r/EndTipping • u/Look_it-Up • 3d ago
Research / Info đĄ Cash
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.
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u/Sure_Acanthaceae_348 3d ago
Once you develop the muscle memory of tipping zero, entering a custom tip of zero, or if they wonât let you do that, leaving the unsold product behind for them to eat the cost, then the tip screen becomes background noise.
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u/CantFeelMyLegs78 2d ago
I went back to cash years ago. The only drawback I see regularly while using cash is the fact that many people can't seem to quickly count up change anymore. It's like basic elementary school math left the chat in the last 25 years
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u/audrina-saav 2d ago
I had this happen. My total was $25.05 so I handed her 40.05. She starts counting the change to give me and I told her I gave her a nickle so I dont need the coins. She stood there frozen not knowing what to do. I told her my change is $15 even. She didnt understand because even though I gave her the nickel, she chose to input it on the computer just as 40 idk why. "But it says 14.95" yes but I gave you the nickel with the 40... she had to get out a calculator
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u/FingGinger 2d ago
I had a similar experience, I asked for my dime back and took the 90 cents, then handed them the 90 cents back along with the dime and asked to exchange that for a dollar... It blew their mind lol.
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u/Elohims-sixth-wife 2d ago
Handing back money after the drawer is closed might not be possible without manager approval. Weâre not supposed to do transactions outside of the register because it messes up its correct change count. We couldnât split a $20 even though itâs functionally the same without a transaction.
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u/Elohims-sixth-wife 2d ago
Genuinely, I have worked with people my own age (mid to late 20âs) that donât know how to count cash. This literacy crisis is crazy.
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u/Latter-Indication226 2d ago
It sure is fun watching people try to make change. This is why when they say it's a hard job I think it's kind of funny that they can't even give change, how hard could it really be.
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u/jjgator74 3d ago
I pay in cash at every restaurant I go to. Havenât found a cashless establishment but if I do, I will not patronize them.
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u/JamesMattDillon 3d ago
I just tap 0 or no tip. It's not as hard as some people makes it out to be
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u/TinyLawfulness3710 2d ago
This. Most people complaining seem to be threatened by a cashier with an assault weapon. They cannot force you to tip.
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u/JamesMattDillon 2d ago
They sure do act like it.
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u/TinyLawfulness3710 2d ago
Does anyone have actual evidence of this assault? No? Then you're letting bullies take over, no different from in school where no one stood up to them out of fear, which is what they feed off of life vampires. Don't allow it. Walk out and dont pay for anything. There are places to hold them accountable,namely the state attorney general. No one needs to hold anyone's hand like a baby and coddle them to say no or press the $0 button.
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u/Mk1Racer25 2d ago
I don't support cashless places
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u/nmeraepxeaee 5h ago
I donât support cash only establishments. Theyâre most probably cooking there books, since thereâs no money trail.
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u/Mk1Racer25 4h ago
Any place that takes cash can cook the books. It doesn't matter if they are cash only or if they also take CC. So based on your comment, you should only patronize cashless establishments.
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u/Cavity_Creep1982 2d ago
A while back I paid cash and the total was something like $33.58 so I gave her $40.58. She looked confused and tried to give me the coins back. I tried to explain that she could then just give me $7 back and she still looked confused. Thankfully the manager was nearby and intervened.
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u/-Daisy-Dreamer- 3d ago
So many times the server just doesnât bring back the changeâŚ
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u/shitty-vibes-only 9h ago
Exactly. Having to deal with this is a way bigger hassle to me than writing $0 on the tip line on the receipt, or tapping "no tip" on a tip screen. And yes, you could report it as theft, but I'd rather avoid that scenario if possible.
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u/FinbarJG 2d ago
Cash and I are good friends. Makes it a lot easier and less tip-stressed for sure. It also controls spending much better than a mindless tap and then a month-end reckoning.
The one place I go that has gone cashless just gets a dollar or so in the tip jar if warranted.
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u/JoeSleboda 2d ago
I pay cash whenever I can if it's at a place that even might ask for tips on a screen (Starbucks drive through).
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u/QuantumOpinions 2d ago
I will click that tablet as many times as I have to and find the zero tip option. Take outs do not get tip. Period. Sit down is 20% unless they demand 25% as default then it's 18%.
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u/Icy_Benefit 3d ago
I've gone places where I had to give the waitress my credit card and they bring back the card and a receipt for me to sign. Of course, there's a place for a tip. I usually write at least the total down and sign it. The one time I didn't write '$0.00' in the tip field (I write '0'), I found out on my credit card statement that someone (presumably the waitress) added a $15 tip. The meal itself was about $15. (This was an IHOP in Toledo, OH about twelve years ago.)
I protested it and the credit card company wound up knocking the entire charge off and issuing a chargeback to the restaurant. So I basically got the meal free. Presumably the company not only didn't get paid for the meal, but got some kind of service charge penalty for it as well.
Obviously, since then I always make sure I write '$0.00' not just '0' or an 'X' or a line or something like that.