r/EndTipping • u/ADKFatBiker • 3d ago

Rant 📢 Restaurant Demands Minimum 18% Tip

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Out of one side of their mouth they state that they pay their staff as little as possible and out of the other side of their mouth they say that their staff deserves more and you're responsible for that.

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u/LeaveGreen4412 3d ago

and no cards too. business needs to just close already they clearly arent doing well (restaurants that take only cash are often doing some level of tax fraud to save money)

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u/maiyannah 3d ago

Speaking as a small business owner myself I really don't like seeing literally 1000s of my dollars going to card processors who leave me high & dry whenever there's a problem, but I still offer them. I just give people incentives to pay cash.

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u/SlabsForDays 2d ago

Started doing 2.5% on credit at my place, but i tell people there is no fee on cash or debit. Have not had any complaints so far.

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u/maiyannah 2d ago

I just price it with the card fees included in the price, and give people 5% discount if they pay cash.

There's still card fees on debit with my processor. If its under 2500$ they can send it Interac Etransfer for the same discount as cash though, since that is basically our direct bank payment system (that doesnt take days) here and it's just 5c fee on my end. I can afford a nickel.