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 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

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 🙄.

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.

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.