[deleted] t1_j4ns4jw wrote on January 17, 2023 at 12:37 AM

Reply to comment by 3vanb00th in Shyndigz on W Cary not paying out tips. by itzaxumzn

NYDeli now adds 20% tip auto to your bill for take out.

If I didn’t have my kid in my hands in middle of whatever festival was going on in carytown and wasn’t standing in between two drunks at the bar picking up my food I would have said something.

It’s cheaper to eat there and tip the normal 18% than to do takeout and have 20% auto added. What type of bs is this

fractalflatulence t1_j4psnm0 wrote on January 17, 2023 at 12:27 PM

>What type of bs is this

This is the direct result of the restaurant industry guilting/bullying their customer base into compensating their employee's wages due to covid.

Sure, restaurants took a hit initially but for well over a year now it's been business as usual.

20% autograt for takeout is garbage 99.99% of the time... but especially if it's not disclosed when you order.

[deleted] t1_j4ptf3g wrote on January 17, 2023 at 12:34 PM

Yeah they are simply just doing a money grab. It’s so obvious.

Inflation in general is up bc companies are making record profits.

lennybriscoforthewin t1_j4r0mfz wrote on January 17, 2023 at 5:43 PM

The Continental also adds a tip for take-out, but I think with take-out, a lot of times a server (who does not make minimum wage) is packing and ringing up the take-out, so they are spending time on your order when they would normally make a tip. At Shindigz, it's literally someone putting cake in a box. I hope they are not paid server's wages, because they are not servers. I guessed (wrongly?) that they are paid above minimum wage.

[deleted] t1_j4r4co2 wrote on January 17, 2023 at 6:06 PM

I’m sorry but that’s not my problem.

Restaurant industry needs to start fighting for living wages and stop shooting itself in the foot pushing for tipping. This is exactly a way restaurants take advantage of them by making them work while not being tipped (prepping take out food).

Again, not my problem. I’m ordering take out for a reason. Just like I order subway and chipotle - no tipping is even asked for.

Someone’s livelihood should not be dependent on the generosity of strangers, especially when the strangers are forced to tip in some type of surprise billing scheme.

Fratghanistan t1_j4tiu1z wrote on January 18, 2023 at 3:36 AM

Aside from what tennisprofosho said, a very minimal time is spent doing that. I've worked in a restaurant as a waiter and dealing with carry out orders. Charging 20% on takeout is straight up criminal.