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Concept for deterring the selection of "no tip" (not real) (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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*edited post title to make it clear that this is a joke

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If this became real, it wouldn't affect me and I'm introverted and near mute in public. I already do this with the "would you like to round up to donate" bullshit. I only have problems saying "no" if it will possibly hurt a person's feelings; idgaf about the feelings of a business.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

idgaf about the feelings of a business.

Fair enough, but you should know that the money you donate by rounding up doesn't in any way benefit the business. It's your donation and iirc you could even technically write it off your own taxes (doubt it's worth the hassle though)

Also the thing about tips is that it will unfortunately hurt peoples feelings because at least in some places they probably earn below minimum wage. It's absolutely bullshit, but not participating isn't the perfect solution it might seem

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Not strictly true. CVS, a US retailer, announced they would be donating $10 million to a charity and would be supporting the charity via customer round-up prompts as well.

In reality, they were including the customer donations in the $10 million, so anything customers donated saved them money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

It doesn't really save them money, it just means they can report that number and get a public pat on the back. I highly doubt they were planning on donating that money w/o customer donations, they likely looked at past donations and figured this was a safe number to go for.

Donating through one of those prompts doesn't help or hurt the company in any meaningful way, other than allowing the company to take credit for your donation (not on taxes, just on public statements).