So, I went into Famous Dave's (BBQ chain) to pick up a TOGO order and I strike up a conversation with the young, female cashier. She claims:
- 20-25% of people leave tips.
- They split all tips with the people working the TOGO station. At that moment it was three.
- They get paid "a little more" than the dining room servers, but LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE.
This is only one data point and doesn't pertain to all other places that have TOGO. But it shows there are popular places that pay the TOGO staff less than minimum wage.
Now, I suppose I could have been a royal jackass and wave a Droid proudly displaying an electronic copy of a book by "Emily Post", dead for over a half-century, and tell her "Sorry, Emily Post says that I'm not obligated to tip you..., but could you include some extra sauce please?"
I chose to leave a tip instead. She smiled big and said thank you...