Tipping - General Situations

[Hornet]

I've got a question about tipping in general everyday life that doesn't relate to MP's or Sp's.

Situation: There is this Sports Bar that I go to occassionally. One of the things I like about the place is their chicken wings. Most of the time I actually stop in to get some wings "to go". While I wait for them to cook I usually sit at the Bar and have 1 beer. By the time I finished the beer the wings are ready. Its carried from the kitchen to me in a brown paper bag. The total bill usually comes to just over $20 (Beer $3.50-$4 - unsure as I always order something else and only look at the total bill).

I normally tip 15% when I go to restuarants and eat there, but this is a take-out siuation as I see it. When I go to Swiss Chalet I tip 15% if I eat there but nothing if I do take-out. In the above situation I normally tip $1.50-$2 in total for the beer and wings (all depends on the change I am carrying). Depending on how you look at it I am either tipping 40-50% on the beer or only 7.5-10% in total.

Question: What's the right tip amount? Am I being too cheap, too generous or just right?

 

[mrpolarbear]

a bag of wings is 16 bucks?Sounds to me like the tip is already built into the price.

 

[Hornet]

That's 20 wings (large sized wings too) with the taxes included. They also give either a lot of Carrot and Celery Sticks or an order of Fries to accompany the wings. All in all the wings are about $0.50 each for very decent sized wings (unless they are on special).

 

[Sasha Jones]

Well personally I would normally tip about half of what I would normally tip if I had eaten in the restaurant.
I order out at Kelseys every once in a while and I always make sure to tip the bartender (who takes the take out orders).
Usually it is around 7-10% depending on the change etc.

So your tip sounds good to me!

 

[Big Daddy]

I think this is OK

For a $ 20 takeout a tip of $1.50-2.00 sounds good to me. Anything more will be too much; unless you have a cute waiteress to impress

 

[Hornet]

Thanks for the response guys.

I asked this because one time I was ordering take-out and there were 2 guys at the bar that have been there for quite awhile (pretty sauced). 1 was a regular and the other wasn't. The second guy was leaving as I was finishing my 1 beer and the wings were about to arrive. He had a tab running and then when he paid up for about 6 beers he only left about a $1.50 tip ($0.25 a beer) - pretty damn cheap by any standards. Well, the first guy, who was a regular, was commenting and cursing about how much of a cheap bastard he was. About 1 minute later my wings arrived and when I was paying and assessing my tip he was watching cloesly and sizing me up. Now, I will not be guilted into giving more than what is right but it did make me feel a little uncomfortable so I was looking for your thoughts as well.

 

[Big Daddy]

I am glad you did the right thing

I am glad that you did not secumb to the pressure and gave the right tip. If you had paid more the tip of the next customer would have looked bad