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I think there is a 3rd possibility in how tipping ends: people get sick of tipping and stop doing it. It seems like every single transaction asks for a tip thes

by rcme 4y ago

I think there is a 3rd possibility in how tipping ends: people get sick of tipping and stop doing it. It seems like every single transaction asks for a tip these days. I tip heavily, but even I am getting weary of tipping so often. Most of the time, it feels like the tip shouldn't be necessary; the employers should be covering the cost of the employee. If people get used to declining tip prompts, it's possible that we see this change in behavior make its way into the restaurant industry. At least for me, personally, I'm nearly at the point where I want to stop tipping entirely. It just seems so unnecessary and just another way that the capital class deflects blame for inadequate employee pay.

twoodfin 4y ago
Especially post-pandemic, I've come to view those flip-around screens as an opportunity for direct, voluntary, progressive income redistribution, or price discrimination, if you like. Paying an extra couple of bucks for falafel or a slice of pizza really doesn't mean anything to me, it presumably means a good bit more to whomever's behind the Square terminal.
- Kon-Peki 4y ago
  I've become so cynical; I assume that by the time the card processor and Silicon Valley take their cut, the employee is left with a few extra pennies. I'm way less likely to tip when I see a flip-around screen. I hate them.
  - wyre 4y ago
    Square, et al. take 3% for CC processing.
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Overtonwindow 4y ago
The only reason I continue to tip is out of fear for being called out, or something done to my food. So much of tipping has been about constantly badgering them then guilting and shaming people who don't do it.
lamontcg 4y ago
Yeah I'm done with those screens that flip around and ask you to tip everywhere. My default is now 'no tip' unless its a traditional tipping situation. Most of the time those 'tips' aren't going to the employees, it is just predatory capitalism exploiting another revenue stream.

by rcme 4y ago

twoodfin 4y ago

Especially post-pandemic, I've come to view those flip-around screens as an opportunity for direct, voluntary, progressive income redistribution, or price discrimination, if you like. Paying an extra couple of bucks for falafel or a slice of pizza really doesn't mean anything to me, it presumably means a good bit more to whomever's behind the Square terminal.

Kon-Peki 4y ago
I've become so cynical; I assume that by the time the card processor and Silicon Valley take their cut, the employee is left with a few extra pennies. I'm way less likely to tip when I see a flip-around screen. I hate them.
- wyre 4y ago
  Square, et al. take 3% for CC processing.

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Overtonwindow 4y ago

The only reason I continue to tip is out of fear for being called out, or something done to my food. So much of tipping has been about constantly badgering them then guilting and shaming people who don't do it.

lamontcg 4y ago

Yeah I'm done with those screens that flip around and ask you to tip everywhere. My default is now 'no tip' unless its a traditional tipping situation. Most of the time those 'tips' aren't going to the employees, it is just predatory capitalism exploiting another revenue stream.