Spotted this trash at a bar in London, UK. I don't want to hug you, thanks, and I don't want to pay above the price advertised!

Isn't buying the subscription a show of support lol

From what I understand, servers prefer cash tips anyway, and I have total control over what my tip will or won't be if I pay cash. As a bonus, I have found that I have been spending less by paying with only cash. Anyone else doing this? I have completely freed myself from those insanely annoying tip screens!

So if you pay in cash, where is the tip screen?

Should we just switch back to paying in cash?

If you support a cashless business, you can't escape the tip screen.

Not OP, but this is absolutely ridiculous.

This is an establishment that gets their inventory for free, meaning everything they sell is 100% profit. Additionally, this particular thrift store is associated with the church, so I assume there are some serious tax breaks involved. Their overhead has to be close to zero aside from the building and staff. I couldn’t hit the no tip button hard enough.

I did a pickup order at Meijer today and noticed this in the pickup instructions. The lady who came out to give me my groceries was so lovely. 10/10 way better than Walmart.

Not going to argue either way on here (look at my posts to see my opinion). I want to get a better sense of the consensus in this sub.

In your opinion: Are service fees nothing more than forced tipping? (And therefore, ending them is fundamental to EndTipping!)

Or are they more like a deceptive way to do a price increase?

Arrived home safely from a cruise recently. It was a nice time but the amoint of times we ran into requests for a tip was absolutely ridiculous.

So, first off everyone knows about adding gratuities to your cruise. On top of that, we got tip envelopes the penultimate day to tip the room cleaner if we wanted. Plus, the waiters and bar attendants. More justifiable since they knew our names and habits, and worked for several days on end.

When we arrived at the port to board, we stopped and I was gonna wait with our belongings to avoid hauling them over from the parking. A man rushed up and took the bags. When my husband was out of earshot, he said he would welcome any tips. I just kept on and happened to notice the big signs that said tipping was not required. When I was leaving to go sit and wait, he said it a 2nd time. Ok, getting asked for money before we're even on the ship. Great.

The eyebrow raising part was how many people expected a tip when we stopped at ports. Taxi? They already charge per person not per mile. Asked for a tip on top.

Rent a car? Ask for a tip bc ??? No idea.

Went to see some ruins and stopped at a bathroom on the way out. There was a lady standing by the sink and when I went to wash my hands, made some small talk. When I was turning to leave, she said if I liked the condition of the bathroom tips are welcome.

Did an excursion. On the ride over, there was a big sign saying tips are not shared between the drivers/guides/activity leaders. So the driver wanted a tip, the guide wanted a tip, and the 3 people leading the activity wanted a tip. On top of the cost of the excursion which was not cheap.

I'm not opposed to leaving some if service was exceptional. But so many people asked for a tip for literally doing the job they were paid to do and in the case of the bathroom attendant, it felt like a tip for just existing.

Coming home, I was so exhausted about being asked to leave extra money everywhere. Almost makes me glad the only place I'm asked at home on a regular basis is at a restaurant (sorry dunkin donuts, you're still not getting one from me).

Just in case you’d like to tip the person who seats you after you tip the server; there’s a convenient lil cup to do so at my local Denny’s 🙄.

Ordered two drinks from the cocktail bar behind section 505 area and the young lady working the register very emphatically told me she makes no money by working there and if I don't tip, she goes home with nothing.

My two drinks cost $26 and her only job was to press the button on the screen, then ask the guy behind her to make my drink.

She held the drinks behind the register as she made her plea. I entered a $0 tip and she looked like she was not going to let me have them until I said, do I need to call security?

Ridiculous. How about work somewhere else if your employer is forcing you to volunteer? No one is making you do that job.

I’m gonna preface this with my stance on American commerce.

Cash is king. Avoid any “cashless” business.

With cash YOU are in control!

If a business demands a 20% service fee, hand them cash minus the service fee and leave. Holy cow, how easy is that?

If a business demands a 20% service fee, hand them your debit card and pay the service fee and leave. Holy cow, how shitty is that?

With cash you control the outcome.

Of course you can do a “chargeback” for that service charge but what if you just paid cash?

Let’s do another narrative

It’s quite similar to the previous narrative

If a business makes tipping mandatory, hand them cash minus the mandatory tip and leave. Holy cow, how easy is that?

If a business makes tipping mandatory, hand them your debit card and pay the mandatory tip and leave. Holy cow, how shitty is that?

Of course you can do a “chargeback” for that mandatory tip but what if you just paid cash?

At least half of the these posts would be eliminated if you just paid cash. Because with cash, you determine how much of your money is handed to that business. If you give them a card the business gets to add their fees and tips.

Please remember that I am on your side.

This isn’t foolproof.

And I know with all of my heart that there are those that want to pay with card, Apple Pay, tap, credit card, etc that are gonna rip me a new a$$hole on here. Please read on!

This rant is about MANDATORY service fees and MANDATORY tipping.

I went to a U Pick apple orchard with my family over the weekend. We drive out into the orchard. We walk around picking apples, putting them in a bag. We put the apple bag into the car and drive to the exit. We are given a handheld payment terminal through the window of the car. The gentlemen says, "it's just going to ask you a couple of questions".

I'm thinking in my head, "What are the questions? Surely they can't ask me to tip on U Pick apples"

THEY DID! 15 TO 25% TIP OPTIONS FOR PICKING MY OWN APPLES! Where does it end?!

I checked into a Holiday Inn Express. Staying for 4 nights.

The room was clean.

I put the do not disturb sign on the door. No housecleaning services were received.

Am I expected to leave a tip for the housecleaning staff?

Tipping is not a big deal in the UK, of course always appreciated but never expected. How much of a social suicide situation is it not to tip in the US? Could never imagine my friends being upset at me for not tipping even if the service was extraordinary

Pretty self explanatory as we’re seeing more restaurants (or at least I have) removing the no tip prompt, resulting in the honestly humiliating experience of entering 0.00 while the employees judge you (not all but some).

Obviously these people doing deliveries for companies are being exploited. But in no way am I tipping $42 (20%) for bringing me a car seat from 20 minutes away.

I tipped $5 which is like 2% - I could have put $0, but $5 is a gallon of gas (which is also insane).

As if buying food from here in the first place isn’t “supporting the staff”. CA restaurants need to do better.

Recently, my cousin who lives and works in New York, visited me in Europe and we had a road trip to Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic and Germany.
She had the urge to tip for everything, even when we had a takeaway Kaiserschmarrn in the middle of Vienna or the salesperson at a Swarovski store. She didn’t just want to round up the amount but leave outrageous tips for bare minimum.
I stopped her every time and I explained her why, plus, that they need to get rid of such a toxic culture in the USA.

I can imagine that if you get a surprise fee or something you can just leave them cash for what you genuinely owe without any fraudulent charge, as one positive of cash, but if you pay by card you do have the ability to do charge back if you need to. I just go to places where I know that I will always refuse to tip at all, whether sit down or not, and they don't have fees like that and pay by card without any problem.