Originally Posted by
Plato90s
The places where I get takeout, it's the kitchen staff that's putting together the orders - not the waitstaff. The work done by the wait staff consist of carrying the bag from the kitchen to the desk.
And normally the kitchen staff don't share in the tip pool.
Depends on the place. At a place where I regularly sit at the bar, it's the bar staff (who is tipped) putting the takeout orders together.
I went to a place in the UK for lunch yesterday. Receipt said service charge not included. So I gave the server my US credit card, it was swiped, and there was no place left on the credit card receipt for me to sign. Really odd. I ended up changing a £5 note in order to leave a gratuity. I'm chalking it up to a server used to dealing with chip/pin cards rather than swipe/sign. Good thing I had some cash on me.