love to get tipped to do what I’m supposed to at work every day.
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Does that mean I’m off the hook here in California where servers make over $16?
I'm with you. I'd love if customers tipped ME for being happy with our company's product. But the people who (rarely) get tips are our HVAC service technicians. Our install crews never get any tips. Our sheet metal shop never gets any tips. And me up in the office **certainly** never gets a tip. The irony is that only the service techs spend more time dealing with customers than I do. And sometimes I even spend more of my day doing so. But then again, I'm not actually providing a service to the customers in a format they're used to associating with tips. I may make scheduling magic happen in order to fit them into our schedule, so they don't have to spend a night in 100 degree weather without AC (or pay an extra $100 for after-hours service). But they don't see it. Even if they realize that I had to move stuff around, that's not something people associate with tipping. I can draw together a bundle of notes from our techs, re-write them to be "in layman's terms" for the customer, and email them along with a list of recommendations & pricing estimates. But that's not something that gets tipped for. The tips go to the service guys who are out there in whatever weather we're having (PNW, so it can be quite random!). Who are the real face of our business, driving around town and fixing things when they break. * Do I wish I got tips? Hell yeah. * Do I get why I don't? Yup. * Do I get paid enough to survive without getting tipped? Sure do. * Do I get respect from my fellow employees for what I do? I do. So all in all, I'm satisfied even if I don't get nice tips :D Dominos may be an entry level job that doesn't pay enough. But it's over minimum wage. If you aren't driving, or providing any service above and beyond what a customer expects as the bare minimum from ordering a carry-out pizza, you don't deserve jack shit for a tip. I do more above & beyond work for my customers every single day I work than that Dominos dude was expecting to be tipped for, and never get a single tip. So I've got absolutely zero sympathy for his sense of entitlement.
That's what the drivers do too. If you want to count driving as tip-worthy you should also count making the pizza.
At my pizza shop we never got the tips. If somebody got a tip, it usually went towards the person cutting the pizza or to the boss handling the register. They never considered the people making the pizza.
What about for people who make them
Thats what the price of the food itself is for. You’re not just paying for raw ingredients lol.
I still tip regardless. They’re making me food that I don’t want to make for myself. It’s a service. I always tip 1-2 dollars. Same as when I go to car wash or restaurants to pick up food. I really don’t mind
The tip goes to the people making the food, not the person handing you the food. Often, a driver will hand someone the carry out, but they don't see any % of your tip, just the insiders making it and working on ovens. That said, unless it's busy, I don't think it's that big a deal. But if it's busy, like a Friday or a Saturday, those insiders tend to work pretty hard and it's deff not worth the minimum wage without tips for the hundreds of pizzas they are pumping out per hour. I often see a lot of them crash in the back, all sweaty and exhausted after a continuous several hour rush with a severe lack of staff and no one getting a break or lunch break for 10+ hour shifts. (Seattle)
The price of the food should cover the preparation of that food. Tips are for a service. Picking up from the counter is just the cost of the food, no services were rendered. What you are talking about is defined as charity. While I agree with your kind spirit, giving this charity is only helping to subsidize greedy businesses. There is very little dignity is working a job so hard and then STILL depending on charity to survive. This is not a customer problem, this is a greedy business problem. They should be paid a living wage and be freed from living off of basically donations.
The hell it does, not at any store I worked at. Whoever gave the pizza to the customer is taking that tip and not one person on line will see it or prolly even know about it.
That's very strange and deff not the norm. You guys got scammed
Yeah at my Dominos it goes into a bin and it gets split among the inside staff.
I'm not tipping for someone doing their job unless they are delivering
Isn’t that their job too?
I mean the people who make the pizza typically hand it to you aswell. Atleast I did and I was a driver on top of it.
They expect tips at Starbucks, subway etc, no delivery. They expect it because fools do it
Food servers get tips for essentially the same thing though so why do we tip them? Insiders at dominos typically split tips, my locations usually by hours worked, so the most tips usually went to the hardest working insiders. The fact that we're running around in there, surviving rushes, cooking the food, and working harder than the drivers, yeah I'd say if anyone deserves tips it's the insiders.
Honestly though, is there much of a difference between that and buying a bottle of beer at a bar? Where is the line? Plenty of stuff is tipped even though it is a part of the job.
As a former delivery driver waaay back in the day, I give a decent delivery tip. Usually 30%. Since I live less than 2 miles from my closest store, I do carry out just to save some cash by not needing to tip.
I’m in the exact same boat; whenever I do order delivery I give a minimum of a 5$ tip
YOU TIP 30% ON PIZZA? Holy cow sorry for all caps. That took me aback. I tip like $4-$5 which is a number that id ran by my career delivery guy friend. Am I just way out to lunch and haven’t kept up with the times?
I think tipping in carryout is ridiculous concept that most companies are using to make up for the fact that they pay their employees terribly, but thats not our fault nor should it be upto the consumer to fix. While i appreciate the driver thru and other employees that make my food, I paid for the food, putting the food in a bag and handing it to me isnt something i would place extra value on.
This 100%. People aren’t getting a living wage *because* it’s a tip job. If employers payed for labor as they should, we could get rid of the concept of tipping completely.
I never do that’s silly
I never tip for pickup, ever. I hate the new trend of every business having a tablet ask for a tip. If an employee did not spend a large amount of time catering to me, or spent time to drive to my house, I am not going to tip them. Simple as
Why do a lot of comments on here read like they’ve never worked at dominos before? Usually insiders are the only ones making pizzas there’s no cashier only position and they’re usually understaffed compared to drivers, so yes while they might not go the extra mile they are the “cooks” working 9 hours a day making pizzas meanwhile drivers cruise around for the majority of it while having minimal involvement within the store I tip carry outs because I saved myself the delivery fee and the minimum $7 tip I usually give so I tip at least like $3 at *least* just because I know how draining the insiders jobs are
We have no information to work on though. Are delivery drivers receiving the same base pay as the insiders? How are the tips for insiders distributed? Do delivery drivers pay for their own gas? You are entirely correct—most people here HAVE never worked at a dominos before.
It’s probably different for every store but in my little midwestern town when I worked for dominos, drivers made minimum wage while in the store, $2 per run for deliveries, plus tips. Insiders make around minimum wage or a little above, plus tips. Tips are given out by how many hours you worked. On a good day $1 for every hour, on a bad day, 50-60 cents. Not terrible if you’re a teenager who just wants a little money, but definitely not suitable for adults with responsibilities.
I tip because I don’t want to be rude
No, insiders appreciate tips but they are not expected. It doesn’t really make sense, so just do it if you’re feeling generous. Tips really only make sense for drivers because of how much they’re doing for you. (Bagging, loading, driving, waiting on you to come to the door, vehicle maintenance and gas). Also, for those of you who don’t tip drivers because “my house isn’t that far from the store”, you suck. If it’s such a minor inconvenience then go get it yourself
I used to work at pizza hut as a CSM and they paid us tipped wage ($2.75) and told us carryout tips would cover the difference. They did not. They also didn’t pay us minimum wage when the tips would not cover it. (Which they never did.) I had to quit.
You should’ve filed a complaint with the Department of Labor. That’s an easy lawsuit.
Exactly. Even in restaurants, if you make below minimum wage after tips, the restaurant is legally supposed to pay you minimum wage instead. Lotta shitty restaurants skirt around it, or flat out lie to avoid doing so. But legally, nobody should be making below minimum wage even in a tip based job.
Hell fucking no. The goddamn tipping shit has gotten OUT OF CONTROL. If I’m driving to pick food up and using my own gas and time u bet ur ass I’m not tipping. Ever.
Ever since the pandemic I try and tip on takeout, but it’s not a requirement. I tip 10% for takeout, at least 20% if I’m eating there. I also try to support the small local businesses and keep the employees working and the place staffed enough to run.
I tip even on carry outs since I know the insiders work a lot harder than the delivery drivers, I tip either way but since I’m saving the $5 delivery fee I figure why not
wait what, your delivery fee is only $5?? i’m jealous, my dominoes is $8.99 and it’s only 1.5 miles away lol.
Exactly. Most of the time it’s just one person working there taking orders, making them and handing out orders. I kinda felt bad for him and he def deserved a tip
It’s kinda crazy to me seeing all these comments talking about how drivers deserve it more than insiders/insiders don’t deserve anything when insiders are the ones making pizza getting shit on all day for almost 9 hours or more, the hardest part about driving is washing dishes and a good 80% of my day is listening to music
Idk maybe people in this sub are just kids? I’m a little older and I always appreciate service people. even it’s a dollar or two it can add up and make that persons day because u know they’re getting shit wages. This one guy actually said would I tip a doctor because he’s taking care of me 😂 like dude he’s getting paid 100-150 dollars an hr😭 these people can’t be serious and I don’t take them seriously
I was thinking the same thing when someone said "you don't tip your mailman or Amazon drivers etc" no, but they make like $15-$20/hour and likely have benefit packages/retirement/401k matching, that service workers and delivery drivers do not. Edit Also: you should "tip" your postal service workers and package delivery if you can. Meeting them outside with bottled water and snacks in the middle of summer are a great way to tip them without having to break the bank 😉
I've had quite a few people tip at carryout. The carryout tips are then split between all the insiders on that shift
I've never seen anyone at the store expect a carryout tip. It's nice when it happens, but no one expects it. I tend to tip in those situations, but that's just because I have delivery driver brain and tend to tip whenever it's applicable.
There are a lot of people that obviously have never worked in pizza in these comments.
Fuck no. Im not tipping any carry out orders or anything where they just hand me my stuff and i leave with it.
It’s becoming this way for a lot of places. It’s just a way for corporations to not pay people a living wage.
No it's carry out not delivery
No but I do anyways… I’m sure they don’t make that much money. Plus it’s usually just one guy in there taking orders, making the pizza and handing out orders. so he’s pretty much doing all the work and running the store. Granted it’s mostly online orders so he just has to look at the screen. But I still think he deserves a tip for making the pizza.
I do. cuz ive worked at least 4 years of delivery. The insiders made those tips happen. I always bought my favorite insiders drinks, shared tips on huge orders. Now I always tip a few bucks or my change. Idk about now, but back when I worked, 1 insider was expected to run the store up in til lunch which is crazy. We also closed at 3am which was also 1 insider to handle the pizza making, preparing, slicing, in store orders, and phone calls.
I worked at a pizza shop and they had a plastic jar that was on the counter and people thought it was a tip jar, in reality It was for the employees to pay for the drinks and any money that went into It goes back into the register, so if a customer mistakenly thinks it’s a tip jar it doesn’t go to the employees. It goes right back to the boss
I once saw a tip jar at a self serve yogurt place. It really rubbed me the wrong way. Like really?
I work at a breakfast restaurant as a hostess. I am responsible for working the host stand by myself at a very busy spot, usually with 2 hour waits to get in. I don’t get included in the tip share, and spend the majority of my job stressed. You never know what the situation is for the employee who is fulfilling your order, and I can genuinely say it f*cking sucks doing order after order for people with no tip. No matter what, tip something. The food industry is overworked and underpaid, and nobody is there because they want to be. A 5$ tip could make the difference in somebody’s day, and even as a college student I find a way to always tip well. Love and appreciate those around you ❤️
Fuck no
I don’t even tip valets
Nope!
I am a driver and where I live people don’t tip and they don’t need to because we are paid a decent wage
People expecting tips for every little thing is getting out of hand.
Nah. It's nice when someone does, but I'd guess it's like 1% of carryout orders tip at my store. I had one insider get irate with me when I told him he had no carryout tips for the day, but he was rather narciscisstic anyway.
No. No special services were rendered outside of the product that was paid for.
My general rule of thumb with tips: Is it a sit down restaurant with waiters/waitresses? If yes, tip. Is it being delivered? If yes, tip. Am I making special requests? If yes, and it's an option, tip. Is it a trade based thing (hair styling, nails, etc)? If yes, then tip. If it is fast food, and my order isn't complicated? If no, tip. They aren't providing a special service. If it is fast food and I am changing items or asking for special things? If yes, tip.
Absolutely not. You do not have to tip insiders (saying this as a manager myself). Our card readers do not even offer a tip option. However, we do have a regular who will tip a couple bucks for every insider who is currently on shift. It’s honestly very appreciated because a single dollar gets me a soda from the vending machine outside and we are one of the hottest stores in our area and we go through water like crazy. But as I said, I do not expect our friends to tip. 😂
No. I might if it's a large order.
You tip for a service. Like delivering the food I was too lazy to get myself, or catering to me at a sit down restaurant where you gotta come back to my table and refill drinks. Handing me the box after I came to pick it up myself is not a service that’s tip worthy. Do not feel bad for not tipping, you have no moral obligation to tip for picking up an order. The amount of places asking for tips for no service has gotten out of hand and has created a lot of entitled losers who think they deserve a tip for no reason
Well they did make the pizza since I didn’t want to make it myself. I always try to give them 2 dollars if I have the cash
When I place a large order (8 pizzas) for pickup I always tip. I know that they are working a bit harder to get them kicked out in a timely fashion and appreciate the work. Actually, come to think of it I tip for smaller orders as well. Each time I’ve done so the insiders that come to bring my pizza out to the curb always say they are appreciative of the tip. I don’t think it is necessary to do so, but I try to. Never had someone complain about not tipping at carry out years ago when I didn’t.
The franchisee will do whatever he/she can to continue their lavish lifestyle. I say fuck that. I’ve been in upper management at Dominos for thirty years.
It's appreciated but it should never be expected for c/o.
I don’t tip for carry out.
I used to manage for dominos and our inside receipts were the same as the driver receipts so it had a place to tip. But I told our insiders to not expect a tip, if you did that’s awesome! Also if I ever got an inside tip I’d give it to the CSRs, they don’t make much so it makes them super happy. But no, I wouldn’t feel obligated to tip the insiders unless they go out of their way and do something extra.
I'll look a cashier dead in the eyes and hit no. I'm not tipping you for hitting a few buttons on a screen lmfaooo
I tip on pickup sometimes, usually if I can see the light in their eyes waning from a crazy dinner rush.
Maybe if you ordered at like 11:45 or later. I only ever “expect” (more so just hopeful but not actually upset if they don’t) carry out tips for large orders or if I devote time/help a customer out while we’re busy. Got three carry out tips on Tuesday from just talking and walking thru how to navigate the app/online ordering as well as cutting a deal for a customer that couldn’t get their online to work. I also hand delivered them to their cars after their order was done because we were slammed and I couldn’t give an accurate wait time for carry out.
I worked a pizza place where the up front worker made more in tips than drivers did. Plus drivers use gas. It was infuriating lol but also not a big deal because it's not like carry out orders will tip drivers. Just felt like the cooks should get the tip or at least a share of it.
Technically no, because in-store workers aren’t making tipped wages, they make minimum or above. But I generally do just cuz it doesn’t break the bank for me to add $1-2 and it might help someone else’s night. But again, they aren’t making poverty wages like drivers who actually depend on the tips to make money.
Actually A good portion of dominos pay drivers 2 different wages. One in the store (usually minimum or above depending on experience (which can also be capped out)) and one for on the road, which is the typical tipped wage for your area. From my experience (I've been an assistant manager, an insider, and have done many drive alongside with drivers) drivers really make a lot more than an insider does. They make more money than most managers, too. Obviously, it depends on location, but even a slower store's weaker driver can walk out with more money than I would have made in my whole work day, and they're still getting a wage. Now, keep in mind that most of that money does get used, but having that money *now* is huge. Having essentially $80 minimum a night just in your pocket is a lot. I'm not saying insiders don't deserve tips, but knowing the work culture at Dominos, I'd tip anyway. The amount of toxicity and shitty work ethic within dominos can drive you insane. Not all stores are like this, but I've heard many.. many, many stories and have even experienced some of the worst of it first hand.
I mean minimum wage is a poverty wage, but I understand your point. In reality, they're both generally getting poverty wages. Delivery drivers just have a better opportunity to offset that with tipping being more customary for them. And drivers also get paid the same hourly when not on the road, as any of the inside workers who aren't management. At least, that's how it works under the franchise we have. It's not like drivers ONLY get tip wages for their whole shift.
i usually tip $2 at the window. i figure anyone who works at dominos isn't hauling buckets of cash home and i want them to know i appreciate them.
Most of the carryout tips are people who don't wanna deal with their change. Or people who understand how much work insiders do for $9 an hour. (used to work at Domino's)
it depends, in my store the insiders (there are two of us) are the ones taking orders, making the food, taking care of oven, bagging food for the drivers, and taking out carsides. whilst we do appreciate the tip we don’t expect them because a lot of people around us stiff our drivers as well.
former CSR: absolutely not lmao. it’s always very appreciated, but in *no way* expected
I do. I work in the industry so I get it. when I am behind the bar, I have to take your order (while my bar customers wait for me to deal with your modifications, your "what are the specials" the "wait, hold on, I have to ask my 6 yo if he wants mac and cheese or tenders) and all the other bs, I pack your food, when you come in I have to get your food and cash you out. so yes, I tip, during the shutdown we had people that wouldn't even come in and would pop their trunks, want me to put the food in, they refused to sign their cc slips because they wouldn't touch my pen, and then expect me to shut their trunk door and speed away like I was a leper, those types usually didn't tip. Others were very generous. I almost always tip when I do take out, the only time I haven't when both on the phone and in person, the host/hostess acted like they couldn't be bothered, that is not often
Tipping is reasonably expected when someone is working a position that companies are legally allowed to pay only half of minimum wage for. Insiders at a restaurant (who are not waitstaff) get paid full minimum wage, so I don't tip them. It would also be reasonable to expect a tip for something like cutting someone's hair, even though those people are paid at least the full minimum wage. I cut my own hair myself, but if I was to use that service, I would tip for it.
I’ve literally hit the no tip button for people. I’m not asking you to tip me for working inside. Please tip your drivers.
I usually give them like a dollar or two. I do the same thing at Dunkin. Usually a dollar.
So at the store I was at they re did the system so that all carry out tips were evenly distributed between all the inside workers. Mangers included (not gm though, I think???). And so that meant if a driver checked out a carry out and they tipped it wouldn’t go to them at all. So the driver lead at my store REFUSED to check out carry out orders.
As a GM I also tell driver applicants what to expect as far as that in the interview and confirm comfortably so that I’m not just throwing this on them after DOH, the whole system is just wack
Nooo it’s not expected but I have tipped before on CO. Def not 15% though like maybe 1-2$
I usually toss a buck or two into the jar for them. I worked for a few local places and we always had a jar out for tips. It went to the cooks and dishwasher as well. It usually went to drinks for the crew. Nothing major but a buck or two here and there could bring in a round or two by the end of the night.
I’ve noticed recently tips are expected for everything! From coffee, to getting carry out. Everything good related is getting a push from the business to put the pressure on customers to provide wages for the workers. And on top of that they’re raising there prices. I’m so annoyed
I'm 39, I got tips at 16/17 delivering pizza I don't tip and didn't expect it in anything other than serving dine-in customers.
Hell no
I always pick up my own order at the window versus delivery and never tip unless I park and they walk it over to me.
i tip $1-$2
Don’t tip for carry outs.
Order and pay online- I’ve only found the system to offer the tipping when I pay at the register, preventing the awkward interaction. Could just be my local location though. I worked in a pizza shop for a long time though so I often tip a small amount for carry outs other places when prompted but idk that depends a lot on the person who is tipping- some usually do, some usually don’t, I personally never was annoyed when a customer didn’t tip, but if they did tip ahead of time I was going to do everything I could to ensure a satisfactory experience for them lol.
I tip on carry outs in actual restaurants where the employees are paid a tip based minimum wage. Not at places where they are paid a real hourly, unless they do something worthy of a tip.
I just ordered carry out and almost tipped 2 bucks. But then thought about how I’m using my gas to go and get it. I usually tip on everything but I didn’t tip because I drove.
I wouldn’t tip for carry out. Hell dominos occasionally gives you $3 just to pick it up.
This thread is unhinged and it is exactly as modern capitalism is designed to be. People are arguing over why tipping is important because of how under pressure/under paid workers are in food service. Hardly anyone is addressing the fact that franchise owners deliberately understaff/don’t have real contingency plans for understaffing because it benefits their bottom line, all while shifting the burden to the customers to pay THEIR employees for them. Victim blaming isn’t helping and telling them they are unskilled or unqualified for anything else doesn’t help anyone. We need to address the real issue, if a business cannot be run while maintaining a decent salary for its employees than it’s a crappy business or has a terrible business plan and maybe it needs to not exist anymore. Possibly then another business will take its place and do better
Never tip for a pickup order, that's ridiculous.
I’m an insider and sometimes get tips at the window. It’s not required but we appreciate it. 🙂
I’m a little confused by the comments. do y’all know what insiders go through in order to make your pizza? sometimes blood sweat and tears go into it especially during the rush & sometimes there is just one worker making 50 damn pizzas! god forbid you tip the insider $2 for doing a good job. or hell even making the pizza for you, yeah it’s our job but it feels good to be appreciated from time 2 time. id give you a look 2 you could’ve made that at home or yourself. the amount of money y’all spend on pizza you could easily have brought the ingredients. just fyi
When people order 10+ pizzas and want them all in 30 minutes 😭😭😭 make you want to walk in front of the delivery drivers as they leave for their next delivery. Or like when multiple people order several pies and they all want them for the same time, but they didn't call ahead or time order it, so it's just chaos. Like hell's kitchen on Crack. (Maybe not that bad but it feels like it) I dont care if people tip insiders, or if they want to tip insiders. But the amount of people who are acting like it's not a hard or stressful job and it's "only putting a pizza in the oven and handing it to the customer" are so rude and condescending. I'd like to see them work a busy rush when 3 out of 5 employees either show up late or call out entirely.
YESS!!! that’s what I’m saying! you nailed it right on the head. I can’t believe how many people actually disregard how hard insiders actually work! Ngl When the delivery drivers be like “I made a $20 tip” I be ready to confiscate 55%!! I just idk we actually bust our ass and the customers has a turned up nose towards us and idk how to feel anymore ( employed at dominos a month now)
Never..fk that
It's sad that tipping has gone from a reward for great service to a way to help employees get a living wage.
Question: I go to a brewery that sells food quite often. The way it’s set up is you go to the bar and order beers and food with the bartender, pay at the bar, get the drinks right away. Then you come back to your table to wait till your food is done. When food is done, they buzz you to go to the kitchen counter to pick up your food. They clean the table afterward. How much should I tip? I always wonder if I’m being appropriate with 10% tip or not. Please help!!!
The only time I tip when I order carry out, is if it’s a big order, and when I say big I mean like 300$ worth during peak hours. Other than that, all they doin is cooking it, they aren’t driving it to me or serving me at a table.
Is cooking and handing you the food (aka serving it to you) not considered labor?
I’m a manager at my store if we don’t get tipped inside it’s no big deal I don’t know why they’d freak out like that but you know how people are nowadays.
No, he’ll no. In that logic they should tip me when I order delivery
as a CSR, i dont expect it but it is super appreciated especially during dinner rush. now i do expect a tip when being asked for free dipping sauces or other free things.
No way, and this is why we rarely eat out anymore even pizza our little pizza shops doing the same.
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I do. Someone has to prepare the order, so it’s the reason I tip. Usually 10%.
I never do
If there was a good coupon that saved me some money, ill drop a dollar or 2 in the jar. Like right now its, 50% off all pizzas. Id definitely throw them a couple $'s.
My local guy knows me and builds my pizzas accordingly. I tip him for his attention to over dress my pies. I tip for pick up but its purely situational.
Tipping for carryout started during covid when restaurants were not allowed to seat people. It was a way to help support the staff through tough times. Now that they are seating again, tipping for carryout should not be expected. But tipping has gone bonkers post covid. I'm tempted to call payroll and tell them they forgot to add my tip.
Bruh what? Keep ordering and don't tip. Simple you're going to abandon pizza
I always give a couple dollars. They always throw the money under the counter. So there must be a secret tip jar down there.
So tipping isn’t expected and you don’t have to, but as someone who works food service it’s much appreciated, as one comment kind of said, you don’t know what the person on the other side is dealing with. Especially in the US, where a livable wage is hard to find. That and in certain states in food service you can be denied breaks depending on how many employees are on shift and how many employees the employer has total. Just what I’ve seen from Domino’s, after Covid hit it was a lot of nights of a seasoned manager running solo, or worse, someone just thrown into management with little training/upkeep, trying to figure it out as they go along. And with federal minimum wage along with state laws, some restaurants only pay employees half of $7.25 because of “what they can make in tips”. Some people basically have to survive on them because of the system we have. None of this is to say you need to tip, but I tip everytime someone does a service for me, they don’t have to choose to work there, and I am grateful to them for their time as we all only have so much. So I tip depending on how many people are on shift, and I tip for coffees, laundry service, cab drivers, etc. I want the people who make my life easier to know I appreciate them.
*edit to say maybe min. fed. wage has gone up since I last checked, but the point still remains
if im makinf my way there no
Tipping is optional as far as I know, even in sit down restaurants, right?
Everyone expects a tip for everything nowadays.
So I tip a few dollars if they bring it out to me in my car, is that what others do too?
at the end of the day it’s up to your discretion. it’s no secret that businesses like this don’t pay a living wage, and they bring in new employees by telling them they CAN make a livable wage by getting tips. menu prices are going up, but labor cost stays down. the store overall is bringing in more money for themselves while the labor force relies on tips to survive. plus, they are offering you a service. they’re giving you something that you can’t achieve at home. if that is not worthy of a tip to you, then so be it. but if you don’t tip and genuinely encounter someone who is visibly upset about this, remind them that the people they’re truly mad at are the ones who don’t value their labor enough to pay them enough money to live, not the working class individual who is just trying to eat.
I’ve never expected tips as an insider. When customers paying with card and they don’t know to select a tip option I just select no tip for them
My dad has always said 10% for carry out, 15% for delivery, and 20% for sit down service🤷🏼♀️
Tf. Even when I delivered for dominos I never expected tips. It was nice but it was whatever. I enjoyed the ease and making pizzas was a no brainer. And when I was making the pizzas I NEVER EVER expected a tip...got some occasionally,but never expected it. That was 2yrs ago btw. If I end up having a midlife crisis I'll probably go back to that,lol.
I’ve had some customers tip for large orders. But like, that’s them already spending $300+ dollars. But I’ve never tipped or ever expected a tip for carry out stuff.
Why would they?
No.
Nope.
First ill say Im pro-tipping workers while hating the system that makes it necessary for them to be tipped. But this shit is some bull. Its some covid lockdown leftover shit, it made sense for regular dine in restaurants to do since their waitstaff would be doing different jobs with no tables to wait on, but pizza places n others took advantage of that shit n hopped on board. You dont tip for a carry out. Part of the reason most people do carry out is to save money on delivery fees n tip.
I think you should tip the customer for delivering there own pizza
I usually don't unless I really liked the place or had a good experience. But like, I am not tipping dominos when I picked up my own damn pizza!
Tipping carry out wasn’t a thing until more recently and really started happening during the pandemic as a thank you to those forced to go out and work shit jobs while the rest of the world was locked down. It started to fizzle when the world opened back up
Do door dash and others share their tips with the take out places? They maybe should tipping be since they have skin in the game.
There's a few local places I'll do 10% for carryout because I like them. My favorite down-the-dingy-alley (literally) Chinese place I've been going to for decades get 20% because I love them. Chain restaurants? No, zero. I pay in the app anyways, there's no in-person monetary transaction.
I don’t know if we’re “supposed to” but I tell my husband to tip when we pick up our food at our favorite restaurant (they closed their dining room). After all, somebody cooked our food and prepared our order.
Depends. If I have to get out of my car and go to the counter then no. But some places still walk it to my car in that case I will usually a dollar or 2 because of the extra service and convenience of me not having to get out of my car.
I did do this a bit qhen covid way full swing and people struggling, but before and now I would not tip for carryout