Tip amount when buying bottles?

It's not always clear what an employee's wage structure is, making that rule problematic. In general, tipping is an antiquated excuse for employers to underpay their employees. I'm paying the employer for their product or service. The employer needs to pay their employees for their work. Tipping only benefits the employer, lowering employees' wages and increasing customers' costs, and we need to eliminate the practice.

 

I do not mean you any disrespect, but it is pretty obvious you have never worked for tips. Pretty much everyone in a restaurant or bar works on tips unless they are in the kitchen, or the manager/owner.

Tipping does not only benefit the employer. You can pay the employee's wage through your tips, or you can pay it through much higher prices on the menu. The difference is that with tips, you can choose to leave a small one if you receive bad service. If you think it would be cheaper to pay higher prices in exchange for tipping, I would respectfully disagree.

 

The only places I frequent (RD, TH, Etc) all use a 4Square type iPad which bring up the auto-tip screen. Having worked many years in the service industry through college and grad school I leave whatever the largest selection is, usually 20%. I can think of many worse things to be and be known as than a notoriously good tipper.

Always nice to hear a "Big Tippah!!" As well.

 

I've never tipped when buying bottles from a brewery.

 

From a bottle shop? I hope this is a joke.

Enjoy

 

I usually tip $1.50-2 for each growler filled depending on how busy the bar is since it takes up the bartender's time, but getting bottles to go from the bar I tend to just tip $1 since it doesn't take much time.

 

I'd only tip if the person carried them out to my car or something.

Are bartenders in taprooms that just do fills/samples even living off of tips? If they get a regular wage I don't know why I'd tip them. Sometimes that is a little unclear to me.

 

If I go to CCB and buy bottles only, without getting any thing on draft, I usually drop $40-120 on bottles/crowlers/growlers. I tip $5-10, depending on what I'm feeling.

 

Do I tip when im buying something? Uh no.
Not unless shes turbo hot or something.

 

Common, but not universal in the US (see lavender states on linked map), according to the US Dept. of Labor, which also notes that the Federal Tipped Minimum Wage is only $2.13, with many states (in green) having higher minimums.

 

At DeCicco's Gourmet markets you can grab bottles and cans from the racks, go to the on premise pub, and pay for it all together. I tip for growlers and pours, but not the bottles I buy there.

 

To hand me a bag? No.

 

To be brutally frank the pay structure of the staff is no business of a customer . I'm used to the published beer prices being exactly what I pay.
To digress onto on sales, the same reasoning applies. I'm used to measured volumes, no "short pours" or getting foam rather than liquid.
That means of course that the beer is more expensive than its equivalent in a store but in a pub a) the beer should be better than bottled or canned and b) you don't just get the beer, you get a very pleasant drinking environment. Staff are adequately paid without grubbing for tips and it's all built into the price.
Apologies for being perhaps off topic but it all goes together to me.

 

You're right, I haven't ever worked for tips. I also don't mean any disrespect, but ask yourself what sets the food and beverage industry apart from other industries. I can get crappy service from a mechanic or plumber or cashier or any employee I interact with. That doesn't change what I'm paying them (barring severe circumstances). Why do bartenders and waiters deserve to be subjected to the whims of customers, unlike other employees?

 

Other brewers do as well. Yet I have never seen any retail store that has a tip amount. I think we all need to realize that the way beer is sold in different states can be rather varied. For my region, my assumption was logical. There is no other instance where a tip amount can really apply.

 

I only replied because you made a blanket statement that basically seemed to cover all breweries, not just those in your region. Now that you've clarified your parameters, your logic is at least acceptable, although your sample size is small. And you are correct, different sales procedures for different states.

 

Im glad you said that as that is my standard at the bar. $1 per beer/drink. If I got thrown a free drink, I will add the price of that drink to the tip.

 

Then it isn't a free drink

 

That is a good question. The main difference is that when you go to a plumber or mechanic, it is out of necessity. You are not having your car or plumbing fixed because you want to. You have a need for those items to be fixed/maintained and you have no choice unless you can do it yourself.

With a bar or restaurant, you are there because you are choosing to spend your money on something you do not actually need. I think most people would rather see lower menu prices and have to tip, than have much higher prices. It is a psychological thing, just like how retailers set a price at 19.99 instead of 20.00.

 

Usually a couple of bucks on a $100 bottle or case bill my favorite NE breweries. The service is so quick usually two bucks just seems right.