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I haven’t been to Europe for a few years so my memory is vague, but at least in Canada, you can enter a tip on the point-of-sale machine (and waiters/bartenders

I haven’t been to Europe for a few years so my memory is vague, but at least in Canada, you can enter a tip on the point-of-sale machine (and waiters/bartenders will get very aggressive if you don’t leave enough, despite the stereotype that “tipping is only a thing in the US culture”). Other than that parenthetical, does it work the same way in Europe? For those who don’t know, in the US it works like this: a paper receipt is brought, which you write a tip amount on in pen and then sign. The total is then manually entered into the computer later on. Absolutely medieval technology.

NamTaf 6y ago
That's how it works in Australia, on the fairly rare circumstance that you come across an option to even leave tips. Generally everyone just presses enter through it.
aerique 6y ago
I don't know about the whole of Europe, but here in the Netherlands when the bill comes and it is €45.87 I'll say "make it €50" so we pay once for bill and tip.
Milner08 6y ago
Some times yes, the handheld card machine they bring over will give you the option, but its not super common in the UK. Most likely people will either tip in cash if they have any they can scrape together (becoming increasingly rare) or just say "round it up to Xyz" and get them to charge us that.
cromka 6y ago
Not anymore, really. The pandemic and the implied heightened hygienic regime has caused an almost complete shift to POS payments, including the remote ones brought to you. You choose a tip by tapping on the screen and get charged that amount right away, without deferring adjustments. Contactless payments supported as well. I don’t remember last time I had to sign for my purchase. The first time ever a terminal was brought to me in NYC was July last years. It is a tremendous, almost overnight change. I since lived in Miami and San Juan, it’s the same everywhere. You just have to indicate you’d be paying contactless. If you pull out a card and ask for a check, there is a chance they will still handle it old-school, though.
KineticLensman 6y ago
> Other than that parenthetical, does it work the same way in Europe? It varies significantly depending on which European country you are talking about (we have massive social variations across our 30 or so countries), and then on factors within each country, down to the policy of specific pubs/restaurants and pub/restaurant chains. In the UK, I've seen at least two specific cases (I don't eat out very much, even before the pandemic). These are: the waiter hands you a device where you can enter a tip as an amount or just click through to the final payment, OR the waiter themselves enters the final amount - without a tip - and then just hands you the device to press 'OK'. They will add a tip if you ask them in time. I haven't signed a card receipt for years.

NamTaf 6y ago

That's how it works in Australia, on the fairly rare circumstance that you come across an option to even leave tips. Generally everyone just presses enter through it.

aerique 6y ago

I don't know about the whole of Europe, but here in the Netherlands when the bill comes and it is €45.87 I'll say "make it €50" so we pay once for bill and tip.

Milner08 6y ago

Some times yes, the handheld card machine they bring over will give you the option, but its not super common in the UK. Most likely people will either tip in cash if they have any they can scrape together (becoming increasingly rare) or just say "round it up to Xyz" and get them to charge us that.

cromka 6y ago

Not anymore, really. The pandemic and the implied heightened hygienic regime has caused an almost complete shift to POS payments, including the remote ones brought to you. You choose a tip by tapping on the screen and get charged that amount right away, without deferring adjustments. Contactless payments supported as well. I don’t remember last time I had to sign for my purchase. The first time ever a terminal was brought to me in NYC was July last years. It is a tremendous, almost overnight change. I since lived in Miami and San Juan, it’s the same everywhere. You just have to indicate you’d be paying contactless. If you pull out a card and ask for a check, there is a chance they will still handle it old-school, though.

KineticLensman 6y ago

> Other than that parenthetical, does it work the same way in Europe? It varies significantly depending on which European country you are talking about (we have massive social variations across our 30 or so countries), and then on factors within each country, down to the policy of specific pubs/restaurants and pub/restaurant chains. In the UK, I've seen at least two specific cases (I don't eat out very much, even before the pandemic). These are: the waiter hands you a device where you can enter a tip as an amount or just click through to the final payment, OR the waiter themselves enters the final amount - without a tip - and then just hands you the device to press 'OK'. They will add a tip if you ask them in time. I haven't signed a card receipt for years.