Should You Tip On Pick-Up Orders?
Should You Tip On Pick-Up Orders? With so many places offering pick-up service for food, should you tip when you made most of the effort to get your order? Food…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – AUGUST 31: A customer picks up her lunch from an automated cubbie at eatsa, a fully automated fast food restaurant on August 31, 2015 in San Francisco, California. eatsa, an automated fast food restaurant that has no servers, wait staff and a virtual cashier that offers fresh quinoa bowls opened in San Francisco’s Financial District. Customers place their orders at an interactive kiosk and then pick their orders at a first of its kind automated food pick-up system that features a collection of glass door “cubbies” with a door that displays personalized graphics and presents the food at the touch of a button. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Should You Tip On Pick-Up Orders?
With so many places offering pick-up service for food, should you tip when you made most of the effort to get your order?
Food And Wine asked that question to the etiquette experts at the Emily Post Institute.
They say there is "no obligation" to tip for take out.
The institute does suggest you tip 10 percent for service above and beyond handing you the bag. Those examples include curbside pick-up when you don't have to leave your car and "large, complicated orders."
Do you tip at take out? How much?
