▲ 354 ▼ World Cup tourists aren’t leaving tips — and restaurants are fighting back (nypost.com) submitted 1 month ago by stumu415@lemmy.zip to c/world@lemmy.world 628 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 child) How do you know that beforehand? Last I went it was basically always an expectation even out of strictly the food game... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tophneal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Unfortunately unless it’s advertised it’s not easy to know. Typically counter service places don’t rely on tips for wages. And the newer POS systems throw it out there anyway even if it’s not considered appropriate, which definitely can make it more confusing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] modus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago Yeah, having the tip request on the PoS screen is bullshit since all it does is make the customer uncomfortable and blur the lines between which establishments actually rely on them and which ones don't. Unfortunately for them I've just stopped tipping unless someone is explicitly waiting on me and cleaning up after me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tophneal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Unfortunately unless it’s advertised it’s not easy to know. Typically counter service places don’t rely on tips for wages. And the newer POS systems throw it out there anyway even if it’s not considered appropriate, which definitely can make it more confusing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] modus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago Yeah, having the tip request on the PoS screen is bullshit since all it does is make the customer uncomfortable and blur the lines between which establishments actually rely on them and which ones don't. Unfortunately for them I've just stopped tipping unless someone is explicitly waiting on me and cleaning up after me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] modus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago Yeah, having the tip request on the PoS screen is bullshit since all it does is make the customer uncomfortable and blur the lines between which establishments actually rely on them and which ones don't. Unfortunately for them I've just stopped tipping unless someone is explicitly waiting on me and cleaning up after me. permalink fedilink source parent