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Originally Posted by Cha Cha  Until my girls started working, I admit, I wasn't a very good tipper. Then both my girls started out car hopping at Sonic. They made minimum wage there, and they do accept tips. However, Sonic is quick to say they do not expect their customers to tip the car hops. It was an excellent high school job and on good days my girls could make 13 to 14 dollars an hour. If I get a friendly car hop, I gladly tip them. Now, one of my girls is a server making barely enough to cover her taxes due in a pay check, and I see how much she depends on tips. So now I've had experiences with tipping at different ends of the spectrum. Our local grocery store does not allow their kids to accept a tip for carrying out groceries. That is a service I would pay for. I have not seen tip jars at counters like you describe. I suppose I would tip if I got friendly service. |
I would also have no problem with tipping the bagging boy for helping with the groceries, but that's what I was told also, they are not allowed to take tips. My bro used to work at Chuck E Cheese when he was in HS. Sometimes they had to wear the mouse costume and do the parties. Some parents wanted to tip, and they are not *supposed* to accept them, but they still did. Then some parents were so demanding and had lots of crazy kids there, and they did not even try to tip. It's not posted that you aren't supposed to tip, so there's not way to know unless you try.