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Bro there's no "wait staff" involved in this transaction. He purchased an item, the person handed it to him. This is well outside the bounds of what should be t
by bigstrat2003 2y ago
Bro there's no "wait staff" involved in this transaction. He purchased an item, the person handed it to him. This is well outside the bounds of what should be tipped.
- cryptoz 2y agoIf that is your takeaway from this story, hooooo boy you must be in a rage every day. Places all over Seattle default their machines to tip 18% when you buy a single roll of toilet paper and nothing else. (Edit: you could also pick up a few bottles of expensive wine they sell; maybe you’re in a rush and don’t expect a tip screen ; ooooops you tipped $40 for nothing!) There’s a place that does this less than a block from me right now. Actually probably 2-3 places if you extend a block further.
- qwerpy 2y agoWhere in Seattle does this? Maybe it’s different on the east side. Costco and the grocery store chains here certainly don’t do that.
- cryptoz 2y agoI’m in lower Queen Anne. Every corner store that also sells coffee/sandwiches does this. Maybe 1-5% of customers are buying a sandwich, but 100% are prompted to tip with an 18% default.
- Talanes 2y agoThe problem is that it seems to be necessary to prompt every transaction for a tip to collect any credit tips at all, or at least all the major POS are set-up that way. Which doesn't seem like it should be a big problem in an already not tip-heavy, but there are a surprising number of people who make a very big show of not being able to tip because there's no credit option.
- 2muchcoffeeman 2y agoWait, you guys tip now when you go to the supermarket and get and scan your own toilet paper?
- cryptoz 2y agoNope! We sure don’t! Not on purpose any way. But the businesses sure want us to. This mostly happens at smaller stores and not big chains.
- kstrauser 2y agoI've given stores bad Yelp reviews for daring to ask. I tip people in tipped positions really well. No way in hell I'm giving a penny to someone who only rang up the stuff I carried up to their counter.
- ywvcbk 2y agoAre there technically/legally any “tipped positions” in Washington? Since tipped minimum wage is not a thing.
- geodel 2y agoI think Seattle should introduce 18% tip on original 18% tip as it adds extra work for service workers in form of collecting tip, maintenance of tip screen and so on.
- mcmcmc 2y agoLmao they prepared his usual for him before he got there every day and had it waiting for him. That is exceptional service.
- not_a_bot_4sho 2y agoAgree to disagree. We learned his schedule, we made sure to make his drink so it would be ready on time while also handling the hundreds of other orders in the morning rush. This is something we tried to do for every regular customer with a fixed order. I'd argue that this sort of thing is well within the bounds of what was 'tippable' service back then. But to be clear, tips weren't expected then like they are now. It was an infrequent thing. If you dropped your ~15¢ change into the jar once or twice a month, you were a generous tipper. We served Steve for many years and he was definitely an outlier. He wasn't the only other customer that never tipped. But he was the only one that was famously rich, which is what made it so amusing to us.
- turtlebits 2y agoUnless he specifically asked for that kind of service, I wouldn't tip either, and I refuse to tip a pickup order regardless of net worth, out of principle (unless I am making a non-standard request).
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- hackama 2y agoWhy would you do that though? Were you told to do this by the owner? If not, then that's on you and you should have treated him no differently than any other paying customer.
- Talanes 2y agoDo you do the minimum acceptable work at your job?