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To Tip or Not To Tip

We had lunch at Christian's Tailgate yesterday and for some reason I'm always perplexed about the tipping situation.  If you're not familiar with the place, you walk up to the bar, order your food, and then pick it up at the window when they call your number.  Really the only person servicing you is the one taking the orders at the bar and the cooks making the food.   You also take your trash to the trash can when you're done so there isn't a bus boy.  What do you think?  Do you tip at these type of restauants that are pretty much self serve?  The credit card receipt has a place for a tip. 
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Re: To Tip or Not To Tip

  • I would probably give them a buck, but I wouldn't give any standard 15-20% tip.
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    I would not

    Ditto.

    I think all CC receipts print out with a space for tips. I don't think there is an option to remove that, so it's not necessarily a suggestion from the vendor that a tip is wanted.

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  • I don't, not on the CC receipt. If someone does something for me later, I would leave a tip on the table.
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  • I do not tip in places like that.
  • Thanks for all the responses.  I don't usually tip in a place like this either.  When we were there this weekend, I noticed the man in front of me left a $5 tip.  Maybe he was just being nice or maybe he didn't know he didn't have to do that.  Glad to know I'm not El Cheapo and I haven't been screwing these people out of tips! 
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  • In that situation I would not tip but which Christian's Tailgate are you going to? The location in Midtown has someone take your order at the table and bring it to you unless all their tables are full then you order at the bar.
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    In that situation I would not tip but which Christian's Tailgate are you going to? The location in Midtown has someone take your order at the table and bring it to you unless all their tables are full then you order at the bar.

    I went to the one on I-10 & Washington.  There's no wait staff.  I've been to the midtown and the new one in the Heights where they do have wait staff and I do tip there. 

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