• adrian783@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    the prevalence of iPads with 20,22,25 percent tips for a coffee is having me question the entire practice for sure.

    im also seeing reataurants operating server robots now. for those I only tip 10%.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      Yeah and before the Ipads it was a little jar with the word “tips” on it, but nobody uses cash anymore so they have to ask for that $1 (are coffees still $5? Mine is $2.95 so it’s $0.59) digitally now. Of course, the robot probably isn’t worried about making rent this month so it’s probably safe not to tip bots, but I don’t mind sliding a dollar to the nice girl providing me the happy juice. If I did I’d just make coffee at home or stop at the gas station and serve myself though, I wouldn’t go to a place with a human that expected a tip. Idk, if I’m going to force someone to suffer I’d rather just eat the bullet and drink shitty gas station coffee than be the 100th person to symbolically tell someone to fuck themselves and die this morning while they contemplate if they’d rather pay the power bill or get groceries this week but that’s just me.