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    Self checkout machines now ask customers to tip

    -Self-checkout machines want you to tip them for all that they do.

    Businesses are starting to introduce new options for tipping at self-checkout machines, putting even more pressure on customers amid rising inflation costs.

    Despite having zero interaction with employees during transactions, self-checkout machines at places such as coffee shops, bakeries, airports and sports stadiums are giving customers the option to leave the typical 20% tip, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

    Business owners believe that the prompt for a tip can boost staff pay and increase gratuities — but customers are questioning where and to whom the extra cash is going, considering self-checkout is done, well, by yourself.

    "They're cutting labor costs by doing self-checkout. So what's the point of asking for a tip? And where is it going?" Ishita Jamar, a senior at American University in Washington, DC, who has noticed more self-serve tip cues, told WSJ....

    Self-checkout machines now ask customers to tip

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    What a joke. I don't tip the takeout Chinese food place either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    What a joke. I don't tip the takeout Chinese food place either.
    Neither do I. Whenever there is a tip jar near the cash register, I pretend not to see it.


    Tipping is overrated now. Just about every service person think they should get a tip. Cashiers, then there are the girls in the salon. I only need one person to do my manicure & pedicure. Hair salon. Now we're expected to tip the shampoo girl and the hairstylist, even the receptionist has a tip jar in some places. Tip the waitress, the server, and the cook. It seems everyone wants a tip these days. Who's next, the airline pilot?

    One of my co-workers friend's daughter set up a Cash App on Facebook inviting people to "help me celebrate my mom's birthday...Here is her Cash App ID."

    Folks are getting more stupid every day. SMH
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    Quote Originally Posted by Valiant Woman View Post
    Tipping is overrated now. Just about every service person think they should get a tip.
    I know, tipping was supposed to be for exceptional service not normal service.

    As to the self checkout machines they should actually be giving us a discount for doing the work for them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    I know, tipping was supposed to be for exceptional service not normal service.
    Also not for regular salaried employees. Now everybody expects them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Also not for regular salaried employees. Now everybody expects them.
    I think I'm going to put a tip jar on my desk for laughs.

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