# Tipping for Take Out

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-for-take-out/605771>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 10, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-for-take-out/605771 "2011-12-10T22:13:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-for-take-out/605771/1 "2011-12-10T22:13:38Z")

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Does anyone here add a tip when they pick up their food? I haven’t been, but I always feel as if I should be. I just wondered what everyone thought.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-for-take-out/605771/2 "2011-12-10T22:18:59Z")

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I personally do not. I’ll tip generously for service, but I won’t tip anything for takeout. I don’t see the point or reason.

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**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-for-take-out/605771/3 "2011-12-10T22:36:40Z")

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We just did this:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=633097&highlight=tipping](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=633097&highlight=tipping)

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**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-for-take-out/605771/4 "2011-12-11T00:54:21Z")

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> [@chiroptera](#):
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> We just did this:
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=633097&highlight=tipping](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=633097&highlight=tipping)

My apologies.

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**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-for-take-out/605771/5 "2011-12-11T01:08:41Z")

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> [@Lilacs](#):
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> My apologies.

No apologies necessary. 🙂  
I posted that because a: if you didn’t get a lot of responses, this may be why and b: figured you might find it interesting since the topic was essentially the same.

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**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-for-take-out/605771/6 "2011-12-11T03:42:40Z")

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Thanks. It’s exactly what I was curious about.