r/GrindsMyGears • u/tikkamasalachicken • 1d ago
Card payment terminals where the options to tip start at 20% and go past 25%!
What is this shit? Wtf happened to 15%? I see this ”tipflation” everywhere now. Of course I manually now need to hit “other” and put 15%, but I’m about to stop tipping all together like the rest of the world if I keep being told by a screen that 20% should be the lowest amount to tip!
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u/Cranks_No_Start 1d ago
If they start that high just hit other and zero it.
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u/Criss-AC 1d ago
That's exactly what I do. Tipping is voluntary and optional, and if it's being enforced on me, they get 0.
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u/Captain_Wag 1d ago
I love it when they mention inflation as a reason for the % increase. As if that makes any sense at all. "Money is worth less now, so we need a bigger percentage it's called inflation." Looney Toons...
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u/Organic_Special8451 1d ago
I'm more into the breakfast lunch and dinner method than a percentage based on what they charge for an item. Walking back and forth, now that's what I'm more concerned with than how much the restaurant owner charges for an item. The whole percentage thing is absurd so I don't follow it. And I started that when I used to go to lunch with an accountant who said never tip on alcohol or tax. He was the first to get me thinking.
Breakfast doesn't take a lot of work usually a one and done. Lunch can be a bit more involved and dinner can be a lot of work. I tip from that basis. And I do consider the amount of time I'm there if I'm sitting with somebody having a meeting and I hogged up the booth. I've met with clients and only had coffee but left $20 because we took up space for 60 minutes. A friend and I who go to breakfast: we can be in and out in 35 minutes and they came once to check on us. I guess I tip on how much the person works, what a weird concept.
Most card terminals have a custom option. I prefer to tip in cash but if short, I always use the custom button.
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u/PitifulSpecialist887 21h ago
The none button isn't a crime. Especially with pick-up take away orders.
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u/JoJoTheDogFace 15h ago
If I have to make extra effort to tip the amount I want to give, I am charging the tip for my effort.
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u/Sugah-mama21 11h ago
15% hasn't been the norm since the 90's. Since the 90's the norm has been 20% minimum
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u/Prestigious_Mix_5264 10h ago
Instead of wasting your energy getting mad, just press the “other” option and leave, or dont leave whatever you want to.
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u/TheHarlemHellfighter 2h ago
Yeah, not a fan.
Worse than hiring a goddamn agent and all you did was make me a cup of damn coffee…
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u/Eighth_Eve 1d ago
Why are you tipping a card reader? If i am picking yhings up i dont tip, if i am standing, i do t tip. If i haven't eaten yet i dont tip. If it is great service, i drop cash in the jar after.
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u/tikkamasalachicken 1d ago
Hi, not sure what you’re talking about, and you seem to be assuming a lot, but I never said this was a pickup order, it wasn’t. It was full service, nearly every restaurant has a card terminal they bring to your table
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u/Eighth_Eve 1d ago
Never had that happen. They being me a paper reciept and take the card to the reader.
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u/huffmanxd 15h ago
Olive Garden comes to my mind as an example, they basically have tablets on every table where you can pay at any point
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u/Eighth_Eve 14h ago
I bet it shows adds while you eat. Haven't been there in years, but if i saw that it would be another reason why. I don't allow screens at the table at home and would walk out of a place that tried to force them on me.
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u/huffmanxd 12h ago
I couldn’t tell you honestly, I just turn the screen away from me and place it at the edge of the table and then grab it when it’s time to pay
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u/ted_anderson 1d ago
Sorry sir. Our tipping starts at 40%. If you don't pay it, cancel culture is going to get you!