Facepalm

Bet this was at a pickup counter for a restaurant with no table service

Whenever those POS ask for a tip I always click "no tip" and I learned to not worry about what someone else will think. I felt pressured the first time, but I learned that nothing happens if you don't give a tip. I believe those go straight to the owner anyway.

I still have some hangups about when I am in a restaurant and I still do tip as this is still expected. I just stopped going to restaurants, and I only end up there is someone drags me in.

I hate that whole tip cancer culture, which essentially exists to cheat me to think I'm paying less.

Christ these comments are horrifying

A few fuckers tried this on me at a restaurant in Greece last year.

The proper reaction is not to click "no tip" then cower in case someone judges you.

The proper reaction is to click "no tip" then get on every fuckin review site you can find and every social media site the restaurant is on, and leave 1-star reviews for spoiling my fucking lunch by begging for money. Put the price I pay on the menu, or fuck off.

I'll tip a max of 10% if I want to. That's generous where I am

Fuck that, your whole point of hospitality is to make me feel comfortable, not uncomfortable.

If you don't do this, you're the reason it still happens.

Incidentally, was back in Greece this year and only got harassed for a tip once. Anecdotal but hey, felt like I made a difference

This whole system is designed so that the public subsidizes poorly run businesses.

The only way to make it stop is to force such businesses through legislation to pay their employees more, and to do that you have to get past the "but my business will close / but they'll replace us with AI / but the market says..." crowd.

If the tip starts at 30% I'm no-tipping and never returning

I saw one of these where the restaurant taped over the "no tip" button so you couldn't push it. If you ever encounter that, add a custom tip and punch 0.00

50%??? Is this an app for millionaires??? I might leave 30% at a nice restaurant if I got exceptionally great service lol Asking for 50% is basically saying "please don't ever eat here again" lol

Shit like this results in an automatic “No Tip” from me.

If the percentages look to large, I just hit no tip.

There's this nice Chinese restaurant near my place that doesn't take tips. I go there once a week or so for takeout, largely inspired by the fact they don't take tips.

Why stop there??!!

I can't resist posting this comic whenever tip screens are mentioned or shown.

I don't support the idea of tipping. The responsibility shouldn't fall on the consumer to ensure that employees are paid well — that competition is, and should be, between the employer and employee — tipping encourages employers to underpay their employees, thereby artificially reducing their overhead. It makes even less sense when one considers people who set their own rates, eg hair stylists — one should charge what they think their service is worth. If no one is willing to pay the price of the service, then the service isn't worth the price — tips will just end up artificially inflating prices. Furthermore, it just rubs salt in the wound when taxes, ie VAT, are charged after tipping.

I can be a little sympathetic to the argument "this feature is built into our Point of Sale device, we didn't ask for it".

But 30/40/50% tip is not the default anywhere, that was done on purpose.

You guys STILL accept signatures? Signature for payment on cards was phased out 10 years ago in Australia.

Cashier: "You can leave a tip if you want."

"Angel" by Sarah MacLachlan plays softly in the background

Me: Quickly smashes "No Tip" with my cane while muttering about "success not bein' measured by the size o' yer bank account".

Launchpad McQuack fires up the chopper outside

Custom: -100% 😎

I don't mind tipping even at casual cafes and stuff because I used to work at a pizza place and the tips helped a lot. But if the LOWEST option is 30% I'm selecting no tip.

Make it stop.

There's a "No tip" button.

Can anyone enlighten me on why it says the original cost is $26.17 and the cost is $28, whilst they're still asking for a tip?

I just click No Tip and then remind myself "It is not my responsibility to subsidize the business owner paying their employees."

I'm gonna start pretending I don't know what a tip is and ask the person to explain.

My main issue is that the default buttons start at 30%. I usually tip between 10-30% depending on service. With somewhere between 18-20% being standard.

10% be like, you didn't really do a great job but I know they're not paying you enough

15% is like, you did your job and didn't screw up in any major way, but there was nothing notable about the experience.

Around 20% being more like, you did good, thanks!

And 30% is basically for being a mind reader that can predict my every need before I have it. Things like coming by with refills before ours are empty (for things with free refills), getting condiments ready/at the table either before, or while my food arrives, etc. Along with all the "expected" kindnesses and whatnot.

Unless my experience was genuinely negative, i pretty much always leave a tip.

50% is nuts. 30% as a minimum raises a lot of concerns for me, like the person programming the payment system is somehow getting a cut.

idk why any of you act like there's more than one right answer here. it's on the bottom right.

Even odds that place is commiting wage theft.