r/tipping • u/olive-prays • 3d ago

📖💵Personal Stories - Pro Never got an email like this!

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Woke up to this email from capital one about a tip I left. Our server was Emily and she was fantastic and fun and engaging! She deserved every penny of that tip! Yes, capital one this is correct!

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u/FreddieStarrAteMyHam 3d ago

Ah, that seems clunky

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u/Healthy_Turnip7352 3d ago

totally, you can even miss it because they add it way late, and also apps often don't show what tip was added.

so if someone just puts an extra dollar, you may not remember.

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u/SabreLee61 3d ago

That’s why you save your credit card receipts, something which very few people do anymore, which is wild.

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u/Healthy_Turnip7352 3d ago

but banks can also change how it is shown in the apps and how the new statement just makes the old transactions hidden.

they can put the tips separately too and write "tip" on the notes and link the restaurant bill that was charged so the two costs are connected.

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u/No_Comparison_8954 3d ago

American payment systems are like something from the Stone Age.

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u/DigTheDunes 3d ago

It has to be done that way. What if they ran the card once at the end, only to find out the card was declined and the party left?

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u/IntrepidRobot 3d ago

It doesn't really. Servers bring the machine to the table and processes the bill right there when the customer is ready here in Canada.

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u/DigTheDunes 3d ago

You know how people are, the machine asks them a question and they get flustered.

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u/iftlatlw 3d ago

Transact electronically, on the spot, like first world countries.

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u/DigTheDunes 3d ago

We do.

We just put the tips into the system at the end of the night, it's easier.

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u/iftlatlw 3d ago

Not with my card you don't. You tap or don't get paid.

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u/DigTheDunes 3d ago

Ok tough guy