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Systems designed for the US have made their way to Germany, and we're seeing more and more of this in a society where tip was very much optional. Many of my fri
by nicbou 3y ago
Systems designed for the US have made their way to Germany, and we're seeing more and more of this in a society where tip was very much optional. Many of my friends said that they refuse to tip with those machines out of principle.
- LordKeren 3y agoPart of the issue is pressure from the employees themselves to implement these kinds of systems— because what sane employee wouldn’t want more money? I think we’re going to see the practices around tipping only expand in the future and permeate in to more countries. It seems like a system that has no real mechanism to be undone. It is next to impossible to convince employees that removing tips is a good idea when they will see an immediate cut to their income
- feedforward 3y ago> Part of the issue is pressure from the employees themselves to implement these kinds of systems— because what sane employee wouldn’t want more money? The shoeshine boy Orwell wrote about in Homage to Catalonia, incensed that Orwell added a tip to his given wage?
- malshe 3y agoIs it happening in some parts of Germany? I haven't experienced it so far but I visit only Baden-Württemberg.
- nicbou 3y agoIt's all over Berlin now