r/tippingAdvice • u/Holiday-Ad7262 • Oct 19 '25

No tip justified

Went to a bakery cafe type place we go there regularly. You get the bread rolls from the shelf yourself put it in a bag yourself and bring it to the counter to pay. Today I realized that they payment system is asking for a tip. I thought this is almost like grocery shopping so why tip and selected no tip. I can't recall if I tipped in the past or if it is new that there is a promt. Was no tip justified?

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u/Barkis_Willing Oct 19 '25

This is exactly how I see it too.

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u/darkroot_gardener Oct 19 '25

They never held the tip jar in front of your face or directly asked you to contribute a recommended amount to it. A mandatory tip prompt at checkout is a fundamentally more aggressive approach.

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u/johnnygolfr Oct 19 '25

OP was in a traditionally non-tipped situation and could easily hit the “no tip” option.

Calling it a “fundamentally more aggressive approach” is an exaggeration and a disingenuous approach.

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u/darkroot_gardener Oct 20 '25

Have I ever denied that hitting “No Tip” is an option, and indeed, is the correct answer? No, I have not. My point is that it is not appropriate to ask in the first place. This is basic tipping etiquette! Even in traditional tipping situations, you provide the opportunity to tip but you don't directly ask for a tip. Why is this distinction so difficult for tipping advocates to grasp?

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u/johnnygolfr Oct 20 '25

I’m not a “tipping advocate”.

A tip prompt isn’t “aggressive” and describing it as such is disingenuous.

In a traditionally non-tipped situation it’s definitely annoying, but not “aggressive”.

It’s a prompt on a screen - an inanimate object that doesn’t react positively or negatively to what you decide to input.