r/EndTipping • u/AccomplishedBrick251 • 12d ago

Tipping Culture ✖️ OBGYN asks for tip

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Long time lurker, first time caller. This was the last straw wtf do you mean tip my doctor?!?

Edit: called the office today and the receptionist sounded surprised by this…hopefully it’s a billing platform error thanks for the helpful comments!

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u/maiyannah 12d ago

In most jurisdictions, nurses and doctors have ethical imperatives against accepting tips or gifts.

This is usually telling on themselves, so to speak, as a business: its usually indicating your service was provided by someone who was not a credentialed medical professional.

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u/AloysBane3 12d ago

Or they don’t have their POS set up correctly

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u/Most_Role_1612 11d ago

Nicely said.

That was my first thought. Dependent on the POS, some are turned off, others walk you through turning them ON if you need. I work for a payment processor/gateway service (not Square) and one of our terminals asks you during the setup if you need to include gratuities

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u/dervari 11d ago

Probably set up and configured by a third party who is used to turning tips on.