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Originally Posted by DEI37
I have NEVER heard of tipping at a fast food joint. Even Culver's or Storheim's. Just never heard of it. Haircuts, yes. That's usually expected, I'd think. But, a Sonic? I don't think so.
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What makes the car hop bringing you your food any different than the waitress who brings you your food in a 'regular' restaurant?
When I did my stint running a Sonic restaurant, no less, we expected the car hops to do the job of a regular waitress (side note: AFAIK, they were classified as servers/wait staff/whatever, which means we could have paid them much, much less than we did. A lot of other franchisees in the area did, which means the car hops tips supplemented the adjusted minimum wage). They were expected to take orders (for those uncomfortable or unable to use the speaker) serve, and bus trash (you'd be surprised what some folks will leave behind). We sent them around the lot with courtesy trays to make sure that the customers didn't run out of anything and we sent them around to hard sell ice cream to the masses.
It's a physically demanding job. Running orders (sometimes trays full of food & drinks) for hours at a time during the hottest part of the day; many, many more tickets than a regular waitress as the average time from placing the order to the food at the customer's door was under four minutes. Running back and forth across the hot ass pavement on the hottest day of the summer just to make sure that they get their food on time
hoping that the customer will slip them an extra buck for their trouble.
Seems I went off on a little spiel there... It's just irritating to hear stuff like that. These guys and gals work just as hard and do just as much as the folks in a regular restaurant, but aren't tipped as well because they wear a visor on their head and a changer on their hip.
Edit: Oops...forgot to answer the question..
If I suspect their wage relies on tips, I'll tip. Or if they perform above and beyond (I tipped the guys who delivered and set up my furniture).