• fluckx@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Last time I was in the states for a conference I had to do a self checkout in a shop and the machine asked for a tip…

    FOR WHO? I did everything myself? Do you pay these machines a salary too low to survive as well?

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    1 year ago

    I can tell this is old because the tip selection doesn’t go up to 30%+.

    Seriously, tipping is getting out of hand. I compromised by going above 15% to begin with, I’ll be cold and dead in the ground before I go above 20% and I will die on this hill.

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      1 year ago

      I remember when 10% used to be default for typical service and 15%-18% for exemplary service. Then, a few years ago, suddenly everyone started putting 15% as the lowest option on their debit/credit machines. Now I have to push Other Amount to add a 10% tip, but honestly just pressing the no-tip button would be a lot easier. I don’t do it, but it sure is getting tempting.

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        Now I have to push Other Amount to add a 10% tip

        It’s especially getting out of hand when convenience stores are doing it, and then the cashier has the gall to give you a shitty look, especially when you hit no tip. Motherfucker, you scanned my item and processed a transaction, why the fuck do you deserve a tip for just doing your job?

    • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Don’t tip non-service oriented people at all. You shouldn’t tip a gas station attendant for ringing up your bottle of water. Just stick to the traditional tipping industries tipping everyone helps no one except for the credit card processing companies, since the people getting those tips now have to turn around and hand them to someone else every time they spend their money. It’s all a scam by the processing companies.

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      1 year ago

      Broccoli-boy haircut

      It will be a cold day in Hell before I take any kind of advice from someone whose style guru is Bellwether from Zootopia.