'I’m not giving you $15+ dollars for absolutely nothing': Pizza parlor customer refuses to tip 30% on a pick-up order, then catches attitude from the entitled cashier

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Oct 24, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

Do you tip for takeout? Frankly, tipping culture has gotten so out of hand, I generally don't tip when I pick up food from a restaurant. Just like any other store, I pay for the goods I'm purchasing and I make my way out. There was no service provided, and therefore no tip to congratulate it. 

But many customer service employees would beg to differ. 

As for the dramatic and viral tale in this next story, a customer finally put his foot down on the food service industry, refusing to tip $15 for picking up an order at his local pizza parlor, sparking debate in the comments and earning a snide glare from his cashier. I suppose the cashier did print his receipt for him. Does that count as "service provided"?

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  • Guy picking up a takeout order.
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    Image is representative only and does not depict the actual subjects of the story.

  • Against customer service workers' will, they rely on tips to increase their wages, and in a world where minimum wage jobs fail to cover life's expenses, the stakes are high. However, as many people are starting to believe, it's not the customer's job to be garnishing the wages of the employees at their local eateries—and tips should never hold so much weight. 

  • I'm just done Rant My wife called me on Friday afternoon at work and told me she and my son wanted to try a new pizza place that opened near
    via dcaponegro
  • us about two months ago. No problem, I like pizza. She tells me they only have 12 inch pizzas. Again, no problem. Tell her to get me a pepperoni and a ceasar salad.
    via dcaponegro
  • I leave work a bit later and stop to get the food on my way home. I walk in and the guy was as nice as can be. I tell him my wife called in an order and give him her name. He checks the system
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  • and says 'here it is, two pepperoni pizzas and two ceasar salads'. He then rings it is and says, 'that will be $70.50' I am in shock but this is the neighborhood we live in. I take
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  • out my card and tap it and I am hot with 20, 25, 30, and No tip options. I hit no tip. This guys face just dropped and his demeanor changed instantly. I said thank you and told him to have a good evening. He just walked away without saying a word.
    via dcaponegro
  • I'm not giving you $15+ dollars for absolutely nothing. GTFOOH with that nonsense. I came home and told my wife that this is the first and last time we are ordering from here. I'm done with this garbage.
    via dcaponegro
  • dave65gto I turned off the tip feature on my cc machine. I have a tip jar if someone wants to leave cash. I want to give people another reason to return, not a reason not to.
    via dave65gto
  • westport116. Yeah, no. Tip for what? Plus the disrespect of expecting tip and changing one's demeanour when it wasn't received.
    via westport116
  • Poster25000 . let the owner know they have lost future business because of this.
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  • SunBusiness8291 We have all been hit with a restaurant sledgehammer: menu prices, tips, and attitude.
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  • MuchDevelopment... Tipping on a pickup order is a no go for me too. That's just nuts.
    via MuchDevelopment
  • Acrobatic-Expert-... Just picked up a deep dish from Giodanos - 18/20/22. For carry out. They can GTFO with that. Lady at the counter wasn't happy. Oh fucking well.
    via Acrobatic-Expert
  • Wonderful_Highw... I would write a review that you got attitude when you didn't tip for takeout and say you're never going back.
    via Wonderful_Highw
  • Chance-Kangaroo... One of the major reasons I get take out, aside from not having to be in public around people, is to avoid the 20% tip. So fuck that noise.
    via Chance-Kangaroo
  • Apprehensive-Bet... I literally was just texting my sister about this issue. They don't even have 10% or 15% as an option anymore. They want 20% to hold a cup under a spigot at the coffee shop? It's totally out of control.
    via Apprehensive-Bet

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