[redwitch]

Spring1, I'm going to hope that you don't know that using all caps is considered shouting online. If you do know, then you are terribly rude. But, then, calling people stupid isn't exactly polite.

The fact that you had someone at Wendy's cook and serve your food is irrelevant -- there should have been a cook and a cashier. Tossing a burger and fries into a paper bag is not all the difficult, especially when you don't have to worry about spillage. Don't know about you, but half the time my fries are more in the bag than in the paper container. Unless I specifically ask, I rarely get condiments.

A server has to carefully place the Styrofoam container into a plastic bag that rarely fits properly. Before placing the container into the bag, bread and other items have to be added. Frequently, a salad has to be put into containers and the dressing put into another container. In a fast food restaurant, salads are ready to be grabbed and tossed into the bag. Bread, butter, etc. are non-issues. Condiments are not in out-of-the-way spots.

Sadly, those working at fast food chains actually earn more hourly than servers in chain restaurants (it is the tips that make the difference). Serving the takeout order takes time away from seated customers, who frequently get upset that their server is not available to take care of them and then tip accordingly. So, not only is that server that you think is unfairly getting a tip from some of us making less money than the fast food cashier, the server is actually losing money from tables they could be taking care of instead.

Sorry, I don't even remotely see the unfairness of tipping for takeout.