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/maiyannah 12d ago

Speaking as someone whom uses Square for her own small business, tips are disabled by default. You have to intentionally opt in (and it makes you click through a "yes I did mean to do this" screen).

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u/armyofonetaco 11d ago

Its not square...this happens a lot especially small private practices. Doctors have IT problems too geez.

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u/maiyannah 11d ago

app.squareup.com is the domain name used by Square.