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  • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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    Aqua Letifer
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    #5

    Like dry egg farts, this is all just sound and fury signifying nothing.

    My local coffee shop has a checkout tablet, complete with tip screen. I tip two bucks for a $5.15 order. Because I know the owner and know the staff. Because they make good stuff and I see them around town all the time when my wife and kids hang out. Because they had flooding issues on top of trying to change locations this year.

    There's a convenience store attached to a gas station a couple blocks over. They have the exact same checkout tablet and I never tip them a damn thing. The people are just as nice, but all they do is work a register.

    This isn't hard to figure out. The same people touting "fiscal responsibility harumph harumph business! " are now dumbfounded at a fucking cup of coffee. It makes no sense.

    Please love yourself.

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    • JollyJ Offline
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      Jolly
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      #6

      Speaking of tips...

      https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/thelma-louise-star-susan-sarandon-arrested-in-new-york-aged-76/ar-AA1b2sKI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W129&cvid=cb1f55807d52452e95d06bdb16899e5e&ei=6

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      • MikM Offline
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        #7

        The key to this is don’t get intimidated into tipping, or by how much. You do not have to participate.

        "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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        • MikM Mik

          The key to this is don’t get intimidated into tipping, or by how much. You do not have to participate.

          Aqua LetiferA Offline
          Aqua LetiferA Offline
          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on last edited by
          #8

          @Mik said in Tip creep:

          The key to this is don’t get intimidated into tipping, or by how much. You do not have to participate.

          Exactly.

          Also, pro tip: the tipping screen comes with the tablet software. The guy at the gas station really doesn't give a damn if you tip or not, the screen is just part of the checkout procedure.

          Please love yourself.

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          • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

            @Mik said in Tip creep:

            The key to this is don’t get intimidated into tipping, or by how much. You do not have to participate.

            Exactly.

            Also, pro tip: the tipping screen comes with the tablet software. The guy at the gas station really doesn't give a damn if you tip or not, the screen is just part of the checkout procedure.

            AxtremusA Offline
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            Axtremus
            wrote on last edited by
            #9

            @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

            Also, pro tip: the tipping screen comes with the tablet software. The guy at the gas station really doesn't give a damn if you tip or not, the screen is just part of the checkout procedure.

            1. How do you know whether the guy at the gas station cares whether you tip? Would it not be more reasonable to assume that, if tipping affects his take home pay, that he would care?

            2. Even if the guy at the gas station don't care, chances are the proprietor or the manager who configured the software cares.

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            • AxtremusA Axtremus

              @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

              Also, pro tip: the tipping screen comes with the tablet software. The guy at the gas station really doesn't give a damn if you tip or not, the screen is just part of the checkout procedure.

              1. How do you know whether the guy at the gas station cares whether you tip? Would it not be more reasonable to assume that, if tipping affects his take home pay, that he would care?

              2. Even if the guy at the gas station don't care, chances are the proprietor or the manager who configured the software cares.

              Aqua LetiferA Offline
              Aqua LetiferA Offline
              Aqua Letifer
              wrote on last edited by
              #10

              @Axtremus said in Tip creep:

              @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

              Also, pro tip: the tipping screen comes with the tablet software. The guy at the gas station really doesn't give a damn if you tip or not, the screen is just part of the checkout procedure.

              1. How do you know whether the guy at the gas station cares whether you tip? Would it not be more reasonable to assume that, if tipping affects his take home pay, that he would care?

              Holy shit man get up and take a walk or something.

              Please love yourself.

              AxtremusA 1 Reply Last reply
              • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                @Axtremus said in Tip creep:

                @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

                Also, pro tip: the tipping screen comes with the tablet software. The guy at the gas station really doesn't give a damn if you tip or not, the screen is just part of the checkout procedure.

                1. How do you know whether the guy at the gas station cares whether you tip? Would it not be more reasonable to assume that, if tipping affects his take home pay, that he would care?

                Holy shit man get up and take a walk or something.

                AxtremusA Offline
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                @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

                Holy shit man get up and take a walk ...

                I did, actually, right after I posted.

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                • AxtremusA Axtremus

                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

                  Holy shit man get up and take a walk ...

                  I did, actually, right after I posted.

                  Aqua LetiferA Offline
                  Aqua LetiferA Offline
                  Aqua Letifer
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                  #12

                  @Axtremus said in Tip creep:

                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

                  Holy shit man get up and take a walk ...

                  I did, actually, right after I posted.

                  Be better if you stayed there.

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                    @Axtremus said in Tip creep:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

                    Holy shit man get up and take a walk ...

                    I did, actually, right after I posted.

                    Be better if you stayed there.

                    AxtremusA Offline
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                    Axtremus
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                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

                    @Axtremus said in Tip creep:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

                    Holy shit man get up and take a walk ...

                    I did, actually, right after I posted.

                    Be better if you stayed there.

                    Well, now I am back sitting down in the same chair I was in before.

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                    • AxtremusA Axtremus

                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

                      @Axtremus said in Tip creep:

                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

                      Holy shit man get up and take a walk ...

                      I did, actually, right after I posted.

                      Be better if you stayed there.

                      Well, now I am back sitting down in the same chair I was in before.

                      Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                      Aqua Letifer
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                      @Axtremus said in Tip creep:

                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

                      @Axtremus said in Tip creep:

                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Tip creep:

                      Holy shit man get up and take a walk ...

                      I did, actually, right after I posted.

                      Be better if you stayed there.

                      Well, now I am back sitting down in the same chair I was in before.

                      With the same terrible people skills.

                      Please love yourself.

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                      • RenaudaR Offline
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                        Renauda
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                        #15

                        Never tip at gas stations. No reason. I prepay with debit credit card. I pump my gas and wash my own windows while filling. No attendant involved.

                        Elbows up!

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                        • RainmanR Offline
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                          Rainman
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                          #16

                          There may be a comma missing in this thread's title.

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                          • RainmanR Rainman

                            There may be a comma missing in this thread's title.

                            JollyJ Offline
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                            wrote on last edited by
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                            @Rainman said in Tip creep:

                            There may be a comma missing in this thread's title.

                            ZING!!!

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            • RainmanR Rainman

                              There may be a comma missing in this thread's title.

                              MikM Offline
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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #18

                              @Rainman said in Tip creep:

                              There may be a comma missing in this thread's title.

                              🤣

                              "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                              • RainmanR Rainman

                                There may be a comma missing in this thread's title.

                                Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                                Aqua Letifer
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #19

                                @Rainman said in Tip creep:

                                There may be a comma missing in this thread's title.

                                👍👍👍

                                Please love yourself.

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                                  taiwan_girl
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                                  When I become all powerful ruler of the world, I will eliminate tips. 555

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                                  • MikM Offline
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                                    Went to a little bakery yesterday morning. After standing in line for ten minutes and getting perfunctory service with little charm or welcome they wanted a tip. I chose OTHER and 0.

                                    "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                                    • MikM Mik

                                      Went to a little bakery yesterday morning. After standing in line for ten minutes and getting perfunctory service with little charm or welcome they wanted a tip. I chose OTHER and 0.

                                      Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                                      Aqua Letifer
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                                      @Mik said in Tip creep:

                                      Went to a little bakery yesterday morning. After standing in line for ten minutes and getting perfunctory service with little charm or welcome they wanted a tip. I chose OTHER and 0.

                                      😄 They earned every bit of that 0.

                                      Went to our town's bakery early morning yesterday for Mother's Day and had a different experience.

                                      There were more people outside the place waiting for their orders to be done than inside, and the line to order was out the door.

                                      I finally get up there amid weekend Karens and douchebags in town for a wedding or something, and saw that the owner was behind the counter.

                                      "Hey! What's up? What do you need today?"

                                      "Not to make it difficult but what would you recommend for an assortment of breakfast pastries for a mom and a 4-year-old? Got any new good ones?"

                                      She thought for a minute. Clacked away on the screen. "Get these for mom, these for your daughter. Mom's are the chocolate ones she likes and these here are fruity. Any coffee?"

                                      When she rang me up, she leaned in and said, "and hey, wait right there beside the counter, okay? Just wait right there."

                                      Got me my stuff in under 3 minutes.

                                      I tipped an assload.

                                      The pastries went down exactly as anticipated.

                                      Please love yourself.

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                                      • MikM Offline
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                                        Exactly right. A tip is for services received. It’s not a participation trophy

                                        "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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