It seems to me more and more restaurants where you go to the counter to place your order then use a credit card there is a place on the receipt for a tip. If I'm not being served at a table by wait staff why should I leave a tip? Am I wrong or is it just me? I just draw a line through the tip space and bring down the total. 

Jeff    

This is a tough call. If the counter person has been especially friendly I'll often leave a dollar or two tip. If not, I line through it just as you do. 

More and more I appreciate that these folks are choosing to work these jobs rather than sitting home and complaining about not being paid $15 an hour to work at a fast food joint. So I'm tipping at counters more often than in the past. 

If you knew exactly who was getting the tip , it might make a difference . 

Ha!  Wait until the time comes that you get the reciept and the tip has already been added in for you. I had that happen once...ONLY once !

The only time I've seen a tip pre-added to the check was on certain take out orders, and it was noted on the menu that it would be there. The purpose is to reward the kitchen staff that prepared the order and normally get a percentage of the wait staff's tips. The listing of suggested tips at different percentages at the bottom of credit slips is a standard feature on some card terminals used by restaurants. It may be a selectable option, but I'm not sure of that.

I have never tipped a counter person and I'm sure not starting because it is on some credit card receipt. Wait staff at tables is another thing but I base what I leave on performance. And now as example take Appleby's. One person takes your order, somebody else delivers the goods. Then you can pay thru the goofy thingamajig sitting on the table taking up space.

 Yup, no tips from me to counter person. I will say that I did once because while standing in line I noticed that same person delivering beer to a table so I figured I had better play it safe so she didn't leave me "high and dry" at my table if you catch my drift.  

Hi, new to this chatting thing so forgive any dumb things I say please. I got a "tip" from a waitress once about the empty space I had left on the receipt where the tip was supposed to go. ( I tend to leave the tip in cash and pay for the meal with the card.) She warned me to always cross through the space. Should be logical but I just hadn't thought much about it.

Reminds me of the time we were at a drive-in where they bring your food on a tray that attaches to your window. We got such good service we left a tip on the tray. Only to see the server dump the tray, tip and all, in the trash. Expectations.

Linda Sand

  On 9/26/2017 at 3:22 AM, sandsys said:

Reminds me of the time we were at a drive-in where they bring your food on a tray that attaches to your window. We got such good service we left a tip on the tray. Only to see the server dump the tray, tip and all, in the trash. Expectations.

Linda Sand

Maybe the server didn't think much of your tip ? 

I'm guessing you didn't leave tips on trays after that . 

I'm the same way...don't tip counter staff unless they have gone way out of their way for service. Tipping in this country is getting ridiculous.

  On 9/26/2017 at 4:45 AM, DuneElliot said:

I'm the same way...don't tip counter staff unless they have gone way out of their way for service. Tipping in this country is getting ridiculous.

I agree that tipping is getting ridiculous, but what is really ridiculous is that many places where people get tips have reduced their hourly wages to around $3.00 per hour, so if the kitchen messes us an order and the customer is upset and doesnt leave a tip, the server gets cheated.

  On 9/26/2017 at 4:53 AM, pjstough said:

I agree that tipping is getting ridiculous, but what is really ridiculous is that many places where people get tips have reduced their hourly wages to around $3.00 per hour, so if the kitchen messes us an order and the customer is upset and doesnt leave a tip, the server gets cheated.

Maybe the server needs to have a talk with the kitchen .

The customer ordered in good faith and had nothing to do with whatever was bad .

  On 9/26/2017 at 5:50 AM, Pat & Pete said:

Maybe the server needs to have a talk with the kitchen .

The customer ordered in good faith and had nothing to do with whatever was bad .

And the server has no control over the kitchen. 

  On 9/26/2017 at 5:57 AM, pjstough said:

And the server has no control over the kitchen. 

Maybe not direct 'control' . 

If the kitchen doesn't recognize the servers requests , the server can 'petition' the manager , who happens to have a say in the kitchen .

There's always more than one way around a bush .

Edited September 26, 2017 by Pat & Pete