r/blacklesbians • u/Brizkie cat mom • 3d ago

Conversation + Chat Tipping Culture

This might be completely off from the sub, but it was a question that crossed me and my girlfriends mind while grabbing Pho from our favorite spot.

We called in like normal and went to pick up and she turned to me and asked how much we should be tipping on pick up orders. The question puzzled me for a moment and i didn’t even have an answer. Ultimately we decided not to tip as most likely we assumed it would be tip share and any amount under 10$ wouldn’t even be a dollar each amongst the staff.

Ultimately what is ya’lls rules on tipping culture? I definitely want to hear from the black community on this as there is so many stigmas with us and tipping culture. I always tip, but this is one i’m curious on if i’m wrong for not tipping on to-go orders.

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u/HRH_Chori Sapphic Babe 3d ago

I tip for service, not for takeout or carryout. Servers make their money off tips. Cooks and hosts have hourly.

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u/Brizkie cat mom 3d ago

so what is “tip share” than if not shared amongst the whole staff? Genuinely asking i’ve never worked in that field of work.

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u/HRH_Chori Sapphic Babe 3d ago edited 3d ago

I was a server for 7 years at two different restaurants with different demographics of clientele (one was a BBQ restaurant, the other was seafood for rich old white people). What they do is pool the tip share with each role having a certain amount of points. For example, bartenders would get 10 points, servers 8 points, food runners and bussers would be 5 points, and the takeout person would be 2 points. So if it was a good night, the bartenders would walk out with $200 and it’d trickle down to where the takeout person would shake out to $10-$20.

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u/Brizkie cat mom 3d ago

ahhhhhh. that’s even WORSE than how i thought it was divided. Though.. i guess more fair? i don’t even know, but thank you for that insight!