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Do You Tip At Sonic?

Yes
3
12%
No.
23
88%
By Ed Dantes
Registration Days Posts
#196579
Question: I'm at the drive-thru at Sonic (not the area where I park my car and have the waitress bring my food -- the drive-thru) and I order. The girl comes up to my car after a rather long time, gives me my food, I pay, and drive away.

That caused a bit of a stir with my wife.

Long story short -- yes or no. Do you tip the girls at the drive-thru at Sonic?
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By adam42381
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#196588
jcmanson wrote:We had this convo before:

http://flamefans.com/forums/viewtopic.p ... =sonic+tip
I was going to search for that thread. I knew we'd discussed this a while back.

EDIT: Apparently you guys had the discussion and I read it. Also, by looking at the poll results the previous thread must have convinced some here not to tip...
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By RubberMallet
Registration Days Posts
#196598
i just solve that problem by not going to sonic at all because its by far one of the most overrated places i've ever been too.....terrible food and ridiculous prices...
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By JDUB
Registration Days Posts
#196600
and extremely slow service
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By newandimproved
Registration Days Posts
#196602
JDUB wrote:and extremely slow service
:nod
By thesportscritic
Registration Days Posts
#196603
newandimproved wrote:
JDUB wrote:and extremely slow service
:nod
:exactly
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By RubberMallet
Registration Days Posts
#196606
i went and it took 20 minutes for us to get our food....i get it home and its all completely wrong....i called and complained and they sent me 2 free meals...

i went back because hey its free food....and it took forever and THEY GOT IT COMPLETELY WRONG AGAIN...IT WAS EVEN RIGHT ON THE RECEIPT!

morons....i gave the other coupon away...
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By prototype
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#196610
Technically you should.

Rule is - if they bring you food - you tip.

Now - I checked no - because I don't tip there:) It's still fast food to me and it's not fast there.
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By RubberMallet
Registration Days Posts
#196613
no. they make regular wages.
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By adam42381
Registration Days Posts
#196616
prototype wrote:Technically you should.

Rule is - if they bring you food - you tip.

Now - I checked no - because I don't tip there:) It's still fast food to me and it's not fast there.
So, you'd tip at the Dairy Queen Grill & Chill's since they bring your food to your table?
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By mrmacphisto
Registration Days Posts
#196619
RubberMallet wrote:i went and it took 20 minutes for us to get our food....i get it home and its all completely wrong....i called and complained and they sent me 2 free meals...

i went back because hey its free food....and it took forever and THEY GOT IT COMPLETELY WRONG AGAIN...IT WAS EVEN RIGHT ON THE RECEIPT!

morons....i gave the other coupon away...
Fast food workers in Lynchburg, for the most part, have IQ levels that barely allow their bodies to perform basic functions. The Forest Sonic is where it's at.
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By RubberMallet
Registration Days Posts
#196625
i'm nowhere near lynchburg.

and regardless their food is nearly tasteless
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By flamesbball84
Registration Days Posts
#196626
sonic is ok, but fast food folks dont get tips from me. if all you do is bring me my food and nothing else, you are simply doing your job, at the bare minimum, thus not doing anything deserving of a tip.

restaurant waiters/waitresses get tips, not fast food people, because most of them do more than just bring you your food and nothing else.
By Hold My Own
Registration Days Posts
#196662
thesportscritic wrote:
newandimproved wrote:
JDUB wrote:and extremely slow service
:nod
:exactly

I have NEVER gotten out of there with less then a 15 minute wait...I'm not kidding....I havent been back after about the 10th time that happened
By LUconn
Registration Days Posts
#196663
You can't beat happy hour. They have good drinks.
By thesportscritic
Registration Days Posts
#196667
Hold My Own wrote:
thesportscritic wrote:
newandimproved wrote: :nod
:exactly

I have NEVER gotten out of there with less then a 15 minute wait...I'm not kidding....I havent been back after about the 10th time that happened
i haven't been back there in months. it might have been a year since i last went there.
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By RubberMallet
Registration Days Posts
#196675
LUconn wrote: They have good drinks.
this is all i ever hear when people defend them.

and sonic can afford to do happy hour because it only serves like 4-5 people within that hour
By LUconn
Registration Days Posts
#196678
Well they do. Their chili pie was good. But they don't have it anymore. And their chili and cheese tots used to be good but I think they changed both the kind of chili and cheese they use. Now it's just ok.
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