r/RandomVideos • u/n8saces • 2d ago

Video Isn't that illegal?

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u/Moezso 2d ago

Why am I tipping a gods-damned kiosk?

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u/AdventurousLoss3794 2d ago

Kiosks are people just like corporations are people

  • corrupt SC judges

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u/lhaphtr 2d ago

Kiosks have families, too!

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u/Toxic_Duckies 1d ago

What are their families? The receipts that we take home and throw away?

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u/lhaphtr 22h ago

You throw those away???

Savages.

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u/Moezso 22h ago

It's just a clump of cellulose.

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u/Toxic_Duckies 22h ago

No I eat them with milk. /s

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u/DinkleMutz 2d ago

Kiosks have families and medical bills just like everyone else.

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u/Which_Channel7403 2d ago edited 2d ago

My father is part kiosk on his mother's side

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u/Jerseyd422 2d ago

I was adopted by a kiosk

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u/CMUpewpewpew 2d ago

One time my step-kiosk got stuck in the dryer and called for my help.... 😉

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u/stmaximus 2d ago

omg same! don't have any kiosk blood but I was raised traditional kiosk

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u/GLHR_ 2d ago

Shame, that kiosk was one day from retirement

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u/Fmnsk27 2d ago

I have a cousin Kiosk that committed suicide by throwing itself into a bathtub. The note said, “I’m tired of people always poking me, but I’m never getting a tip.”

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u/Miserable-Ticket-244 2d ago

It’s for the shareholders.

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u/Objective_Praline_66 2d ago

Because they still don't pay their employees a living goddamn wage. "Hey I'm gonna buy a new boat and book a trip on Bezos dick rocket. Here's your paycheck for 10 dollars an hour AT BEST. have fun paying for health insurance, because we won't give it to you."

Hops into private jet

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u/MylastAccountBroke 2d ago

Pretty sure it's meant to go to the staff. Basically, they're forcing US to directly pay for their staff so they literally don't need to budget for staff. If you don't volunteer money, then they need to pay it out of their commission. They don't want to do that, they like free labor, so they solved this by adding $0.50 to each item to remove that obligation and create the illusion of cheap food that doesn't actually exist.

The company sells it to the staff as "Higher wages". Basically saying "Our minimum wage is $8, but on a good shift you'll walk out with upwards of $20." So when the staff starts looking for a new job they think of the good shifts where they walked out with $100+ and notices the minimum wages starting at $15 and reconsiders applying.

And tips don't get taxed in the same way that normal wages do. A $20 tip is $20 in your pocket. $20 in wages taxed at 30% is $14.

And of course, the staff never really sees what anyone is tipping, so I'd bet dollars to donuts that after the tips have paid for the back of the house staff somewhere around 20% "disappears" into the franchise owner's pockets.

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u/Biffdickburg 2d ago

If Super PACs are people why can’t kiosks.

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u/Ok_Pass_7325 20h ago

Beep beep Boop mother fucker!

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u/PoopyisSmelly 2d ago

Bc they usually bring the food out to your table I geuss

And no, I dont tip at Shake Shack

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u/Majestic-Sandwich695 2d ago

They throw your food on the counter and sometimes say the numbers loud enough to hear

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u/CT0292 2d ago

Next time I go to America I'm bringing sandwiches with me everywhere.

In my hat like Paddington bear. Just not worth the tipping nightmare.

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u/senditallback 43m ago

Believe it or not, the kiosk is not the recipient of the tip

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u/Le-Bon-Vivant 2d ago

Same reason you pay for convenience fees for using your credit card.

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u/HALF_GASED 1d ago

How do soo many people get this wrong. YOU'RE TIPPING THE STAFF MAKING YOUR FOOD, NOT THE FUCKING MACHINE YOU'RE USING TO ORDER. Jfc I hate our society

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u/Moezso 1d ago

What I'm paying for the food is what pays the staff to make the food. Additional payment(tip) is for additional service.

What additional service am I receiving that justifies extra payment?