Originally Posted by JackieB

Having run 5 restaurants i can tell you the waiters who "hand you your food for takeout" are still obligated by law to pay the government 8% of the declared sales totals each night as taxes. So if they give you your takeout, usually it is on their sales totals for the night. If they don't get a tip from you, then they lose money for serving you. Is that fair? No. Is it fair for you to tip 15% for a takeout meal, I agree that it isn't. I feel matching their governmental obligations by tipping 8% is adequate. I usually tip 10% to cover that and a little more for the small amount of effort in serving you takeout.

When eating in a restaurant i normally tip anything from $0.00 for awful foor and worse service, to 100% of the bill or more for amazing service and food. Sometimes when this happens next time you go back, you get all kinds of freebies, and get treated like the president....that's worthwhile.