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A “tip” of the hat to you
On a lighter note than my previous post, I pose a question more than anything. My question is this: Do you tip on takeout?
I ask this question because tonight I ordered some food online which I went and picked up. I don’t normally tip on take out (but I do on delivery). Tonight, I felt the waitstaff was really fixed on whether or not I was going to use the tip function on the debit machine. Normally, people just leave you to your own devices when your doing your pinpad thing. This girl stayed and stared at the machine and so did her comrade who had brought out my order from the back. I only had to look at her face to figure out what she was looking at on the receipt and her demeanor changed right after too. How super uncomfortable.
I feel bad, but then again I don’t because I think it was kind of pushy to expect a tip and be so obvious about it.
I’m not the first to ask this question, and even Miley Cyrus is confused about what to do in these situations. I guess I should be grateful that the waitstaff didn’t jump me to bite off my balls. They probably knew I would enjoy that.
So..back to the question at hand..do you tip on take out or does it depend on the circumstances?