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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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Valiant Woman
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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Originally Posted by
krystian
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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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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