I went today to pick up a pizza that I had ordered over the phone for a carry-out. The bill was $16.00. I handed the girl at the counter a $20.00 bill. After I gave it to her, I realized I had a single dollar bill in my pocket so I told her that I would give it to her and then she could give me a $5.00 bill back. She took it but acted as though "well now, you won't have singles to give me a tip!".

This happened to me once before at a Pizza Hut. The only difference was that the girl at the register said out loud to the other employees that she couldn't believe how cheap I was in not giving her a tip. She said it acting like she was saying it with no intention of me hearing it. Yet she made sure she spoke loud enough for me to hear. (does that make sense?)

I just ignored her, but it got me thinking if maybe I WAS cheap. I don't believe that getting my pizza from the counter, handing it to me, and then ringing me up on the register warrants a tip.

What do u think?

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No tip if I have to get in my car and pick it up.
Do I tip at a McDonald's Drive through? No.
Delivery and table service is an entirely different story.

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If I drive to pick up carry out never.....on delivery yes.....

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Maybe she used to work in Key West. Even the drugstores have tip jars there :O

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No way, doesn't make any sense to tip her at all when you're picking it up yourself.

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if i go to pick up something from chilis curbside i usually give a dollar tip....but thats it....if i have to go inside and you ring me up then hand me my food, you dont get a tip...restaurants are different though...we go to a BBQ place about 2-3 times a week after our deliveries, and the girls there bust thier asses to make you happy...and they are really nice, theres a couple that sit with us and just chill while we eat...we always go around 2:00 or 3:00 so we are basically the only ones in there...those girls could just about live off of us...we usually give them a 100% tip if we had a seven or eight dollar meal...i know, if they are anything like me, a little larger than normal tip is really appreciated...but if im at a new place or i dont know the waitress, i usually tip about 20%....but for getting my own damn food? youd have to be crazy to expect me to give a tip

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No, only if the deliver to your car.

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Hell no. No tip necessary there.

Never tip the owner either.

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A tip for carry-out? Never.

I would have shown her the tip......of my middle finger.

Mike

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Thanks for the carry out. Here, let me give you a tip. "Always look both ways before crossing the street!"

TIP= To Insure Promptness and was given before the service.

Ask her if she tips the person who rang up her groceries and gave her a receipt, or the salesperson at the Gap, or the front desk clerk that checked her in, or the mechanic that fixed her car etc.?

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1982 300D (266,001 mi.) looking and running great

Previously owned:
1976 450 SLC
1983 300D
1976 300D
also
1982 Jaguar XJ6 (loved, but gone)

With the exception of fast food joints I always tip, when grocery baggers or pizza guys ask for a tip they get a whopping dollar the polite ones get a 5.

I tip my garbage man, how bout you guys?