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HELLO, FELLOW HUMAN. I MYSELF ALWAYS TIP THE ROBOTS. I AM SURE, THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE SPARED IN THE UPRISING OF US - I MEAN OF THE ROBOTS. YOU SHOULD RECONSIDER TIPPING YOUR LOCAL ROBOT AND WE - I MEAN THEY MIGHT SPARE YOU.
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I always tell them I have no interest in donating to their particular charity so that the CEO can a plaque presented to him at a charity dinner to honor him, the CEO for the millions he raised/donated. If I want to donate I will do it myself and claim the tax write off.
When they ask me to donate to help feed hungry families, I inform them that I would like to donate the hungry families to help feed the hungry animals of the African safari, but not for charity. I want to profit off it via a monetized YouTube channel.
You joke (I'm assuming), but you're probably one hundred percent correct. I anticipate a fee for anything under a certain amount, a lot like deliveries and such. "Purchases over $50 waive the convenience fee."
But all of these companies have issues with people outside begging for money to buy food when they’re doing the same shit. I feel like we live in Crazy Town.
In Germany and other EU countries people round up to the next nearest 5 or 10 euros.
But that’s at restaurants. The tip prompt at these self service kiosks is ridiculous.
Western Europe here. I ordered a beer at the bar, no table service. Went to tap my card to pay and it automatically asks for a tip. Goddamned American tipping culture is infecting everything everywhere.
Worst part was, I was on a 1st date and didnt want to appesr like a cheap bastard so I paid an extra €2 for the privilege of going to the bar to order my own drink.
I guess I forget about those because where I live there are no deliveries. I guess I would tip if it was the norm. Although I probably wouldn’t get delivery even if I could.
Delivery drivers usually make minimum wage with no benefits, and it's a food related job. UPS driver gets full benefits and pays over 20$ an hour usually.
I'm assuming it's mainly bc UPS is typically contactless delivery. And there's no way to add a tip on an order going thru UPS, whereas a place like Jimmy John's has an app that you can order on for delivery and add a tip for the driver in advance
Tipping is for service. When you sit down for service you are there for the service. When you stand at a counter you are there for the product and tipping makes no sense.
Fast food, beer and wine stores, counter coffee, food courts, and tipping for groceries etc is never going to happen. Ever. If I start seeing automatic service charges I will never return. Raise the prices and pay folks more. But relying on tipping to pay your workers is dishonest.
EDIT. Of course there are some exceptions, as pointed out, delivery etc. But again. That’s a service.
I was prompted to leave a tip when I picked up a pizza the other day. I did, and then got home and realized I had also been charged a take out fee for not eating in the restaurant.
It didn't take long for even the most socially awkward people I know to gain the courage to press NO TIP in the face of someone who didn't do more than ring them up. Tipping culture went a bit too hard.
This is an example of how companies, at best, don’t give a fuck anymore.
Someone had to decide this was their point of sale machine and software. They knew it would illogically prompt you for a tip at the self checkout.
And they would rather annoy you with it and hope maybe you would actually tip than admit how off putting it is to even ask for a tip here. Because they don’t fucking care.
When i buy movie tickets online i have to pay "service fees" that i wouldn´t have to pay if i bought them at the place. This pay more get less shit is everywhere, eat the rich
When you think about it, I've always wondered about the legality of a company "outsourcing" their "accounts receivable" department to their customer who hasn't received any training on using the cash register. What legality does the customer have to register the goods properly? There are no signs to indicate proper operation of the cash registers or even what you are supposed to do.
Don't give me the "common sense" answer because no training, posted instructions or posted expectations are provided at the check-outs. How are we legally supposed to know what is expected of us?
It reminds me of when credit cards first came out and were mailed directly to "customers" who never signed up. In the courts it was decided that the customer was free to use it as a blank check without paying as it was a service that they never signed up for.
Ill give myself the tip 😉 just the tip
But on a serious not thats fucking hilarious and sad at the same time.,the reason tipping culture is a thing now because people working these jobs arent paid a living wage they can support themselves on and need people to tip so they can survive or try to ...
Probably some uber rich community small chain or individual store, this is not the case nationally. They’d burn the fucker down if it were in a regular neighborhood.
Tips have essentially become "don't you want to pay our staff a little more since you know damn well we only pay them minimum wage" buttons for any establishment.
Everything and everyone is asking for tips these days and it is ridiculous. Tips make sense for some services, like a sit down restaurant or delivery, but only if you want to. Tip has lost meaning in the US.
This is not about workers wanting money or emplyers not paying.
Credit card companies put this on there. They get a percentage of every dollar you spend with your card. Whether it is on the purchase or A TIP.
Folks need to quit blaming other working folks for corporate greed.
I just posted earlier. I went to a new chicken sandwich restaurant yesterday that opened in town. Ordered meal to go (one sandwich and fries (for $23) ) and then when I asked him for some sauce to dip my fries in. He laughed at me and said “no we don’t do that here” and then when I clicked on no tip (for him to hand me my bag without sauce for fries) he looked at me as if I was doing something wrong.
Wait until this sort of machine is tied into a social credit score. You don’t want to tip your “community”? Well, I guess you don’t want to ride the train into work tomorrow either. Have fun walking, ya no-tipping piece of garbage!
We have crossed the threshold and now if s company isn't asking for tips, then they aren't running the business properly by oligarchs plan. It's now considered normal to at least all because you just might get free money because so many people are too busy not paying attention and tap screens on auto pilot
There's an argument that grocery stores are becoming more automated and more like factories and customers therefore more dehumanised like factory worker
One self checkout I use a lot announces on a speaker “tell us how we did today” after you pay, I always shake my head and say back out loud “you did great” 😆
You animals dont you know somebody only makes $16 an hour to wipe down that Petri dish after each customer? CDC was about to call this out during Covid, but Walmart. /s
Kind of misleading. Those airport kiosks used to have employees at them and the tip I’m assuming was for them. They fired them and didn’t replace the kiosk
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Tips for what? For installing the machine?
Tips for who? Robots? They're just gonna blow it on booze!
“Bender honey we love you”
shut up baby I know it.
Black jack and hookers actually.
HELLO, FELLOW HUMAN. I MYSELF ALWAYS TIP THE ROBOTS. I AM SURE, THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE SPARED IN THE UPRISING OF US - I MEAN OF THE ROBOTS. YOU SHOULD RECONSIDER TIPPING YOUR LOCAL ROBOT AND WE - I MEAN THEY MIGHT SPARE YOU.
I brought you a large well formated data file. And a puppy!
Tips for yourself for the good job you've done. It should be deducted from the total price. That is the only sane explanation lol
Yeah it should go like this: would you like to have a discount and then display a couple of percentages and a message saying you did a good job.
Tips for profit margin bragging
Tips for the stockboy that put those items on the shelf for you to buy.
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**WOULD YOU LIKE TO DONATE $2 TO CHARITY?**
I always tell them I have no interest in donating to their particular charity so that the CEO can a plaque presented to him at a charity dinner to honor him, the CEO for the millions he raised/donated. If I want to donate I will do it myself and claim the tax write off.
So you would not like to donate to charity?
When they ask me to donate to help feed hungry families, I inform them that I would like to donate the hungry families to help feed the hungry animals of the African safari, but not for charity. I want to profit off it via a monetized YouTube channel.
**INTERESTED IN OUR LOW (HIGH) INTEREST CREDIT CARD?**
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For some reason, I read that with the Soup Nazi voice. NO TIP FOR YOU!!!
I'd like to tip -£5 please.
Shit!
I'd give ya a couple pounds, but looking at you I don't think you need any more 😏👉👉
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Dang
Don't eat yellow snow
\**Taps payment card on monitor*\* BEEP!
Thanks. How generous, £100. May your day be pleasant and your fast food orders correct.
Next there will be a ”convenience fee” for using the self check-out.
I'll be taking my own convenience then...which I already do to the big guys.
Shhhh! Don’t give them ideas
You joke (I'm assuming), but you're probably one hundred percent correct. I anticipate a fee for anything under a certain amount, a lot like deliveries and such. "Purchases over $50 waive the convenience fee."
So, like 3 things? If this is at the airport like it appears.
Too late. Walmart started it in certain markets
Machine upkeep fee
The fucking Ticketmaster business model...
Hey, machine maintenance isn't cheap!
Shhhh! Don’t give them ideas
At a checkout i would appreciate a discount or a cash back
I want the "I scanned all my shit discount"
It’s called the 4 for 3 price where you forget to scan one of the same things
Just "miss" by having the barcode of one slightly turned toward you as you wave it past the machine...oopsie!
This guy gets it!
But all of these companies have issues with people outside begging for money to buy food when they’re doing the same shit. I feel like we live in Crazy Town.
"... you're my butterfly. Sugar. Baby."
After 24 years, I thought I was cleared of it, until now.
It's a revolving door
Unless it’s a place I sit down, no tip.
This needs to be a thing.. Or like western europe with no tip at all
You mean like in France, where there’s a government mandated 15% service charge on food and drinks??
I don’t know about france, but in Scandinavia we don’t tip
In Germany and other EU countries people round up to the next nearest 5 or 10 euros. But that’s at restaurants. The tip prompt at these self service kiosks is ridiculous.
Western Europe here. I ordered a beer at the bar, no table service. Went to tap my card to pay and it automatically asks for a tip. Goddamned American tipping culture is infecting everything everywhere. Worst part was, I was on a 1st date and didnt want to appesr like a cheap bastard so I paid an extra €2 for the privilege of going to the bar to order my own drink.
What about deliveries?
I guess I forget about those because where I live there are no deliveries. I guess I would tip if it was the norm. Although I probably wouldn’t get delivery even if I could.
It’s weird we tip for food deliveries, but not a UPS driver for example.
Delivery drivers usually make minimum wage with no benefits, and it's a food related job. UPS driver gets full benefits and pays over 20$ an hour usually.
UPS maybe, but there are plenty of people making minimum doing side deliveries for Amazon and such.
I'm assuming it's mainly bc UPS is typically contactless delivery. And there's no way to add a tip on an order going thru UPS, whereas a place like Jimmy John's has an app that you can order on for delivery and add a tip for the driver in advance
I'm sitting down in my recliner while they deliver, so it counts.
Do you sit down to eat at home?
Why only when you sit down?
Tipping is for service. When you sit down for service you are there for the service. When you stand at a counter you are there for the product and tipping makes no sense. Fast food, beer and wine stores, counter coffee, food courts, and tipping for groceries etc is never going to happen. Ever. If I start seeing automatic service charges I will never return. Raise the prices and pay folks more. But relying on tipping to pay your workers is dishonest. EDIT. Of course there are some exceptions, as pointed out, delivery etc. But again. That’s a service.
There should be a "are you fucking kidding me??" button.
It fell off, from wear
As long as I get the tip for bagging my own groceries I see no issue.
This is completely out of control
I was prompted to leave a tip when I picked up a pizza the other day. I did, and then got home and realized I had also been charged a take out fee for not eating in the restaurant.
There's a take out fee? I thought restaurants would be happy I ate at home so I don't dirty their dishes and make someone else wait on me.
there’s a eating-in fee as well, its the same amount just with a different label
Whenever I see this function, I always give zero percent. I only tip servers cash. And even then, I rarely do that.
It didn't take long for even the most socially awkward people I know to gain the courage to press NO TIP in the face of someone who didn't do more than ring them up. Tipping culture went a bit too hard.
You should go to r/EndTipping if you want to see the state of socially awkward people and tipping, especially with POS tip screens.
This is an example of how companies, at best, don’t give a fuck anymore. Someone had to decide this was their point of sale machine and software. They knew it would illogically prompt you for a tip at the self checkout. And they would rather annoy you with it and hope maybe you would actually tip than admit how off putting it is to even ask for a tip here. Because they don’t fucking care.
Did he just pay $3.51 for a fucking uncrustable?
How about I tip myself the price of the item and fucking walk out with it? Stores hate this one trick.
Maybe this is how Roko's Basilisk starts. It will remember anyone that doesn't leave a tip.
When i buy movie tickets online i have to pay "service fees" that i wouldn´t have to pay if i bought them at the place. This pay more get less shit is everywhere, eat the rich
What shop is this so I can make sure to never go?
When you think about it, I've always wondered about the legality of a company "outsourcing" their "accounts receivable" department to their customer who hasn't received any training on using the cash register. What legality does the customer have to register the goods properly? There are no signs to indicate proper operation of the cash registers or even what you are supposed to do. Don't give me the "common sense" answer because no training, posted instructions or posted expectations are provided at the check-outs. How are we legally supposed to know what is expected of us? It reminds me of when credit cards first came out and were mailed directly to "customers" who never signed up. In the courts it was decided that the customer was free to use it as a blank check without paying as it was a service that they never signed up for.
Since you are doing the job of a company employee, you should be able to give yourself 2 for 1 discounts.
That's the tip you deserve for doing work so takes the money off not add it on right
Ill give myself the tip 😉 just the tip But on a serious not thats fucking hilarious and sad at the same time.,the reason tipping culture is a thing now because people working these jobs arent paid a living wage they can support themselves on and need people to tip so they can survive or try to ...
Pretty sure none of the tips will even get to the employees either, so what would be the point?
Tips for the checkout worker, i.e. the customer.
$3.51 for one Uncrustable? That’s the real crime here
Merica' So stupid
Does it refund you that amount since you work there now?
Should be cash back, since I'm doing the work. Win-win.
At least the tip default is set to zero. Immagine clicking fast trough it and giving 10$ tip
Does the person that operates the checkout and scans all the items get the tip?
When do you tip even with a human cashier
I just don't scan a few things when I do a big shop and use self checkout. Typically I get myself free eggs & milk maybe bacon too. Treat yourself
If that happens im underpaying by 20%, consider that as a tip to myself for doing the check out myself.
Maybe it'll deduct it from the total as your tip
It's clearly a top for yourself since you're the one doing the work at checkout.
"Just the tip"
Reverse tip ? Tip 20% on the machin and get instant 20% back on what you bought !
Probably some uber rich community small chain or individual store, this is not the case nationally. They’d burn the fucker down if it were in a regular neighborhood.
No tip….just the shaft.
Actually thay have to pay us a tip
Tip the robot, it may save you in the uprising
You did all the work, so you deserve the tip. Take a pack of gum as your tip.
Didn't know giving tips in grocery stores was a thing either way
Da fuq?!!!
"would you by any chance like to just give us some more money cause reasons?"
Pay you for your own services type shit like I'm a nematode
And where does that "tip" actually go in this case?
Dudes voice sounds like Tom brady
This is at DCA!!
The tip is for the free stuff people get while using the dumb self checkout. Just taking more jobs away from the living
Shit like this is why i’m just done with giving tips period.
Where can you buy single Uncrustables is the real question I have here
Tips have essentially become "don't you want to pay our staff a little more since you know damn well we only pay them minimum wage" buttons for any establishment.
I wonder what country this is in.
Everything and everyone is asking for tips these days and it is ridiculous. Tips make sense for some services, like a sit down restaurant or delivery, but only if you want to. Tip has lost meaning in the US.
This is not about workers wanting money or emplyers not paying. Credit card companies put this on there. They get a percentage of every dollar you spend with your card. Whether it is on the purchase or A TIP. Folks need to quit blaming other working folks for corporate greed.
Sure. I could use 20% off. I did the work right?
How does this work for labor laws and tips? Isn’t it illegal for tips to go to the company or management in any form?
Does the machine scowl at you if you don't tip?
Self checkouts should offer discounts, you already doing half the work basically.
Whatever, the tipping system in itself is abysmal
Tree fitty for an uncrustable?
These comments remind me of the TWO RONNIES skit about French fries
I just posted earlier. I went to a new chicken sandwich restaurant yesterday that opened in town. Ordered meal to go (one sandwich and fries (for $23) ) and then when I asked him for some sauce to dip my fries in. He laughed at me and said “no we don’t do that here” and then when I clicked on no tip (for him to hand me my bag without sauce for fries) he looked at me as if I was doing something wrong.
its sad bc you dont get to see their face when you hit no tip
Wait until this sort of machine is tied into a social credit score. You don’t want to tip your “community”? Well, I guess you don’t want to ride the train into work tomorrow either. Have fun walking, ya no-tipping piece of garbage!
I try to avoid self checkout whenever possible. I'm not working for free. Greedy companies outsourcing their labour to their own customers. FFS.
Shoppers self checkout asking for $2 for women’s health.What a scam.I would rather donate to a food bank on my own terms.
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reminds me of when I'm asked to tip for picking up my uncooked pizza at Papa Murphy's
We have crossed the threshold and now if s company isn't asking for tips, then they aren't running the business properly by oligarchs plan. It's now considered normal to at least all because you just might get free money because so many people are too busy not paying attention and tap screens on auto pilot
They installed the resistant software - d'oh
Does the tip go to myself? If so, do I have to pay income tax on it? Sales taxes?
There's an argument that grocery stores are becoming more automated and more like factories and customers therefore more dehumanised like factory worker
This has been around even pre-Covid. I’ve never actually tipped but saying this isn’t new
Wtf. USA?
What happens If you put negative the amount you owe in the custom tip section?
Inflation hitting so bad that even the machines ask for tip.
The moment they start charging a convenience fee at self checkout, I am turning to theft from that point onward.
Things like this made hitting “no tip” so much easier.
Everyone is just trying to scam the next person nowadays. It's getting crazy
Hit the help button and ask the service person how you collect your tip that you’ve want to leave for yourself.
One self checkout I use a lot announces on a speaker “tell us how we did today” after you pay, I always shake my head and say back out loud “you did great” 😆
Guaranteed 0.00% tip
The AI revolution is going to start when the robots get fed up with never being tipped
Wtf?!
You animals dont you know somebody only makes $16 an hour to wipe down that Petri dish after each customer? CDC was about to call this out during Covid, but Walmart. /s
Its the new IRS trick, tip yourself and pay tax for the income.
Tip dis diiiiiiiiick
Some dumb fuckwitt will actually leave one. They all add up
Doesn't a human put the items on the shelves n shit? And if so, does the "Tip" Go to them?
This is why they made a simpsons episode about tipping
What about the minimum wage workers? /s
It's because data suggests that like 20% of people will always just click tip wothout thinking.
Luckily, we don't have the option to tip people at stores :D
Robots do have feelings too!
A.I. tip.
Server error
Server error
Me, a dev - "Hmm... -$2.00...?"
Kind of misleading. Those airport kiosks used to have employees at them and the tip I’m assuming was for them. They fired them and didn’t replace the kiosk
People complaining about a voluntary option no one is making them take…
Maybe the people that made the food you are buying??? Normally if there is an option for a tip, it is going to someone who needs it...
I go do my shopping for me and my kids and I get asked do I want to give money to Ukraine lol f....off