Tipping minimum wage earners

When I order food at a place like this I tip. I don't know what they are paid, I just feel like it is the right thing to do.

At fast food place like Sonic, the employees generally get paid more than the average server in a restraunt. Howeve, they do not get paid that much more so they do rely on tips. At the Sonic where I live they make the minimum wage which is $5.25 or $5.75? I can't remember. Anyways, who can live off of minimum wage? You should always tip the drive up servers.

waiters/waitresses rely mainly on tips as a main source of their income. I try to tip fairly well. if the service is good, i usually give 3-5 dollars.

it will depends on the service given...if it's really nice and they are very friendly and courteous, i dont mind tipping them a lot. however, i've met with some servers who acted as if i owed them a lot and they are so rude and impatient...i will never tip them at all!

well that `s a nice thing to do , keep tipping them, it`s not bad , they are payed although , but you`re doing a nice thing , and any tip is welcomed i guess....

THER IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITHY WHAT YOU ARE DOING. i WISH THAT HTERE WERE MORE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT FEEL THIS WAY. KEEP DOING HOW YOU FEEL AND ALL IS WELL!

if i am at a restaurant i usually tip 15% OF WHATEVER my bill is

I agree that you should tip them, now my boyfriend disagrees with me and says you should tip them all the time, but I feel they should be tipped on the service and quality of the food if it was terrible then I choose not to tip or I lower the amount of the tip.

I think you should always tip. I am a delivery boy myself, and hate it when people do not tip. Especially when I deliver on time and am friendly. The biggest tip I ever received was over 22 dollars and was only for 2 pizzas. People like that make my day and I like it. I believe you should always tip in restaurants or anywhere else where tipping is commomn. It is the right thing to do.

My opinion is that nobody should be tipped. Think about it: they have minimum wage, they get tips from everyone, they end up with 100$/day only from tips! On the other hand, we are working 9 to 5 in the office, do our bosses tip us for solving an assignment?! I think each job is paid according to it's productivity, no reason to pay more. About the weather: when it rains or it snows, or when we get across a trafic jam I think we still have to go to work, our bosses won't give us a day off or a tip for bad weather. Don't know about you guys, buy I am 100% tip-negative.

Yep I agree you should tip them, every little bit counts for the minimum wage workers. They barely make it as it is.

When my son made minimm wage, he really appreciated when he got tips, he was upset when one time he loaded up 2 sets of weights and 2 weight benches into some guys truck, then tied it all in place for him...in case of sudden stops at the guys request. Then the guy tipped him $1. He really did appreciate when people tipped him, even though he was a kid, I made him responsible for certain expenses - mainly gas, car insurance and his cell bill. You would tip a waiter/waitress..I would think that someone who brings food to your car should be tipped too.

It's not common practice to tip when you go through a drive thru restaurant in the UK and it's mostly McDonalds that we can drive through here anyway - you go to a window with your car, place your order, pay your money, drive to the next window and they give your food. More often than not, they make a mistake, more often than not, they don't bother smiling or saying thank you (bearing in mind that I ALWAYS say thank you to THEM) - I don't tip them - I don't know anyone else who does. But in the UK we tend to tip people in restaurants where they actually serve you at your table and then only if the service warrants it. I know it's popular to just tip everyone in the USA but I guess us Brits are somewhat tighter with our money :)

Depending on what state you live in, even the servers at a sit down restaurant might be making minimum wage. I wouldn't tip the people at fast food restaurants that bring my food to the car, regardless. At a lot of places like that, they aren't even supposed to accept tips.

I tend tip them. I think that they are serving you. They may be paid more than "waitstaff" pay, but my guess is that they still are paid minimum wage. Minimum wage isn't enough to live on, so I do tip. On the subject of minimum wage...it is low, but I really don't support raising it without working on many other issues. It seems that everytime we have a rise in minimum wages, prices also go up. This puts the minimum wage earner right back where they started...yes, they may see a bit more money in their paycheck, but they are having to spend that extra money on necessities which will now cost more.

I agree that they should be tipped. Just because they are paid over minimum wage doesn't mean anything. I hate to say it but your friend sounds kind of snotty. I'm sure she wouldn't like to work for $6.50 an hour working hard making food, and then have to deal with people who think she doesn't deserve a tip. I don't mean to put down your friend, but that kind of attitude really bothers me.

yes, I agree because they do have to serve it to you - and also to come and pick up the tray from the side of your car - if they are providing one. I would probably not feel as compelled to leave a 15% or greater tip though - as I am at a sit down restaurant. the change from a dollar is usually sufficient to me.