We have discussed the iPad screen. Is a tip jar for cash or a Venmo at the register less offensive. Think Shoe Train

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Anonymous wrote:100% with you, OP. I used to default to a 20% tip for everything on that little iPad. Did it for years. I'm so tired of having to add extra $ for every little thing that I buy that now I hit $0 always. I'm no longer tipping and do not feel guilty.

If I buy a sandwich, I'm just going to pay for the sandwich at the register and leave. It's gotten out of hand.

Yes yes yes!! Let’s normalize not tipping in situations where tipping isn’t warranted.

Excellent! I think the app on those iPads is Square. I never tip on those. Before Square, did you tip 15 to 20% for picking up carryout? Really? Dine in with waitstaff is 20%. The person doing carryout can perform that task 15-30 times an hour, depending on the restaurant. Food cost could be $500-1500 on that amount of orders. Use common sense, the carryout person should not expect 15% of $500 an hour.

I’ve always tipped for carry out. It’s often the same waitstaff as the regular restaurant (I’m thinking of my local sushi restaurant, where I happen to get the most takeout from) and my takeout order is taking their attention away from their in restaurant customers.

Anonymous wrote:Over the summer I went to a water park where there was a tip jar at the cashier where you purchased tickets. Tipping a surly teenager who only swiped my credit card? No thanks.

Right. Just ignore the tip jar and carry on. I doubt it was the surly teenager's idea it put it there in the first place. Its like when they are forced to ask you if you want to donate to St. Jude or whatever. They truly don't care if you so no. Truly. They are forced to ask you by their boss.

Over the summer I went to a water park where there was a tip jar at the cashier where you purchased tickets. Tipping a surly teenager who only swiped my credit card? No thanks.

Some of y’all just need to man/woman-up. It’s not that hard. Just click “no tip” on the app and carry on. Nothing bad happens! I promise! I certainly wouldn’t let it stop me from ordering somewhere I want to. I’m pretty sure the cashier is used to it.

I’m curious if all these people who will “not go back” instead of hitting “no tip” are younger or older. My sister is 34 and she would avoid a “confrontation” like this at all costs, by either paying a tip she doesn’t want to or not going there any more (and complaining about that too.)

The one that pisses me off the most is Norman's Farm Stands. Why do I need to tip for a bag of apples that I picked and bagged myself? Also the staff purposely turn the ipad/machine around to offer the tip so even if it is an automatic feature, they want and encourage the tip.

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Anonymous wrote:It's part of the credit card app they use. It's not personal.

Please. I don't believe for a second that those apps aren't able to be customized to skip the tipping screen.

They can custamize. My dry cleaner had the same app. There is no tip screen.

But no incentive to by restaurants and coffee shops. Waiting for generous people to select default 15% to 20% for 30 seconds of work (coffee shop or ice cream shop) because they feel guilty. It is the ‘default’ on the screen. Kinda genius if you think about it. Free money.

Except, as the last post pointed out, some customers are turned off by that and will take their business elsewhere. Not so genius.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, the tipping expectations have become insane. My list of where to tip looks like yours, OP. It's so uncomfortable to be put in that position at the ice cream shop. It makes me avoid places with the iPad asking for a tip where it's not appropriate.

Especially because they stand there and watch you while you deal with the iPad. Awkward.

Agree with this. And I wonder if businesses appreciate they are losing business by having the app set to ask for a tip— with many I encounter defaulting to 22%.

I tried Call Your Mother bagels and Sunday Morning Bakehouse in Pike and Rose and both asked for 22% for counter service (with the person watching me intently as I paid in one case). Never been back.
On the other hand, Potomac Sweets in Kensington has the same payment set up but does not ask for a tip. I’m a regular Saturday morning customer there.

Anonymous wrote:I've never tipped anywhere but a full service restaurant and a salon. Somehow I'm still here.

I've also never given a holiday gift to my postal worker or trah person. They still come.

Yes! Postal workers and trash pickup get paid fairly well for blue collar jobs!

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Anonymous wrote:It's part of the credit card app they use. It's not personal.

Please. I don't believe for a second that those apps aren't able to be customized to skip the tipping screen.

They can custamize. My dry cleaner had the same app. There is no tip screen.

But no incentive to by restaurants and coffee shops. Waiting for generous people to select default 15% to 20% for 30 seconds of work (coffee shop or ice cream shop) because they feel guilty. It is the ‘default’ on the screen. Kinda genius if you think about it. Free money.

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Anonymous wrote:100% with you, OP. I used to default to a 20% tip for everything on that little iPad. Did it for years. I'm so tired of having to add extra $ for every little thing that I buy that now I hit $0 always. I'm no longer tipping and do not feel guilty.

If I buy a sandwich, I'm just going to pay for the sandwich at the register and leave. It's gotten out of hand.

Yes yes yes!! Let’s normalize not tipping in situations where tipping isn’t warranted.

Excellent! I think the app on those iPads is Square. I never tip on those. Before Square, did you tip 15 to 20% for picking up carryout? Really? Dine in with waitstaff is 20%. The person doing carryout can perform that task 15-30 times an hour, depending on the restaurant. Food cost could be $500-1500 on that amount of orders. Use common sense, the carryout person should not expect 15% of $500 an hour.

Anonymous wrote:Np. Me too, OP. it’s liberating.

“Liberating?” ROFL. Get a life.

Thanks for sharing. Here’s that attention you ordered.

I’ve also stopped tipping and just do 20% before tax. Also I pay cash to avoid the iPad tip screen!

Anonymous wrote:It's part of the credit card app they use. It's not personal.

Please. I don't believe for a second that those apps aren't able to be customized to skip the tipping screen.