Applebee's Car Side to Go - Tip or Not?

[onlyoneforme]

Has anyone used the Applebee's CarSide to Go option before? Do you tip the "server" or not? And if so...how much?

 

[gigi1313]

we used it last weekend for the first time... it's decent food w/drivethru convenience (now i just have to store the phone number in my onstar speed dial! LOL!) and we did tip a few bucks... certainly not the standard 15-20% that we would tip a waittress, but somewhere between 7-10% (basically just rounded the dollar amount to make it easy)

 

[OceanAnnie]

We don't tip for curbside service. To us that's one of the advantages of curbside service. (That goes for Applebees, Outback and Olive Garden.)

 

[jekjones1558]

We give a couple of bucks, maybe more if it's raining, snowing, etc. I don't think it's necessary, just a nice thing to do.

 

[umaangel00]

It is not necessary but we have done it as well. They are taking their time to go out to your car and give you your food.

 

[Mady/Sophiemom]

I have always tipped for curbside service, at Applebee's, and Uno's. That is the only 2 I have tried.

It's well worth a tip, to keep from dragging the kids out in the cold, or rain. As the other's have posted, I don't tip 20%, but rather about $1.00, per item, just as I do with pizza delivery at home.

 

[littlestix]

I've used applebees and outback. I always tip them and it's usually somewhere around 10% or more. I love thefact that I don't have to get my son out of car get the food then put him back in. When I want good take-out I will always pick 1 of these restaurants. I wish more of them (like Joe's Crab Shack) would offer this service.

 

[mamalle]

I always tip like $2.00 for curbside

 

[welovedis]

Curbside is now so popular here (one side of the bldg is reserved for curbside parking) that we have to get out of the car and walk into the little enclosed area to pick up the food. I don't tip there at all. If they come out to the car at least 1-2 dollars but that is usually it.

 

[my3kids]

I tip. Probably about $5.00.

 

[billysarmywife]

We do not tip............I really never thought about it to be honest!

 

[mrsmom]

My daughter is actually a Carside-To Go server. It is very common that people do not tip her however she is just like a regular waitress; she puts the food together, has to deal with the cooks in the back, answers the phone and takes the orders, and if the food isn't cooked right or there is any problem, she is the one that has to answer to that and many times it is not her fault but this IS just like a server in a restuarant. She makes a lot of her money through tips and people don't realize that. It's her only real source of income and this is paying for college. Currently, she only makes about $14 in tips A DAY. So, think about this next time you call for To Go service. I always have tipped any place well that puts my orders together and I just think it's common courtesy that everyone does the same. Karma!
Kim

 

[FayeW]

I always have tipped any place well that puts my orders together and I just think it's common courtesy that everyone does the same. Karma!
Kim

Isn't that what you are paying the menu price for???

 

[mrsmom]

Isn't that what you are paying the menu price for???

I think I'm a little confused by your response. My daughter doesn't get any money from the menu price. She's like any waitress; they live off of their tips.
Kim

 

[bridget&jimmy]

I have to agree I work for Applebees and the To Go Servers make very little money per hour and just like servers rely on tips as there income. They are doing just as much work as the regular servers and even a little more because they have to prepare the food to go.

 

[Karibeth19]

My daughter is actually a Carside-To Go server. It is very common that people do not tip her however she is just like a regular waitress; she puts the food together, has to deal with the cooks in the back, answers the phone and takes the orders, and if the food isn't cooked right or there is any problem, she is the one that has to answer to that and many times it is not her fault but this IS just like a server in a restuarant. She makes a lot of her money through tips and people don't realize that. It's her only real source of income and this is paying for college. Currently, she only makes about $14 in tips A DAY. So, think about this next time you call for To Go service. I always have tipped any place well that puts my orders together and I just think it's common courtesy that everyone does the same. Karma!
Kim

I have to agree with Mrsmom. My husband is a restaurant GM and I know that the servers who are assigned to work to-go do not have any tables they are working at the same time, so if they are not tipped by the people they serve through the to-go, they won't make any money at all. Servers are paid well below minimum wage, with the assumption that tips will make up for, or exceed, the difference. If you have received good service from a server, you should definitely leave a tip, regardless if you have been served at a table, or through to-go. (Even if you have to get out and go in to pick it up!! It doesn't matter how the restaurant sets up its to-go service, the servers deserve at tip if they give good service!).

 

[piglet33]

We always tip them, because they are still waiting on you.

 

[ZebraStripes]

I've never used curbside service before....is it cash only, or can you use debit/credit cards also?

 

[Hey|Crazy|Beautiful]

I've never used curbside service before....is it cash only, or can you use debit/credit cards also?

I'm mrsmom's daughter. As stated previously, the pay isn't great at all .. we do live off of tips. Where a server can only be seated so many times at once, there is no limit to the orders we can get at once. Just the other day I had 10 orders come in within a 30 minute period. I was scrambling around the kitchen trying to make sure every order was correct and believe me .. it was not easy! The orders weren't exactly minimal. Tips are very very much appreciated .. it just shows us that you are happy with the service and that we are doing our job correctly to suit you. I worked a double shift on Monday and within that time period I only made about $9 in tips. lol That's definitely not wonderful at all. There are also times where the cooks screw up the order and I get blasted by the guest that ordered it .. it's very stressful on me and to be honest I nearly broke down at work once. So just to echo my mom and other people in this thread, please tip your curbside server .. it makes my job so much better and worthwhile.

BTW, Applebee's accepts all payments except for personal checks.

 

[BethR]

As stated previously, the pay isn't great at all .. we do live off of tips.

Thanks for chiming in on this thread.
Could you clarify something for me? Do the curbside servers get the same very low hourly wage as the inside wait staff gets? The pay that is way below minimum wage and the tips make up most of the pay? Or do the curbside servers get at least minimum wage and the tips supplement it?

Thanks!