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More tipping insanity

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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
    #55

    Not insanity but it seemed like the right thread.

    The conference had an open bar and buffet last night. I like to tip a little at these things. But I never have small bills.

    I would actually have appreciated a little tap and pay device that gave the options $1 $3 $5 other.

    Not that you had to press through to get your order, but just sitting on the side for you to use if you wanted to or ignore if not.

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

      Not insanity but it seemed like the right thread.

      The conference had an open bar and buffet last night. I like to tip a little at these things. But I never have small bills.

      I would actually have appreciated a little tap and pay device that gave the options $1 $3 $5 other.

      Not that you had to press through to get your order, but just sitting on the side for you to use if you wanted to or ignore if not.

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      @jon-nyc said in More tipping insanity:

      I would actually have appreciated a little tap and pay device

      Aqua's sister wasn't there with you?

      I was only joking

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        Hi oh!!!!!!!

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          #58

          Smart idea Jon. I wonder if they did an experiment what would happen. Or at least a sign that says they can break big bills for change, I agree that's awkward when that happens and it's an open bar.

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          • jon-nycJ Online
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            At self checkout buying overpriced snacks.

            They add 3% to help cover their staffing costs because the $7 liter of water doesn’t cover it.

            Needless to say it’s not optional

            IMG_2953.jpeg

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              At self checkout buying overpriced snacks.

              They add 3% to help cover their staffing costs because the $7 liter of water doesn’t cover it.

              Needless to say it’s not optional

              IMG_2953.jpeg

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              @jon-nyc said in More tipping insanity:

              At self checkout buying overpriced snacks.

              They add 3% to help cover their staffing costs because the $7 liter of water doesn’t cover it.

              Needless to say it’s not optional

              IMG_2953.jpeg

              So much to unpack, here, but first we need to address the fact that you are buying Fuji “Artesianal” water while buying Lay’s potato chips….

              The Brad

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              • jon-nycJ Online
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                #61

                She’s eating the lays. The only other water option of 1L or higher was Dasani but I shall never knowingly purchase a Coca Cola product for as long as I shall live.

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                  I buy Fuji water. It tastes better than other bottled waters.

                  And no, it's noy like a watch.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    And Lays are regularly ranked the best potato chips.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      When Garrett Petters, a 29-year-old architect in Dallas, and his girlfriend travelled to Paris last year, one of their favourite parts was eating out. They enjoyed French duck, andouillette, plenty of bread, cheese and coffee and even escargot.

                      But it wasn’t just Paris’s cuisine they admired. It was also the different tipping culture. “We were talking about how nice it is in Europe that they pay their waiters and waitresses and we don’t have to tip because of it, and isn’t that cool,” Petters said. It felt very different from back in the US, where tipping culture felt “out of control”.

                      and

                      Self-checkouts, drive-throughs, hotdog stands, drug stores, a bottled water stall at a jazz festival, an airport vending machine, a used bookstore, a cinema box office, a children’s arcade – these are a handful of the surprising places people reported being asked for tips, with several suggesting companies were taking advantage of new social expectations on gratuities.

                      “Before, tipping was considered generosity,” Petters said. “Now, it’s about guilt.”

                      But a backlash could be brewing, with gratuities falling from a pandemic peak. Average full-service restaurant tips in the fourth quarter of 2024 fell to 19.3%, which is a six-year US low and down from a high of 19.9% in the first quarter of 2021, according to data from Toast.

                      Petters said he was adding less on to the bill now, in the hopes employers would be forced to increase pay for staff. But when he mentioned this to acquaintances working service jobs, he added, some people became angry. “I just said, ‘Why aren’t you mad at your boss for not paying you a liveable wage?’

                      “I think business owners are really taking advantage of the situation.”

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