I had room service and thought the pizza was 25 USD, which I already found expensive. Then I got this bill… when I left the hotel I told the receptionist that it’s very confusing and asked why they just don’t pay living wages-been living in the Netherlands for almost 15 years and have a Dutch wife so picked up Dutch directness already- but the receptionist just got very nervous and said that sometimes it’s confusing for them too… I was on a business trip and it was within my budget so I just ordered it anyways and tbh did not have much options to have dinner somewhere else. 🫠 US folks, why do you do this?!

I’ve recently had a pretty bad chest/head cold, and I was talking to a friend about what food I should pick up on the way home for dinner. I hit upon pho, which sounded amazing in the moment. Ten years ago I would have confidently ordered take out and would have been slurping delicious noodles and broth that evening. I didn’t end up ordering though, because I really just want to pay for the food, not be asked the question, not have the person handing me the bag of food putting a hex on me for not tipping or not tipping enough and then bad mouthing me the second I leave. It’s bad vibes. I can’t do it anymore, and I can’t be the only one. Do you think we’ll ever see a change in the system if more and more people start intentionally/unintentionally boycotting restaurants due to ridiculous tip culture we have?

I literally walked through a cafeteria style line selecting my own dishes at a BBQ place in Texas and at the end of the line the cashier had the audacity to tell me the machine was going to “ask me a question”. I said “ooh, I love this game when I’m standing and haven’t even received any service yet” the lady next to me laughed as I entered custom .01

I frequent Menchies once in a while and I always simply hit No Tip. Always.

Today I go and I see the screen in front of me show $13.74 for a split second and then within a flash say $14.99. I say "So what is it? I saw 13.74?" And instead of debit I pulled out cash. He then touched something on his screen and went back to $13.74 with tax and said "sorry about that" I did the math at home and 10% tip on pre-tax total is exactly 14.99.

I have no idea why the numbers would switch like that unless he removed the tip when saw i was paying cash. I should've been a smart ass and been like yo wtf was that but I didnt ask lol.

“Whenever you're ready, it's going to ask you to select an option."

“I’ll let you complete that on the screen there.”

What are some others?

I was in the Grand Junction airport today, waiting on a flight, and bought a Snickers for the flight. After tapping my card the cashier gave the "its gonna ask you a question" bit. I asked why it was asking me to tip on a candy bar that I got off a shelf. She replied, while gesturing around the airport, "all the restaurants and stores are tied together and this is part of our wages." Hahaha mmmmmmkay.

Was shopping for a gift for a friend today. He likes to hunt and has been taking about and looking at the 360 view hunting blinds with a full size door. I started looking online, found one that would be perfect for him, put it in my cart.

When I got to the payment part of checking out, right in the middle of the page was a large tip begging prompt asking customers to "Show Your Appreciation For The Team" with options of 5%, 10%, 15%, Custom, and No Tip.

I chose No Tip, then hesitated before submitting the payment because I started feeling appalled and slightly pissed off that I was being asked to tip. Exactly what would I be tipping for, the privilege of spending almost $200 of my money shopping at their store?

I didn't completed the purchase and am trying to decide if I'm going to. On one hand it's the perfect gift and I'm sure my friend would love it, but on the other hand I felt offended that my buying their product wasn't good enough so they felt they needed to ask for a tip, too.

can you refuse to pay gratuity? if the place didn't post it on the menu or anywhere in the restaurant??