I just had a POS machine recommend 20%, 25%, or 30% for percentages. It seems like it’s increasing
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Gork@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It does annoy me slightly when POS systems have placeholder tip amounts but they’re like 18%, 20%, and 25%. Sorry, but I just do the standard 15% in most cases so now I gotta calculate it out in my head.
m_f@midwest.social 7 months ago
eek2121@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I had one do that (well, even higher, 25, 30, 35, Other) for a retailer recently. Like, it took them under 10 seconds to ring me up and they should automatically get 25%? I chose zero.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
You chose wisely
ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world 7 months ago
For POS they’d be much more likely to get a tip from me if the options were $0.50, $1.00, or $1.50.
Serinus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The standard tip at a POS is 0. Generally the same for carry out.
If you’re not getting personal service by a human, you don’t need to tip.
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
I just keep reading this as Piece of Shit machine, and I don’t think I’m too off the mark here.
frezik@midwest.social 7 months ago
Yes, very. The software on those things is terrible.
Frozengyro@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If you ever had to use one, you’d be right on the money.
gigachad@feddit.de 7 months ago
As a non-native speaker, I assume POS != Peace of shit?
Gork@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Point of Sale.
But you’re correct in that most of these Point of Sale systems are also Pieces of Shit
Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Can confirm.
Source: I make POS systems.
someguy3@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
POS in normal talk means piece of shit. POS in business talk means point of sale.
B1naryB0t@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Often it means that but in this case it means “Point Of Sale”
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Point of Sale.
sananibar@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Point of Service (?) aka the machine that handles the transaction
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
If my tip is to be decided before I see my order in front of me, 5% tops if at all.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Fun fact. When I was a kid, the “standard” was 10%. So food prices have shot up faster than inflation, but you’re still tipping 50% more than what the norm was when tipping was already well established.m, even if you ignore the expensive food you’re tipping for.
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 7 months ago
I'm gonna go with the standard 0% or round up the number if i feel like it.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Right? Like why is people’s STANDARD giving money away.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Normally, you’re paying a tip on service. So, the waiter hovering over your table and collecting your order / refilling your drink / dusting off the table between courses is part of the dining experience.
But yeah, now they ask if you want to pay a tip to the fucking vending machine. Its asinine.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
There’s a self service store in the Newark airport that sells overpriced snacks for travelers stuck without any other options. It asks you for a tip while you check yourself out. As if paying $6 for a cup of juice wasn’t bad enough already.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Price of the product and service is the list price. Tipping is extra
Neato@ttrpg.network 7 months ago
Because that’s how our service industry is built.
Tipping isn’t mandatory. But the issue is if a lot of people stop tipping all at once, servers will quit those locations. Then those locations will almost certainly go out of business because they can’t afford to pay a living wage because the US’s commercial real estate is insanely expensive. Current restaurant models essentially are built on this dynamic and to change it would require a lot of moving pieces to change. But for those pieces to change, a LOT of businesses will need to go out of business all at once to tank the real estate market.
And you may think: if they can’t afford to pay a living wage, they should go out of business. That’s a reasonable stance but it ignores the result: megacorps will buy up real estate and only huge chain restaurants will likely survive these kinds of busts. All your local favorite places will go under and be replaced by Fridays or Applebees because their thousands of locations can close 25% to focus on profitability.
Darkmuch@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve been asked for tips when having carryout. And also getting a scoop of ice cream. Tipping is a relic of racist practices when southern people didn’t want to pay emancipated black workers a wage. It only still exists because restaurant owners lobby congress to keep it a thing. Stop bribing congress and pay your employees you fucks.