I’m always confounded at what I should leave for the person that takes my order when I place it over the phone at a sit down dinner place.
It’s not like they are waiting on you and serving you drinks. they’re basically taking the order over the phone, bagging it up from the kitchen and giving you change.
You gotta leave something, right? But not 20%, right? It’s always awkward.
How do you handle it?
Good Morning Gloucester 
gratuity should be included….accept or deny.
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Between 5-10.%, on the higher end if you’re order is larger, has special requests,or I you frequent the same place. It is work and is.taking time away from customers. Plus it’s good money karma to be generous 🙂
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I usually just tip a buck or two on takeout at sit-down places.
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2-3 dollars, which can end up being 20%. I find that people really appreciate it.
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Here are a couple of links for you.
http://www.chow.com/food-news/55584/should-you-tip-on-takeout/
This is good advice
I ALWAYS tip for takeout, at table-service restaurants (not counter-service places). Why? Because during the two months that I waited tables, the servers always got screwed by phone-in orders. The server took the order over the phone, packaged the food, put the condiments in the bag, etc. It was the same amount of work as waiting on a regular table. The amount of the bill was rung up just like a regular sale on our nightly report, which meant that we were taxed on 10% of the bill, even though we almost never received a tip.
Best that I can tell, at the restaurants that I get take-out from, it’s handled in a similar way. Either the bartender or a server brings out my food, so I tip. Packaging up your food is a service, and it deserves a gratuity.
http://ask.metafilter.com/30931/TakeOut-Tipping
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As someone who works in a restaurant on the weekends, I can say that I never expect a tip on take out, but I really appreciate it when it happens! The previous posters are right, I have to do a lot of steps to make sure your order is entered and then given to you correctly, all while I have a section of tables I’m waiting on. I definitely don’t mind doing it, but it always makes my day when someone recognizes that it is work to do that and appreciates it. However, I don’t expect it. When I’m a customer, I always leave a few bucks for the person who does my order. It’s good karma, as a previous poster said!
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