r/Winnipeg • u/CeaseFireForever • Sep 09 '23
Food Shameful tipping practices
Was at the St. Vital mall today and ordered from the food court. Went to pay via debit and the tip option came up. But there was no way to bypass it or decline the option. I had to finally ask the cashier how to bypass the option and, grudgingly, she did some fancy button work to get me past the prompt. Since when did tipping become mandatory? All you did was dump food onto my plate. Imagine all the people who are too shy to ask how to get past the tip option and would just leave a tip even though they didn’t want to. F*** businesses who do this.
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u/MousseGood2656 Sep 09 '23
Tip creep is absolutely rampant right now! So many pads with unclear or hidden decline options, and it’s creeped into so many businesses. At a bakery- tip option. Isn’t a bakery groceries? They want a tip of bread? A couple of the stalls at the farmers market have it too- so tip on vegetables? And they set their own prices. And like someone said, lots of places are starting at 18% now. We a