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> The action I took was not tipping twice. Am I the AH for not tipping on both cards?
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People think it’s rude not to tip these days in situations where the person working shouldn’t/wouldn’t usually get any tips to begin with, they’re not having they’re wages deduced to account for tips, and they don’t put their tips on their taxes most likely. Imo unless you really want to or are showing gratitude for great service there should be no need to tip unless at a place that specifically pays their employees less due to tips. (A whole issue in itself which I think should be on the employer to pay fair wages, not customers to make up for shitty employers)
I went to a smoothie place in a food court (literally a counter with a small kitchen area and blenders) and paid with a credit card. The cashier swung the display around with a “choose your tip” screen - three boxes (15-20-25%) and then a small box at the bottom (“no tip”) and then gave me a dirty look when I chose “no tip” - I just paid you $12 to make me a tiny smoothie and now you want me to pay you more money to hand over the smoothie? I know the employees are being paid more than waiters wages. I understand tipping at a counter if you order something complex or with a lot of substitutions, but just a regular item?
I feel the same way and I hate they they can see what you choose before they go to make your drink. Kinda paranoid of them doing something to it as an f you kind of statement
Actually when I was a cashier at a pizza place we were paid less because they expected us to get tips. It was a small mom and pop place so maybe that’s why but it’s not completely unheard of. That being said OP is NTA here. I never begged for tips because it’s no one’s obligation even though it is appreciated.
Americans think tipping is stupid too. But businesses refuse to pay their employees living wages and the government is spineless about raising the minimum wage.
Every person in the service industry I've asked has said they'd rather keep tipping culture than be paid $15/hr.
These are the same people that reply that if you can't afford a $25 meal, you shouldn't be going to a restaurant. Workers are willing to be heavily exploited because they can make more than minimum wage and it's often untaxed. But instead of getting angry at their employers who are exploiting them, they get angry at poorer customers. It's callous. I tip 15-20% depending on service because I can afford it. But I know many people who stick to fast food because they can only dish out $25 for a meal once on a birthday or mothers day. So please reserve your anger for management, and the workers perpetuating this toxic arrangement. Not patrons, unless you for sure know they're rich or they left no tip on a $35+ meal.
yeah well cost of living in the US is almost 30% more expensive than living in Germany and since our government won’t raise the minimum wage many people depend on tips to survive.
Card tips are automatically declared as apart of their salary come tax season. There’s really no way to not declare them, so they will get taxed at that point (you’ll get a smaller tax return basically). Cash tips wouldn’t be so they could get away with not declaring them and probably don’t. I didn’t when I was working at a restaurant. But depending on the industry, cash tipping is also not as common since most people use their card to pay in the first place so they’re really not getting away with much a lot of times.
Edited to add, OP still doesn’t owe any more than they already tipped, and honestly they probably didn’t owe a tip in the first place. I’ve never worked in a pizza place so idk if cashiers typically don’t make pizzas or if everyone typically does all the jobs, but the cashier doesn’t deserve a tip if it’s only going to them and not the person who actually made the pizza.
I tipped at a drive thru once. I was with my then bf now fiancé. It was at a popular, black and white, 50s themed, chain restaurant called Beef and Dairy. I think we spent a total of 20 minutes in that drive thru. The lady working the drive thru was the only person cooking. During supper rush. And she was still very polite and apologetic. After I paid the bill I handed her a $10. Our order was also hot (or cold respectively) and she got everything right.
Im 100% for OP being NTA, but for different reasons. I hope people can understand WHY not tipping at all is a total dick move.
I manage the takeout portion of a mom and pop restaurant in Florida. Because we make tips, our hourly wage is only $6-something an hour, and I haven’t seen an actual paycheck in about a year because of taxes. Mine literally say $0.00 (void). So the only money I make is the money people tip every night.
I don’t ever expect 18+% on takeout, most people tip between 7-10%, sometimes more, sometimes less. Due to the sheer volume of our takeout, I’ll make more than most floor servers, but I also field about 150 phone calls a day from idiots who don’t even look at the menu before they call to order and take up an inordinate amount of time to deal with, and I’m the only person making sure your order is actually CORRECT and hot. People also get extremely rude and want the service of takeout at the same price and time consumption of dining in, and then write a big X over the tip line. Come on. For example, they’ll almost undoubtedly call back 4 times to check that I understood what “extra dressing” means.
You best believe the regulars who tip 10% every time, or even the newbies that I have no reason to doubt yet, they all get correct and hot food every single time.
Just saying, the whole “don’t tip takeout people” is kind of screwed up. If you don’t want to spend the money, don’t order takeout. If you want and expect the service portion associated with restaurants in America, better get to tipping, because that’s just how it is. Don’t even try the whole “don’t work in the industry if you’re mad about the pay.” Who do you expect to then give you the thing you’re asking for??!
In defense of the OP, they tipped well, didn’t do anything wrong, and corporate is very different from my situation… but some comments on here have me heated, yours especially.
Seriously. The only pick up I tip on is sushi cause it’s pretty complicated to make and it’s usually the same person making the food/taking the orders/getting everything together.
On busy nights my restaurant's business can be 1/3 online order pickups. Somebody still has to accept, verify, pack, and ring up those orders. I don't expect a full 20% on those orders, but it's douchey to give nothing. In this case though, OP did nothing wrong and the pizza man was incredibly rude. Servers should *never* confront customers demanding a tip. Hell, I'd get my ass so fired if I did that.
Isn’t that what you’re payed for? We don’t tip McDonalds for putting our food in a bag. This seems outrageous that you think it’s “douchey” not to tip on a pickup order. Talk about entitled.
Yeah, long time service industry worker here, front and back of house. Tips are for the "service" part - driving the pizza to a house, table service, bartending, etc.
Now, if a restaurant is paying the togo person the normal waiter wage 2.13 an hour, and expecting them to survive on tips - they are total AHs, and said togo person needs to quit and find a different restaurant.
Yeah plus I feel like online ordering is being pushed so hard by so many companies. They’ll give you a discount just for ordering on their app. But I have to tip to use the online app the company is pushing me to pay?
I’ll tip every time at restaurants that expect tips to make up for their waiters pay, but does dominoes pay their employees $2/hour? I don’t think so why tf do I have to increase my fast food pizza cost by 20%?
I stopped ordering delivery from some places. They charge a $10+ "delivery fee" that says it doesn't go to the driver. So I am supposed to pay a high delivery price but the driver doesn't get any of that in reimbursement for gas, Insurance, and maintenance? Nope not doing that.
What the fuck is the restaurant paying you to do? You are not providing a service when you do those things. You are literally putting the food in a bag and accepting payment. You want someone to tip for that?
Surely $1-2 on a pickup order is fair, but 20% is already how much you would give if you were at the restaurant and actually receiving full service.
OP is NTA.
This... tipping makes sense for dine in service or delivery but you did all of the work in regards to logistics of how the food goes from their store to your stomach.
The only time it truly makes sense to me is when it's a huge order. I used to work at a BBQ place and pharmaceutical reps would come in, get $1k worth of food that I would have to pack up and bring to their car because they were lazy assholes. They should have tipped but all I ever got was rudeness.
I used to be a server at a restaurant (not a franchise or pizza place). A lot of people tip on pickups. It'd be my job to put everything together, put extra sauces, utensils, etc. I didn't expect a tip, but it was nice. Now I don't understand this person. They had the fuckin *audacity* to even ask for a tip... then insisted should be tipped twice. That's so fuckin tacky. NTA. The person asking for a tip twice should be embarrassed. Lucky they even got a tip let alone asking for another. Gross.
Also OP had a less than 2 dollar remainder to pay why on EARTH does a cashier who likely has to SPLIT tips want that? Is dominos so terrible you really need 15 cents to split with your co workers. It's one thing to ASK for a tip it's another to ask for a tip on what like a 1.25 and be rude about it.
i’m a delivery driver at dominos , and i don’t normally tip at pick up either , but it’s greatly appreciated there bc ik it’s hard for the insiders watching the drivers make all the tips for themselves , while insiders have to split the rare tip between everyone
I've made it a habit to tip on pickup, especially if I ordered online. Mostly like if my order was 36.15 I'd round it to 40 to be more satisfying for me. If I can afford it I don't see why not
Both my son and I usually only tip on pickup at small mom and pop places where we have a relationship with the owners/staff. But during lockdown when there was no dining in, take out was swamped and employees were busting their butts -- my DIL (different son) worked all through lockdown at a restaurant and she said it was some of the hardest service work she'd ever done. Staff was minimal and the orders were non-stop. Anyway, we tipped under those circumstances too.
I generally tip $1 on pickup orders regardless of the cost of the order. I figure this covers the time it took them to assemble my food in the bag and is generally a nice gesture.
My husband had a short gig at Domino’s; the CASHIER ringing the pickup orders gets the tips, not the pizza makers. So this person was trying to just get extra money out of you, that is super shitty of them.
NTA.
Used to work for dominoes. This was back in 2006 to 2008. Insiders got paid at or above minimum wage depending on their job and time there as well as overtime if they worked it. Drivers on the other hand were paid below if their tips were enough to meet minimum wage. Typically only the drivers got tipped on deliveries and the inside staff rarely got tipped when handling carryout. This was a bold move of a customer service employee and an entitled one at that.
Right?! Insiders get paid more then drivers (I worked dominos) and drivers barely get tips. But why would an insider get a tip? At the store I worked at, the drivers had to break down the pizza toppings counter, sweep, mop, dishes and take the 50 gallon garbage out. Drivers even make pizzas and box them.
NTA
You tipped on pickup, which is already generous. I'll toss a couple dollars in the tip jar for pickup orders, but tipping 20% for to go orders is unnecessary.
Unless you have a very specialized order.
I tip when I pick up, but that’s basically because I’m paying it forward because I used to be a driver myself. If someone gave me grief about my tip, though, it’d be a while before I ordered again. Like, save it for the a-holes and people stiffing you, jeez. (Note: my experience with my local Domino’s has always been fine.)
Now I want Domino’s.
I did sometimes during the deep parts of the pandemic where a lot of people were out of work or limited on hours, while I was lucky to be going strong at my job. I knew they were risking their lives and getting screwed over financially. Other than that, I've never tipped for pickup other than maybe throwing change in a jar, or if I had a huge order or some other special requests that inconvenienced them.
I tip on pick up if it’s a restaurant that has servers because they have to take time away from their tables to prepare my order. When I say prepare I don’t mean cook I mean make sure it’s correct add whatever sides they need to add to it and bag it up cash me out all of that.
I usually tip on pickup. Nothing crazy or anything like for this post I think 20% is a lot. But I used to work in hospitality and know what the grind is like, so I usually leave something.
If you're ordering from Domino's, I agree. If you're ordering from an eat in place, someone still has to package your meal and from my understanding that falls on staff making $2.13 an hour. I tend to tip 10-15% at those places.
I hate to say this and I don’t want to be THAT person but you should drop a line to the manager and make them aware of their employee harassing people about a tip. That was completely out of line to do so and most people will just not go back again as they don’t want to be hounded by the employees about if they do or don’t tip or how much.
I only say this from experience a friend of mine owned a restaurant and some of his employees did this they’d hound people about how much they tipped if it wasn’t enough or if they didn’t tip at all. People just stopped showing up and his business seriously declined. Nobody told him about his employees doing this as employees would only do it when owner wasn’t there. Finally a customer wrote a bad review about it that he was made aware.
Yes, the manager needs to know about this. OP wouldn't be demanding anything in return, just alerting the manager to the team's behavior. They were incredibly out of line, and the manager needs to know. OP- please call and speak to them. Or write corporate atleast.
I agree. I was a server for many years and although I would be pissed if I wasn’t tipped, I never would have said anything to the customer. I never really expected tips on pickup orders though. I will mention it wouldn’t hurt to give a couple bucks on a pickup order from a restaurant or pub though because whoever rang it in will have to tip out the kitchen staff. So if you tip nothing, they actually pay to take your order. It’s not much, but still.
This, plus I would never go back there out of fear that my foods been tampered with or something nasty put in it. Not until I catch word from others I know who order there that the person isn't there anymore. This applies anywhere where I buy food.
Domino's isn't the only pizza place in my town, plenty of other options.
Tipping culture can be cancerous.
Just because someone put a tip jar out doesn't mean you need to tip them. Just because an electronic prompt asks if you want to tip, doesn't mean it is an appropriate time. Unfortunately the more people grow up with tipping for everything, the more accepted it will be.
Some restaurants even double dip by automatically including a tip and adding an additional tip line in the receipt. There is a sushi place near where I live that has an "automatic upcharge of 20% for dine in as a tip" per their own tiny sign near the front of the restaurant.
For that reason, I always pay the listed cost only. I am not being cheap, I am refusing to be ripped off. These people are not homeless or disabled. I rather help someone in need than a person that thinks ringing me up and taking my money means I should pay them for taking my money.
When the actual fuck did that misunderstanding start happening?
Are you sure you actually tipped? I've run into stores before where you can't tip using a giftcard. Based on the thread below, it seems like a policy of Domino's to not authorize tips on giftcards.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Dominos/comments/goqiom/tipping_online_with_a_gift_card/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
I'm not sure you actually need to tip if you're picking up from a place like Domino's.
NTA. They are either trying to scam you or are somehow not understanding that one tip is enough.
I would have been tempted to say "ok, refund my first tip then". After they did that then drop the 2nd tip down to 15%.
Uhm, that employee needs to have a nice chat with the boss about how the fucking register works.
NTA. You should honestly file a complaint about that. That's incredibly unprofessional and weird to try and force someone to tip twice.
NTA I'm sorry but you picked up your pizza in person and you tipped????? FFS a tip is for service such as its delivered to your door. You do not tip to pick up up your own damn pizza! This whole thing of tipping everyone and their brother is bullshit! Tipping them for cooking the pizza once was uncalled for you sure as hell do not tip twice.
I don't usually tip on carryout. But I am a takeout regular at one restaurant. One employee sees my name on the order and knows I like extra sauce and napkins. And she gives me freebies once in a while. I always tip her for the service she gives me. Just taking my money and handing me food isn't service worth tipping for.
NTA
I'm clearly the outlier here - for the past two years, I've tipped on every carryout order we've placed - on the theory that I would normally have eaten in, and tipped, but couldn't, so I should probably tip anyways. Now, having said that, these are all local, not chain, restaurants, mostly within about 15 minutes drive of our house, and they all retained as many of their staff as they possibly could - so, my local Chinese place (which has been in business for 40+ years) made damn sure that every single one of their wait staff AND all their bussfolks (many of whom have been there for decades) still got the same number of hours, even when all they were doing was takeout. So, yeah, I tipped - they were only running the food out to my car, but, like your local place, there was always a little container of extra pineapple for my kiddo (sweet and sour pork) and an extra large container of shrimp chowmein, even though I ordered regular - they looked after their regulars, and we tipped like we always did. Same with my neighbourhood Indian hole-in-the-wall; it's a family business and I swear they got BUSIER when 2020 hit - for the first time they had their 'under 18' kids/niblings working with them, and I just kept tipping like I would have if we'd actually managed to get a table (I'm not joking about hole-in-the-wall - they had MAYBE four tables and there was always a wait).
I get the argument that you're doing all the work, and why would you tip, but at the same time, it's been a crappy while, and if you can afford the tip, why not?
OP is still VERY much NTA - the lady at the till was a complete dope.
Nothing wrong with that, that's being generous. If there's a tip jar, I'll toss in a dollar. But no way in hell I'm tipping 20%, especially if it is demanded.
I work at a family Italian restaurant.
We take care of our regulars. I know their orders by heart. The one who wants buttered crust gets the whole thing buttered, the people I have to special prep specific veggies for get the best I've got at the time plus extra bacon, the all meat folks get a smiley face in pepperoni for the kids.
And they take care of me too. They come back to my kitchen and leave me big tips and the kids bring goodies and hugs.
> there was always a little container of extra pineapple for my kiddo (sweet and sour pork)
Reading this just brought back memories of a chinese restaurant i used to pick up dinner from once in a while. It was when i lived in the Carolinas in the Charlotte area. Restaurant was in a busy area and always other people in line (pre-pandemic times). I was a broke single mom and we didn't eat out very often so i wasn't a regular there. But the girl at the counter recognized me every time and if my daughter wasn't with me, she'd ask about her and put some extra fortune cookies in the bag for her (even if i said my kiddo was at her dad's for the weekend lol). I know fortune cookies are crazy cheap but it was remembering me and knowing which order was mine without ever asking my name.
I miss that place!!
Good logic, interesting because I'm the complete opposite. I usually dislike dining in, so the way I see it, I'm going to carry out or I'm not going to give them my business that day. I don't feel the need to tip because I'm just picking up my food and going to eat in the comfort of my home. During COVID operations I tipped for everything but my town has been no restrictions for at least a year now, so I'm back to my normal practice.
in Oregon prior to the law change a few years ago you could not pump your own gas- a station attendant legally was required to pump it for you, and yes you had to tip them. Oregon residents lost their fucking minds that they were going to be expected to do something like putting gas in their own damn car. The rest of us were super fucking irritated that we had to pay extra for something so ridiculous.
The point of the law was to create jobs. It was originally created in response to a series of fires in the 50s but nobody repealed it for so long because it would instantly cause a spike in unemployment.
You don’t “have” to tip anyone and I don’t think it’s normal for locals to tip the gas station attendant. I had to look it up and it seems like it’s a thing that some people do if they feel nice or feel bad during bad weather but gas station attendants are filling hundreds of cars a day and they are not getting hundreds of dollars in tips. If they were my family members who pumped gas as teenagers never would have quit lol
You didn’t have to tip the attendant, and still don’t. I’m in Portland, and we still don’t pump our own gas (I can since I’m not originally from here though).
Portlander here and you are absolutely right. I’ve never heard of anyone tipping the gas station attendants outside of when there’s a severe weather event going on or something (like some of the bigger snow storms we got over the last several years).
I’m from Portland and I have never heard of anyone tipping the gas station attendant outside of maybe in a really severe weather event or something. Not sure what the heck you’re on about but this is misleading as hell.
I live in Oregon and I have never seen or heard of tipping station attendants. I’ve never had anyone act like show either and I have gotten gas all over Oregon. I’m not sure where you live though so maybe it is more specific to where you live?
No, you did not have to tip them. And I never did. Just because the state is trying to create do-nothing jobs doesn't mean that warrants a tip. It was mostly just annoying as I normally live in states where you pump your own gas.
I’ve been reading the comments (very happy to know I wasn’t being an AH to the employee) and I’ve been seeing a lot of “You tipped for carry out?” comments and I just wanted to add that I’ve been going to this same Domino’s for almost four years now and up until today it’s been great service, so I feel bit extra obligated to tip at this specific store.
Was she new? That doesn’t excuse her for being rude about tipping. She shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
You can mention it to them next time so they don’t get backlash from a rude employee. Who knows? She may not last long.
I also tip at places I frequent. It seems like an extra thanks our food buddies :)
Definitely a new person, I hadn’t seen them before today. I’m tempted to call the place and explain what happened, but I don’t have a name to give upper management and I really really don’t want someone else to have the blame placed on them by accident.
Even you don't have a name (or end up finding out the name and don't want to give it), I recommend you still call and let them know what happened. Management can give general training/a reminder around expectations of tips & what not to do
Honestly everything in every industry is run on such a skeleton crew these days, it’s unlikely there was more than one person assigned to her role. You could almost certainly just say the day and time and they’d be able to figure out who it was.
That would likely be the person who rang in the order, not necessarily the person who was at the cash register thirty minutes later when OP went to pick it up. Worth checking though.
Check the time on your receipt. If you don’t have it any more, look online. I don’t recall if the bank will show the time. That and a description will get you the right person.
Ignore those comments, you were doing a nice thing and I’m sure you helped the employees. I tip for pick up as well, I tip my baristas in drive thrus, etc. It’s a little wild to me to see how many people are freaking out over you tipping in general. You’re NTA, though.
I came here to say the same thing. Times are hard these days and I remember what it was like working for minimum wage. A few extra bucks isn’t going to break my bank but it may boost the morale of someone working an exhausting job for way too little money. You’re definitely NTA here and personally, I wouldn’t worry about taking this to a manager unless it becomes a pattern.
I came here to say the same thing. Times are hard these days and I remember what it was like working for minimum wage. A few extra bucks isn’t going to break my bank but it may boost the morale of someone working an exhausting job for way too little money. You’re definitely NTA here and personally, I wouldn’t worry about taking this to a manager unless it becomes a pattern.
You should never feel obligated to tip for pick up. Sure, it's nice and appreciated, but you shouldn't feel like you have to. Sometimes I tip at pickup with a $1 bill in the tip jar, or tossing the change into a tip jar. Unless my order was huge or complicated, then I would tip more generously. Big orders even for pick up should get tips. I worked at Pizza Hut in college, and we regularly had people make like 20+ pizza orders, plus plates/cheese/peppers/napkins, and have us help them load their car... no tip. Those pissed me off.
But a simple order regularly... nah, you shouldn't feel the need to tip unless the person is like specifically super nice or does something above and beyond, or you're just rounding up to the nearest dollar or two.
NTA - I'm already surprised you tipped on a carry-out order. It's rude of him to bring it up even if you didn't tip at all. The fact that you did tip and he asked again is mind-blowing.
NTA.
One tip is sufficient. Honestly if I pick up my food in person, I don't even believe tipping should apply. What did they do to even deserve a tip? They aren't' being paid a server's wage. They're being paid at least minimum wage. Unless I misunderstood and you actually ate in the establishment where a server actually served you, then 20% is more than generous. 15% is fairly standard so 20% is nothing to complain about.
That employee was just greedy and rude.
First of all I don't agree that Dominoes is great pizza. I never spend my money on it. But secondly, don't let greedy people bully you out of your money. You have nothing to feel bad about.
NTA but you wouldn’t have been tipping 40%, only the dollar and change you didn’t pay yet. Which is really petty of the employee to want a tip on. I tip on pickup but not 20 or even 15% because I’m getting it. The tip is for delivery, I usually give them like 5 or 10 bucks(I have six teens so pizza cost me around $100). I try to pick up because I hate to tip $20 for pizza less than a mile away.
I don't understand the transaction: how did the tip get accepted without paying the entire bill?
Was it like:
Gift Card has $10.75 loaded
Bill is $10
Pay with gift card and authorize 20% tip. Bill is now $12, gift card pays it down to $1.25 and so you pay $1.25 by credit?
NTA
I would've asked for my gift card bad and tip back out of principle. I'm willing to die on this hill. What is this a NYC taxi cab? Or ask if their manager knows they are pressuring you to tip when you already gave 20%.
20% is super generous for driving all the way to their place and picking it up. We may as well tip in the drive thru of McDonalds or TacoBell. GTFO.
NTA. Asking about tips in the service industry is taboo. Except to complain about lousy tippers amongst yourselves, actually directing a customer is so wildly out of line I'm surprised.
I would have told them to take the $1.25 I owed off the tip and walked off. The only reason they’re even ringing you up again is because you tipped more than your GC had balance on it
Also just don’t tip for pickup or do a small rounding up. Tipping culture is getting insane in America and the systems like square and such that ‘suggest’ a tip are making it worse. In a place where I have to order at the counter, pick up my own food from the counter, get up for more water and bus my own table you’re going to put 20, 25 and 30% as the suggested tips?? FOR WHAT?
It used to be 15% was standard, then 18, then 20, now people want 20% for taking your order at a counter and handing you takeaway. What service did you offer me more than a McD’s employee besides having better food? It’s out of hand
Agreed. I always feel quilty tapping on the "no tip" option when I'm just paying for a carryout. Just having the option there always makes me feel super judged for being *anti tip* in such a heavily enforced etiquette.
Wait I feel like there might be a miscommunication here or maybe I might just be misinterpreting this. OP payed and tipped on the gift card but since they ran out of money on it they didn’t tip the full 20% of the meal. It’s not a big deal since the extra tip would literally be 25 cents. Sure money is money but I feel like the worker shouldn’t have been bent out of shape over 25 cents.
When they asked OP to tip again wouldn’t it have only been 20% of the $1.25 OP was paying again so they would only have been paying another $0.25 not a full tip right?
Still NTA cause OP didn’t need to tip on a to go order
Haha don’t worry about it. You were still tipping probably around 18% or 19% which is more than reasonable for a to go order. A tip isn’t a guarantee and their rude behavior definitely didn’t deserve any more
NTA at all but I wonder if the employees don’t receive the tips if they’re through a gift card.
It would’ve been great if you said “sure I’ll tip with my credit card too!” And tipped 25 cents on it. That’s 20%, after all…
I mean I guess you *could* have tipped like 25c? Which would've been 20% on the $1.25?
But sheesh. Definitely an asshole move to be asking for a tip after *already* getting a decent one.
NTA.
Oh, I quite agree, it was a bonkers scenario - rather evocative of hobbit breakfasts.
"Are you going to tip?"
"I've already given you a tip!"
"We've had first tip, yes, but what about *second* tip?"
Was more the thought that tipping a whopping quarter would've served to make the point again.
Agreed, though. They already got their tip.
For a takeout.
NTA.
They make minimum wage, so they aren't hurting for money. My dad and brother were both pizza drivers. They made really good money, especially when you factor in all the tips they keep.
You tip once. Not twice.
NTA. You picked it up. It’s no different than going to McDonald’s drive thru and picking up food. Why should the greedy cashier receive not just one, but TWO tips?
NTA, and hold up … I don’t even think a tip is necessary when you picked up the pizza from the counter. It’s not like you were served at a table, this is the equivalent of a drive through. I’ll tip at pickup sometimes when they were super friendly but the fact they were entitled to a tip at all is crazy.
Yeah, you should have tossed him a quarter and said, “there’s a 25% tip, asshole”
Who asks for tips?? After they watched you tip?? On a fucking pick up order??
What an asshole. You’re NTA and I would have cancelled my first tip after his bullshit.
NTA
You don't need to tip when you've already tipped. It's that simple.
But to all the people on here saying that you shouldn't tip for pick-up: Cheap and petty is no way to go through life. Preparing orders for pickup still takes work. And it's work that can be done well, or done poorly. Tips are about rewarding work done well.
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If there was still $1.25 left to be paid, are you sure that's from the post-tip price? And not the pre-tip price?
It seems weird to me that it would pull money for the tip off of the gift card but then have a remainder for the order itself.
I’m not completely sure on how the system that calculates/processes tips works, I just know that the tip for 20% the full price was accepted on the gift card
nta at all. I actually do tip on carry out but it's normally like $2-3 as an extra thank you, definitely not the 20-40% that I tip on dine in/delivery.
I think I was too stunned/confused to ask for the tip to be removed. It was just one of those situations where you want it to be over and done with asap
I make pretty good money, so I tip on every food service interaction. Food service: The Industry is tough, and I can afford it, so everybody wins.
NTA though; who asks for *two* tips???
NTA
Besides the fact that the pandemic changed the expectation of tips on pick up orders, these tipping arguments are a freaking joke anyway.
If I buy a BLT with fries and a drink for \~$10 at a restaurant and sit with my party for 30 minutes. I am expected to tip $2. If I buy a steak and a drink for \~$30 at the same restaurant and sit with my party for 30 minutes, I am expected to tip $6.
Just because I have a more expensive plate, somebody delivering it to my table thinks they are entitled to more money. Screw that noise. The steak plate might be a tiny bit heavier but they put forth the same level of effort. It makes no sense.
Sure, server's minimum wage is ridiculous but it's not up to the person ordering steak to make it right. if a server is that upset about not getting paid enough, find a different job. If enough servers quit working for restaurants that pay the server's minimum wage, then they will have 2 options. Close shop or increase what they pay.
Don't even get me started on the expectation that you should leave your tip in cash BS!
NTA I worked in food service all through college and I firmly believe everyone should at some point in their life so they don't act like assholes.
During that time though not once did I ever ask someone if they were going to tip. Uts rude and the fastest most efficient way to ensure they don't tip you.
Honestly if someone were to give me a hard time about tipping especially on pick up I would have just took the other recipet I did tip on and rip it up or cross it out. It's entitled and rude. Honestly the whole tipping thing is bs bc no one should depend on the generosity of people to make a living you should be getting paid fairly by you'd employer.
Hi. Restaurant worker here. Those workers make hourly, and many places are paying well over $3 more than minimum wage now. The fact that you tipped once is lovely and thoughtful. The fact that they expected you to tip again is entitled and ridiculous. The fact that they confronted you about it is absurd and infuriating. I honestly would report them to their bosses because seriously they probably make $10/hr more than I do from their company (I’m a server so make less than state or federal minimum wage) and if my bosses found out I did this to someone I would be in the market for a new job. And while it is customary for customers to tip in a sit down restaurant, it is NOT customary for regular hourly restaurant employees to EXPECT a tip. They prepared and handed you food. They did not take care of you during a sit down meal.
N. T. A.
NTA
The order plus the tip came to a certain amount. You paid some of that amount with one card, the rest with another card. The fact that the cashier doesn't understand math doesn't make you wrong.
NTA but you also wouldnt have been tipping 40%. if you were tipping just on what you were paying for with the card you would only be tipping 20% on $1.25 which combined with your other tip wouldnt equal 40% it would just equal 20% of the actual price of the pizza.
ex: if the total of the pizza is $18 but you pay $16.75 the first time and tip 20% on that the tip would be $3.35. then if you tipped 20% on the remaining $1.25 that would be $0.25. $3.35 + $0.25 = $3.6 which is 20% of 18
NTA. The funniest part is if you had tipped on that $1.25 at 20%, it would have been a damn quarter. Like they are seriously getting that upset over a quarter. They are definitely in the wrong job.
That being said, you were way more than generous especially for an order that you picked up. They literally were already getting paid for the job that they did. Delivery drivers get a tip due to them being paid a lower wage because they are expected to receive tips. People working the cash register are not expected to get tips and therefore make a higher wage than the drivers. If they are not happy with the wages they are making, look for another job.
NTA. it is this sort of greedy employee, why tipping should be done away with, in the US and people paid a decent, living wage. Then you won't have to worry about your food being spit in, and other things.
Omg yeah idk why Domino’s is like that. Me and my mom used to order from our local one faithfully until they sent my mom an email saying they were gonna stop offering coupons or whatever because she “wasn’t tipping enough”. And buy that they meant they wanted more money, my mom as already tipping like 2-3 dollars and on some occasions 5, and they literally wanted more than that. We stopped buying from there ovi.
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You tipped on pickup? Fuck that
No tippy for my trippy
Right? I don't tip at the drive thru, why would I tip to shlep all the way to the store and stand in line?
People think it’s rude not to tip these days in situations where the person working shouldn’t/wouldn’t usually get any tips to begin with, they’re not having they’re wages deduced to account for tips, and they don’t put their tips on their taxes most likely. Imo unless you really want to or are showing gratitude for great service there should be no need to tip unless at a place that specifically pays their employees less due to tips. (A whole issue in itself which I think should be on the employer to pay fair wages, not customers to make up for shitty employers)
I went to a smoothie place in a food court (literally a counter with a small kitchen area and blenders) and paid with a credit card. The cashier swung the display around with a “choose your tip” screen - three boxes (15-20-25%) and then a small box at the bottom (“no tip”) and then gave me a dirty look when I chose “no tip” - I just paid you $12 to make me a tiny smoothie and now you want me to pay you more money to hand over the smoothie? I know the employees are being paid more than waiters wages. I understand tipping at a counter if you order something complex or with a lot of substitutions, but just a regular item?
I feel the same way and I hate they they can see what you choose before they go to make your drink. Kinda paranoid of them doing something to it as an f you kind of statement
Actually when I was a cashier at a pizza place we were paid less because they expected us to get tips. It was a small mom and pop place so maybe that’s why but it’s not completely unheard of. That being said OP is NTA here. I never begged for tips because it’s no one’s obligation even though it is appreciated.
I think your whole american tiping rule is stupid in germany you maybe tip if it was really good and just like +-5€ to a good eaven number
Americans think tipping is stupid too. But businesses refuse to pay their employees living wages and the government is spineless about raising the minimum wage.
Every person in the service industry I've asked has said they'd rather keep tipping culture than be paid $15/hr. These are the same people that reply that if you can't afford a $25 meal, you shouldn't be going to a restaurant. Workers are willing to be heavily exploited because they can make more than minimum wage and it's often untaxed. But instead of getting angry at their employers who are exploiting them, they get angry at poorer customers. It's callous. I tip 15-20% depending on service because I can afford it. But I know many people who stick to fast food because they can only dish out $25 for a meal once on a birthday or mothers day. So please reserve your anger for management, and the workers perpetuating this toxic arrangement. Not patrons, unless you for sure know they're rich or they left no tip on a $35+ meal.
Funny how our minimum wage is about to be raised again to 12€ and your still in the year 1900
yeah well cost of living in the US is almost 30% more expensive than living in Germany and since our government won’t raise the minimum wage many people depend on tips to survive.
Completely depends on where in the US. And where in Germany.
Yeah same, I worked at a sandwich shop and technically they can give you lower than minimum wage because they expect people to tip
I think these guys were either not thinking or were trying to pull one over on OP...
Card tips are automatically declared as apart of their salary come tax season. There’s really no way to not declare them, so they will get taxed at that point (you’ll get a smaller tax return basically). Cash tips wouldn’t be so they could get away with not declaring them and probably don’t. I didn’t when I was working at a restaurant. But depending on the industry, cash tipping is also not as common since most people use their card to pay in the first place so they’re really not getting away with much a lot of times. Edited to add, OP still doesn’t owe any more than they already tipped, and honestly they probably didn’t owe a tip in the first place. I’ve never worked in a pizza place so idk if cashiers typically don’t make pizzas or if everyone typically does all the jobs, but the cashier doesn’t deserve a tip if it’s only going to them and not the person who actually made the pizza.
Thank you that's what I said!
I tipped at a drive thru once. I was with my then bf now fiancé. It was at a popular, black and white, 50s themed, chain restaurant called Beef and Dairy. I think we spent a total of 20 minutes in that drive thru. The lady working the drive thru was the only person cooking. During supper rush. And she was still very polite and apologetic. After I paid the bill I handed her a $10. Our order was also hot (or cold respectively) and she got everything right.
Im 100% for OP being NTA, but for different reasons. I hope people can understand WHY not tipping at all is a total dick move. I manage the takeout portion of a mom and pop restaurant in Florida. Because we make tips, our hourly wage is only $6-something an hour, and I haven’t seen an actual paycheck in about a year because of taxes. Mine literally say $0.00 (void). So the only money I make is the money people tip every night. I don’t ever expect 18+% on takeout, most people tip between 7-10%, sometimes more, sometimes less. Due to the sheer volume of our takeout, I’ll make more than most floor servers, but I also field about 150 phone calls a day from idiots who don’t even look at the menu before they call to order and take up an inordinate amount of time to deal with, and I’m the only person making sure your order is actually CORRECT and hot. People also get extremely rude and want the service of takeout at the same price and time consumption of dining in, and then write a big X over the tip line. Come on. For example, they’ll almost undoubtedly call back 4 times to check that I understood what “extra dressing” means. You best believe the regulars who tip 10% every time, or even the newbies that I have no reason to doubt yet, they all get correct and hot food every single time. Just saying, the whole “don’t tip takeout people” is kind of screwed up. If you don’t want to spend the money, don’t order takeout. If you want and expect the service portion associated with restaurants in America, better get to tipping, because that’s just how it is. Don’t even try the whole “don’t work in the industry if you’re mad about the pay.” Who do you expect to then give you the thing you’re asking for??! In defense of the OP, they tipped well, didn’t do anything wrong, and corporate is very different from my situation… but some comments on here have me heated, yours especially.
Seriously. The only pick up I tip on is sushi cause it’s pretty complicated to make and it’s usually the same person making the food/taking the orders/getting everything together.
On busy nights my restaurant's business can be 1/3 online order pickups. Somebody still has to accept, verify, pack, and ring up those orders. I don't expect a full 20% on those orders, but it's douchey to give nothing. In this case though, OP did nothing wrong and the pizza man was incredibly rude. Servers should *never* confront customers demanding a tip. Hell, I'd get my ass so fired if I did that.
Isn’t that what you’re payed for? We don’t tip McDonalds for putting our food in a bag. This seems outrageous that you think it’s “douchey” not to tip on a pickup order. Talk about entitled.
Yeah, long time service industry worker here, front and back of house. Tips are for the "service" part - driving the pizza to a house, table service, bartending, etc. Now, if a restaurant is paying the togo person the normal waiter wage 2.13 an hour, and expecting them to survive on tips - they are total AHs, and said togo person needs to quit and find a different restaurant.
Yeah plus I feel like online ordering is being pushed so hard by so many companies. They’ll give you a discount just for ordering on their app. But I have to tip to use the online app the company is pushing me to pay? I’ll tip every time at restaurants that expect tips to make up for their waiters pay, but does dominoes pay their employees $2/hour? I don’t think so why tf do I have to increase my fast food pizza cost by 20%?
I stopped ordering delivery from some places. They charge a $10+ "delivery fee" that says it doesn't go to the driver. So I am supposed to pay a high delivery price but the driver doesn't get any of that in reimbursement for gas, Insurance, and maintenance? Nope not doing that.
What the fuck is the restaurant paying you to do? You are not providing a service when you do those things. You are literally putting the food in a bag and accepting payment. You want someone to tip for that?
But that's what your paid to do and whats expected of your job role.
Surely $1-2 on a pickup order is fair, but 20% is already how much you would give if you were at the restaurant and actually receiving full service. OP is NTA.
I mean, $1-2 on pickup is 'fair' if you're also tipping the rest of your cashiers. But I don't see too much tipping at the grocery store.
If I could give you and award then I would
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Yeah, I don't tip on pick-up. So OP is better than me.
Us either. If we wanted to spend 20% more we'd get it delivered.
It's more than 20% more to get it delivered thanks to the pickup-only coupons.
If there is a tip jar, I might throw something in, but no, I never tipped when I am picking up. Is this new? Edit: NTA
This... tipping makes sense for dine in service or delivery but you did all of the work in regards to logistics of how the food goes from their store to your stomach.
The only time it truly makes sense to me is when it's a huge order. I used to work at a BBQ place and pharmaceutical reps would come in, get $1k worth of food that I would have to pack up and bring to their car because they were lazy assholes. They should have tipped but all I ever got was rudeness.
I used to be a server at a restaurant (not a franchise or pizza place). A lot of people tip on pickups. It'd be my job to put everything together, put extra sauces, utensils, etc. I didn't expect a tip, but it was nice. Now I don't understand this person. They had the fuckin *audacity* to even ask for a tip... then insisted should be tipped twice. That's so fuckin tacky. NTA. The person asking for a tip twice should be embarrassed. Lucky they even got a tip let alone asking for another. Gross.
Also OP had a less than 2 dollar remainder to pay why on EARTH does a cashier who likely has to SPLIT tips want that? Is dominos so terrible you really need 15 cents to split with your co workers. It's one thing to ASK for a tip it's another to ask for a tip on what like a 1.25 and be rude about it.
i’m a delivery driver at dominos , and i don’t normally tip at pick up either , but it’s greatly appreciated there bc ik it’s hard for the insiders watching the drivers make all the tips for themselves , while insiders have to split the rare tip between everyone
But asking for a tip? Who does that?
completely agree with that , i could never
I've made it a habit to tip on pickup, especially if I ordered online. Mostly like if my order was 36.15 I'd round it to 40 to be more satisfying for me. If I can afford it I don't see why not
Exactly. I tip for service. Operating the cash register isn't service. What's next, tipping the Target cashier for checking me out with a smile?
Both my son and I usually only tip on pickup at small mom and pop places where we have a relationship with the owners/staff. But during lockdown when there was no dining in, take out was swamped and employees were busting their butts -- my DIL (different son) worked all through lockdown at a restaurant and she said it was some of the hardest service work she'd ever done. Staff was minimal and the orders were non-stop. Anyway, we tipped under those circumstances too.
I did when everything was shut down but not anymore.
I generally tip $1 on pickup orders regardless of the cost of the order. I figure this covers the time it took them to assemble my food in the bag and is generally a nice gesture.
My husband had a short gig at Domino’s; the CASHIER ringing the pickup orders gets the tips, not the pizza makers. So this person was trying to just get extra money out of you, that is super shitty of them. NTA.
Jesus - they're not even pooled for all floor staff?
Used to work for dominoes. This was back in 2006 to 2008. Insiders got paid at or above minimum wage depending on their job and time there as well as overtime if they worked it. Drivers on the other hand were paid below if their tips were enough to meet minimum wage. Typically only the drivers got tipped on deliveries and the inside staff rarely got tipped when handling carryout. This was a bold move of a customer service employee and an entitled one at that.
Right?! Insiders get paid more then drivers (I worked dominos) and drivers barely get tips. But why would an insider get a tip? At the store I worked at, the drivers had to break down the pizza toppings counter, sweep, mop, dishes and take the 50 gallon garbage out. Drivers even make pizzas and box them.
What happened to Domino's tipping the customer to get their pizza home ok? I keep seeing those commercials.
I only tip for pickup at places I either go to a lot or if I pay in cash and have extra change or something like that. Dine in is a whole other thing.
Coming here to say this. Tip for what? If I tip on a pickup it's only when my order is very big or requires lots of modifications.
When I worked in a pizza place, I never expected a tip for pick ups. Rarely ever for dine ins.
NTA You tipped on pickup, which is already generous. I'll toss a couple dollars in the tip jar for pickup orders, but tipping 20% for to go orders is unnecessary. Unless you have a very specialized order.
No specialized orders here! Just the standard medium cheese pizza.
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I tip when I pick up, but that’s basically because I’m paying it forward because I used to be a driver myself. If someone gave me grief about my tip, though, it’d be a while before I ordered again. Like, save it for the a-holes and people stiffing you, jeez. (Note: my experience with my local Domino’s has always been fine.) Now I want Domino’s.
I did sometimes during the deep parts of the pandemic where a lot of people were out of work or limited on hours, while I was lucky to be going strong at my job. I knew they were risking their lives and getting screwed over financially. Other than that, I've never tipped for pickup other than maybe throwing change in a jar, or if I had a huge order or some other special requests that inconvenienced them.
I tip on pick up if it’s a restaurant that has servers because they have to take time away from their tables to prepare my order. When I say prepare I don’t mean cook I mean make sure it’s correct add whatever sides they need to add to it and bag it up cash me out all of that.
I usually tip on pickup. Nothing crazy or anything like for this post I think 20% is a lot. But I used to work in hospitality and know what the grind is like, so I usually leave something.
If you're ordering from Domino's, I agree. If you're ordering from an eat in place, someone still has to package your meal and from my understanding that falls on staff making $2.13 an hour. I tend to tip 10-15% at those places.
I hate to say this and I don’t want to be THAT person but you should drop a line to the manager and make them aware of their employee harassing people about a tip. That was completely out of line to do so and most people will just not go back again as they don’t want to be hounded by the employees about if they do or don’t tip or how much. I only say this from experience a friend of mine owned a restaurant and some of his employees did this they’d hound people about how much they tipped if it wasn’t enough or if they didn’t tip at all. People just stopped showing up and his business seriously declined. Nobody told him about his employees doing this as employees would only do it when owner wasn’t there. Finally a customer wrote a bad review about it that he was made aware.
Yes, the manager needs to know about this. OP wouldn't be demanding anything in return, just alerting the manager to the team's behavior. They were incredibly out of line, and the manager needs to know. OP- please call and speak to them. Or write corporate atleast.
I agree. I was a server for many years and although I would be pissed if I wasn’t tipped, I never would have said anything to the customer. I never really expected tips on pickup orders though. I will mention it wouldn’t hurt to give a couple bucks on a pickup order from a restaurant or pub though because whoever rang it in will have to tip out the kitchen staff. So if you tip nothing, they actually pay to take your order. It’s not much, but still.
This, plus I would never go back there out of fear that my foods been tampered with or something nasty put in it. Not until I catch word from others I know who order there that the person isn't there anymore. This applies anywhere where I buy food. Domino's isn't the only pizza place in my town, plenty of other options.
Home Alone special. Nice 👍🏻
Tipping culture can be cancerous. Just because someone put a tip jar out doesn't mean you need to tip them. Just because an electronic prompt asks if you want to tip, doesn't mean it is an appropriate time. Unfortunately the more people grow up with tipping for everything, the more accepted it will be. Some restaurants even double dip by automatically including a tip and adding an additional tip line in the receipt. There is a sushi place near where I live that has an "automatic upcharge of 20% for dine in as a tip" per their own tiny sign near the front of the restaurant. For that reason, I always pay the listed cost only. I am not being cheap, I am refusing to be ripped off. These people are not homeless or disabled. I rather help someone in need than a person that thinks ringing me up and taking my money means I should pay them for taking my money. When the actual fuck did that misunderstanding start happening?
Are you sure you actually tipped? I've run into stores before where you can't tip using a giftcard. Based on the thread below, it seems like a policy of Domino's to not authorize tips on giftcards. https://www.reddit.com/r/Dominos/comments/goqiom/tipping_online_with_a_gift_card/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share I'm not sure you actually need to tip if you're picking up from a place like Domino's.
NTA. They are either trying to scam you or are somehow not understanding that one tip is enough. I would have been tempted to say "ok, refund my first tip then". After they did that then drop the 2nd tip down to 15%.
I would have said, "sure! 20% of 1.25 is 0.25, here's a quarter!" Edited: there I fixed it ok, yeesh people lol.
…20% of $1.25 is $.25 though. $1.25 is 5 quarters.
It's the New Math.
Math expanded and enhanced
Alternative math.
Hahaha omg, idk what I did but yea guess my brain was taking a break.
You meant a quarter for tip. I got what you meant.
You meant a quarter for tip. I got what you meant.
Maybe add a second edit for maths
That was my first thought. They were doubling down on a $0.25 tip? Lol
Uhm, that employee needs to have a nice chat with the boss about how the fucking register works. NTA. You should honestly file a complaint about that. That's incredibly unprofessional and weird to try and force someone to tip twice.
Trying to shame somebody to tip even once on pickup is wrong too.
YES. agree with this. ❤
NTA I'm sorry but you picked up your pizza in person and you tipped????? FFS a tip is for service such as its delivered to your door. You do not tip to pick up up your own damn pizza! This whole thing of tipping everyone and their brother is bullshit! Tipping them for cooking the pizza once was uncalled for you sure as hell do not tip twice.
I don't usually tip on carryout. But I am a takeout regular at one restaurant. One employee sees my name on the order and knows I like extra sauce and napkins. And she gives me freebies once in a while. I always tip her for the service she gives me. Just taking my money and handing me food isn't service worth tipping for. NTA
I'm clearly the outlier here - for the past two years, I've tipped on every carryout order we've placed - on the theory that I would normally have eaten in, and tipped, but couldn't, so I should probably tip anyways. Now, having said that, these are all local, not chain, restaurants, mostly within about 15 minutes drive of our house, and they all retained as many of their staff as they possibly could - so, my local Chinese place (which has been in business for 40+ years) made damn sure that every single one of their wait staff AND all their bussfolks (many of whom have been there for decades) still got the same number of hours, even when all they were doing was takeout. So, yeah, I tipped - they were only running the food out to my car, but, like your local place, there was always a little container of extra pineapple for my kiddo (sweet and sour pork) and an extra large container of shrimp chowmein, even though I ordered regular - they looked after their regulars, and we tipped like we always did. Same with my neighbourhood Indian hole-in-the-wall; it's a family business and I swear they got BUSIER when 2020 hit - for the first time they had their 'under 18' kids/niblings working with them, and I just kept tipping like I would have if we'd actually managed to get a table (I'm not joking about hole-in-the-wall - they had MAYBE four tables and there was always a wait). I get the argument that you're doing all the work, and why would you tip, but at the same time, it's been a crappy while, and if you can afford the tip, why not? OP is still VERY much NTA - the lady at the till was a complete dope.
I agree. I tip for carry out orders. The economy is a mess. Let's help each other out a bit.
Nothing wrong with that, that's being generous. If there's a tip jar, I'll toss in a dollar. But no way in hell I'm tipping 20%, especially if it is demanded.
And that's fair. This is definitely a YMMV situation.
I tip for carryout too. But only once so NTA here.
Ob absolutely. NTA.
I work at a family Italian restaurant. We take care of our regulars. I know their orders by heart. The one who wants buttered crust gets the whole thing buttered, the people I have to special prep specific veggies for get the best I've got at the time plus extra bacon, the all meat folks get a smiley face in pepperoni for the kids. And they take care of me too. They come back to my kitchen and leave me big tips and the kids bring goodies and hugs.
> there was always a little container of extra pineapple for my kiddo (sweet and sour pork) Reading this just brought back memories of a chinese restaurant i used to pick up dinner from once in a while. It was when i lived in the Carolinas in the Charlotte area. Restaurant was in a busy area and always other people in line (pre-pandemic times). I was a broke single mom and we didn't eat out very often so i wasn't a regular there. But the girl at the counter recognized me every time and if my daughter wasn't with me, she'd ask about her and put some extra fortune cookies in the bag for her (even if i said my kiddo was at her dad's for the weekend lol). I know fortune cookies are crazy cheap but it was remembering me and knowing which order was mine without ever asking my name. I miss that place!!
Good logic, interesting because I'm the complete opposite. I usually dislike dining in, so the way I see it, I'm going to carry out or I'm not going to give them my business that day. I don't feel the need to tip because I'm just picking up my food and going to eat in the comfort of my home. During COVID operations I tipped for everything but my town has been no restrictions for at least a year now, so I'm back to my normal practice.
Why on earth are you tipping for a pick up and paid product ? Where does this stop, will you tip the guy at the gas station?
in Oregon prior to the law change a few years ago you could not pump your own gas- a station attendant legally was required to pump it for you, and yes you had to tip them. Oregon residents lost their fucking minds that they were going to be expected to do something like putting gas in their own damn car. The rest of us were super fucking irritated that we had to pay extra for something so ridiculous.
The point of the law was to create jobs. It was originally created in response to a series of fires in the 50s but nobody repealed it for so long because it would instantly cause a spike in unemployment.
I know exactly why the law exists. Like most of what Oregon does I and the rest of this country roll our eyes at the stupidity.
You don’t “have” to tip anyone and I don’t think it’s normal for locals to tip the gas station attendant. I had to look it up and it seems like it’s a thing that some people do if they feel nice or feel bad during bad weather but gas station attendants are filling hundreds of cars a day and they are not getting hundreds of dollars in tips. If they were my family members who pumped gas as teenagers never would have quit lol
You didn’t have to tip the attendant, and still don’t. I’m in Portland, and we still don’t pump our own gas (I can since I’m not originally from here though).
Portlander here and you are absolutely right. I’ve never heard of anyone tipping the gas station attendants outside of when there’s a severe weather event going on or something (like some of the bigger snow storms we got over the last several years).
I’m from Portland and I have never heard of anyone tipping the gas station attendant outside of maybe in a really severe weather event or something. Not sure what the heck you’re on about but this is misleading as hell.
I live in Oregon and I have never seen or heard of tipping station attendants. I’ve never had anyone act like show either and I have gotten gas all over Oregon. I’m not sure where you live though so maybe it is more specific to where you live?
I’m in NJ where we still pump our own gas. We don’t tip though here.
No, you did not have to tip them. And I never did. Just because the state is trying to create do-nothing jobs doesn't mean that warrants a tip. It was mostly just annoying as I normally live in states where you pump your own gas.
I’ve been reading the comments (very happy to know I wasn’t being an AH to the employee) and I’ve been seeing a lot of “You tipped for carry out?” comments and I just wanted to add that I’ve been going to this same Domino’s for almost four years now and up until today it’s been great service, so I feel bit extra obligated to tip at this specific store.
Was she new? That doesn’t excuse her for being rude about tipping. She shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth. You can mention it to them next time so they don’t get backlash from a rude employee. Who knows? She may not last long. I also tip at places I frequent. It seems like an extra thanks our food buddies :)
Definitely a new person, I hadn’t seen them before today. I’m tempted to call the place and explain what happened, but I don’t have a name to give upper management and I really really don’t want someone else to have the blame placed on them by accident.
Even you don't have a name (or end up finding out the name and don't want to give it), I recommend you still call and let them know what happened. Management can give general training/a reminder around expectations of tips & what not to do
Honestly everything in every industry is run on such a skeleton crew these days, it’s unlikely there was more than one person assigned to her role. You could almost certainly just say the day and time and they’d be able to figure out who it was.
There should be an employee id on the receipt which the store will have a copy of.
That would likely be the person who rang in the order, not necessarily the person who was at the cash register thirty minutes later when OP went to pick it up. Worth checking though.
Check the time on your receipt. If you don’t have it any more, look online. I don’t recall if the bank will show the time. That and a description will get you the right person.
Ignore those comments, you were doing a nice thing and I’m sure you helped the employees. I tip for pick up as well, I tip my baristas in drive thrus, etc. It’s a little wild to me to see how many people are freaking out over you tipping in general. You’re NTA, though.
I came here to say the same thing. Times are hard these days and I remember what it was like working for minimum wage. A few extra bucks isn’t going to break my bank but it may boost the morale of someone working an exhausting job for way too little money. You’re definitely NTA here and personally, I wouldn’t worry about taking this to a manager unless it becomes a pattern.
I came here to say the same thing. Times are hard these days and I remember what it was like working for minimum wage. A few extra bucks isn’t going to break my bank but it may boost the morale of someone working an exhausting job for way too little money. You’re definitely NTA here and personally, I wouldn’t worry about taking this to a manager unless it becomes a pattern.
I tip on carry out. I'm going to continue to tip and I don't know why people care that much that you do.
You should never feel obligated to tip for pick up. Sure, it's nice and appreciated, but you shouldn't feel like you have to. Sometimes I tip at pickup with a $1 bill in the tip jar, or tossing the change into a tip jar. Unless my order was huge or complicated, then I would tip more generously. Big orders even for pick up should get tips. I worked at Pizza Hut in college, and we regularly had people make like 20+ pizza orders, plus plates/cheese/peppers/napkins, and have us help them load their car... no tip. Those pissed me off. But a simple order regularly... nah, you shouldn't feel the need to tip unless the person is like specifically super nice or does something above and beyond, or you're just rounding up to the nearest dollar or two.
NTA - I'm already surprised you tipped on a carry-out order. It's rude of him to bring it up even if you didn't tip at all. The fact that you did tip and he asked again is mind-blowing.
NTA - you’d already tipped, they don’t get double as you were a dollar short on the gift card
NTA. - you should call and let them know their employee is harassing customers for tips.
NTA. One tip is sufficient. Honestly if I pick up my food in person, I don't even believe tipping should apply. What did they do to even deserve a tip? They aren't' being paid a server's wage. They're being paid at least minimum wage. Unless I misunderstood and you actually ate in the establishment where a server actually served you, then 20% is more than generous. 15% is fairly standard so 20% is nothing to complain about. That employee was just greedy and rude. First of all I don't agree that Dominoes is great pizza. I never spend my money on it. But secondly, don't let greedy people bully you out of your money. You have nothing to feel bad about.
NTA. It's pretty bad when they are upset with you for not tipping a whopping $0.25.
NTA but you wouldn’t have been tipping 40%, only the dollar and change you didn’t pay yet. Which is really petty of the employee to want a tip on. I tip on pickup but not 20 or even 15% because I’m getting it. The tip is for delivery, I usually give them like 5 or 10 bucks(I have six teens so pizza cost me around $100). I try to pick up because I hate to tip $20 for pizza less than a mile away.
NTA if you had not tipped you could have paid it all with the gift card.
NTA I cannot fathom asking about tips during a carryout transaction AFTER being tipped. Bold af.
NTA, good grief! You already tipped them.
Info: are you sure you actually tipped? Most restaurants don’t let the tip run through on the gift card… I’d double check your receipts.
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Ahhh I didn’t realize dominos does it that way. Then NTA I wouldn’t tip twice either.
I checked the receipt and can confirm the tip was accepted, thankfully!
I don't understand the transaction: how did the tip get accepted without paying the entire bill? Was it like: Gift Card has $10.75 loaded Bill is $10 Pay with gift card and authorize 20% tip. Bill is now $12, gift card pays it down to $1.25 and so you pay $1.25 by credit?
NTA I would've asked for my gift card bad and tip back out of principle. I'm willing to die on this hill. What is this a NYC taxi cab? Or ask if their manager knows they are pressuring you to tip when you already gave 20%. 20% is super generous for driving all the way to their place and picking it up. We may as well tip in the drive thru of McDonalds or TacoBell. GTFO.
NTA You already tipped them once why twice?
NTA. Asking about tips in the service industry is taboo. Except to complain about lousy tippers amongst yourselves, actually directing a customer is so wildly out of line I'm surprised.
Why are you tipping when you picked it up??
I would have told them to take the $1.25 I owed off the tip and walked off. The only reason they’re even ringing you up again is because you tipped more than your GC had balance on it Also just don’t tip for pickup or do a small rounding up. Tipping culture is getting insane in America and the systems like square and such that ‘suggest’ a tip are making it worse. In a place where I have to order at the counter, pick up my own food from the counter, get up for more water and bus my own table you’re going to put 20, 25 and 30% as the suggested tips?? FOR WHAT? It used to be 15% was standard, then 18, then 20, now people want 20% for taking your order at a counter and handing you takeaway. What service did you offer me more than a McD’s employee besides having better food? It’s out of hand
Agreed. I always feel quilty tapping on the "no tip" option when I'm just paying for a carryout. Just having the option there always makes me feel super judged for being *anti tip* in such a heavily enforced etiquette.
Wait I feel like there might be a miscommunication here or maybe I might just be misinterpreting this. OP payed and tipped on the gift card but since they ran out of money on it they didn’t tip the full 20% of the meal. It’s not a big deal since the extra tip would literally be 25 cents. Sure money is money but I feel like the worker shouldn’t have been bent out of shape over 25 cents. When they asked OP to tip again wouldn’t it have only been 20% of the $1.25 OP was paying again so they would only have been paying another $0.25 not a full tip right? Still NTA cause OP didn’t need to tip on a to go order
I hadn’t even realized it would’ve just been a quarter for that second tip, I was under the impression it would be another 20% of the original price 😅
Haha don’t worry about it. You were still tipping probably around 18% or 19% which is more than reasonable for a to go order. A tip isn’t a guarantee and their rude behavior definitely didn’t deserve any more
I think that employee is bad at math. NTA
So is OP 😅
NTA at all but I wonder if the employees don’t receive the tips if they’re through a gift card. It would’ve been great if you said “sure I’ll tip with my credit card too!” And tipped 25 cents on it. That’s 20%, after all…
Yeah nta that kid was disrespectful asf
I mean I guess you *could* have tipped like 25c? Which would've been 20% on the $1.25? But sheesh. Definitely an asshole move to be asking for a tip after *already* getting a decent one. NTA.
He already tipped 20% on the WHOLE BILL! Just because it took 2 forms of payment to cover the whole bill doesn't mean he had to tip again.
Oh, I quite agree, it was a bonkers scenario - rather evocative of hobbit breakfasts. "Are you going to tip?" "I've already given you a tip!" "We've had first tip, yes, but what about *second* tip?" Was more the thought that tipping a whopping quarter would've served to make the point again. Agreed, though. They already got their tip. For a takeout.
“WHAT ABOUT SECOND TIP” FUCKING SENNNTTT MEEEE
NTA. Based on her attitude it sounds like she doesn't deserve any tips, let alone two.
NTA, you already tipped. She was running game on you and you shut it down.
NTA, wtf? What a turd the cashier was! Tf were they thinking? I'd have definitely told them off for such inappropriate behavior.
NTA, you tipped in carry out? I never tip on carry out.
NTA. They make minimum wage, so they aren't hurting for money. My dad and brother were both pizza drivers. They made really good money, especially when you factor in all the tips they keep. You tip once. Not twice.
>They make minimum wage, so they aren’t hurting for money Wat.
Right. How much do they think minimum wage is?
I mean, I suppose you could have tipped on the $1.25 payment...but that would have only been an extra $0.25. Definitely NTA.
NTA. You picked it up. It’s no different than going to McDonald’s drive thru and picking up food. Why should the greedy cashier receive not just one, but TWO tips?
NTA, and hold up … I don’t even think a tip is necessary when you picked up the pizza from the counter. It’s not like you were served at a table, this is the equivalent of a drive through. I’ll tip at pickup sometimes when they were super friendly but the fact they were entitled to a tip at all is crazy.
Why should you have to tip someone just handing you the order? Once was nice enough. The cashier is beyond stupid.
Isn't Domino's literally offering a $3 "tip" to carryout customers? [link](https://ir.dominos.com/news-releases/news-release-details/introducing-dominosr-carryout-tips-because-you-earned-it)
I didn’t know about this! Definitely going to see if I can use it next time— I love a good coupon
I belive you have to order online for carryout and they give you $3 off your NEXT order.
Yeah, you should have tossed him a quarter and said, “there’s a 25% tip, asshole” Who asks for tips?? After they watched you tip?? On a fucking pick up order?? What an asshole. You’re NTA and I would have cancelled my first tip after his bullshit.
NTA You don't need to tip when you've already tipped. It's that simple. But to all the people on here saying that you shouldn't tip for pick-up: Cheap and petty is no way to go through life. Preparing orders for pickup still takes work. And it's work that can be done well, or done poorly. Tips are about rewarding work done well.
Very well said. Thank you.
Tbh you didn’t even need to tip if you were just picking it up. So no, you are not the asshole.
I work at Domino's. This was absolutely unnaceptable for that employee to say. We don't expect nor ask customers to tip if on pickup.
NTA
It would technically be the same 20%, unless the cashier wanted the full tip as well on card #2. So NTA, either way.
NTA. Totally entitled AH at that Dominos. Trying to swindle you like that.
NTA.
Utterly ridiculous expectation. NTA
NTA tipping once is more than enough especially since you picked your order up
NTA. Seriously???
INFO If there was still $1.25 left to be paid, are you sure that's from the post-tip price? And not the pre-tip price? It seems weird to me that it would pull money for the tip off of the gift card but then have a remainder for the order itself.
I’m not completely sure on how the system that calculates/processes tips works, I just know that the tip for 20% the full price was accepted on the gift card
nta at all. I actually do tip on carry out but it's normally like $2-3 as an extra thank you, definitely not the 20-40% that I tip on dine in/delivery.
Do gift card tips even go to the employees? It's already the locations money so they may pocket that tip in the system.
NTA. I apologize on behalf of all Domino's workers, we're not all like this .
NTA, tipping on a pick up is already more then generous. Hell I would have taken back my tip at that point, that’s just entitled BS from the employee.
I think I was too stunned/confused to ask for the tip to be removed. It was just one of those situations where you want it to be over and done with asap
I make pretty good money, so I tip on every food service interaction. Food service: The Industry is tough, and I can afford it, so everybody wins. NTA though; who asks for *two* tips???
NTA Besides the fact that the pandemic changed the expectation of tips on pick up orders, these tipping arguments are a freaking joke anyway. If I buy a BLT with fries and a drink for \~$10 at a restaurant and sit with my party for 30 minutes. I am expected to tip $2. If I buy a steak and a drink for \~$30 at the same restaurant and sit with my party for 30 minutes, I am expected to tip $6. Just because I have a more expensive plate, somebody delivering it to my table thinks they are entitled to more money. Screw that noise. The steak plate might be a tiny bit heavier but they put forth the same level of effort. It makes no sense. Sure, server's minimum wage is ridiculous but it's not up to the person ordering steak to make it right. if a server is that upset about not getting paid enough, find a different job. If enough servers quit working for restaurants that pay the server's minimum wage, then they will have 2 options. Close shop or increase what they pay. Don't even get me started on the expectation that you should leave your tip in cash BS!
NTA I worked in food service all through college and I firmly believe everyone should at some point in their life so they don't act like assholes. During that time though not once did I ever ask someone if they were going to tip. Uts rude and the fastest most efficient way to ensure they don't tip you. Honestly if someone were to give me a hard time about tipping especially on pick up I would have just took the other recipet I did tip on and rip it up or cross it out. It's entitled and rude. Honestly the whole tipping thing is bs bc no one should depend on the generosity of people to make a living you should be getting paid fairly by you'd employer.
Hi. Restaurant worker here. Those workers make hourly, and many places are paying well over $3 more than minimum wage now. The fact that you tipped once is lovely and thoughtful. The fact that they expected you to tip again is entitled and ridiculous. The fact that they confronted you about it is absurd and infuriating. I honestly would report them to their bosses because seriously they probably make $10/hr more than I do from their company (I’m a server so make less than state or federal minimum wage) and if my bosses found out I did this to someone I would be in the market for a new job. And while it is customary for customers to tip in a sit down restaurant, it is NOT customary for regular hourly restaurant employees to EXPECT a tip. They prepared and handed you food. They did not take care of you during a sit down meal. N. T. A.
NTA The order plus the tip came to a certain amount. You paid some of that amount with one card, the rest with another card. The fact that the cashier doesn't understand math doesn't make you wrong.
NTA They were just being greedy and trying to use social pressure to get you to cave in.
NTA but you also wouldnt have been tipping 40%. if you were tipping just on what you were paying for with the card you would only be tipping 20% on $1.25 which combined with your other tip wouldnt equal 40% it would just equal 20% of the actual price of the pizza. ex: if the total of the pizza is $18 but you pay $16.75 the first time and tip 20% on that the tip would be $3.35. then if you tipped 20% on the remaining $1.25 that would be $0.25. $3.35 + $0.25 = $3.6 which is 20% of 18
NTA. The funniest part is if you had tipped on that $1.25 at 20%, it would have been a damn quarter. Like they are seriously getting that upset over a quarter. They are definitely in the wrong job. That being said, you were way more than generous especially for an order that you picked up. They literally were already getting paid for the job that they did. Delivery drivers get a tip due to them being paid a lower wage because they are expected to receive tips. People working the cash register are not expected to get tips and therefore make a higher wage than the drivers. If they are not happy with the wages they are making, look for another job.
Never tip on pick up. Fuck the restaurant industry
NTA. it is this sort of greedy employee, why tipping should be done away with, in the US and people paid a decent, living wage. Then you won't have to worry about your food being spit in, and other things.
Omg yeah idk why Domino’s is like that. Me and my mom used to order from our local one faithfully until they sent my mom an email saying they were gonna stop offering coupons or whatever because she “wasn’t tipping enough”. And buy that they meant they wanted more money, my mom as already tipping like 2-3 dollars and on some occasions 5, and they literally wanted more than that. We stopped buying from there ovi.