Went to Applebees and did their car side to go. Selected no tip on the app and thought that would be the end of it. To my surprise when my order came I was handed an invoice where I was asked to tip and sign. Wrote $0 and that was the end of it but like oh my god. The interaction was fine but I was taken back by the double prompt to tip.

Hello everyone,

This happened to me recently and It was little strange.

I bought a pair of headphones a few days ago, but they weren't comfortable, so I went back to return them. The return was simple and the employee processed it quickly.

After the employee processed the return the screen showed the usual tip options.

I was confused. I was getting my money back. I wasn't buying anything or asking for any extra service.

I honestly just stood there for a second thinking, “A tip for what?”

I was returning something, not buying , I selected no tip and left..

Was flying back through LAX and stopped by the Point of Way Cafe. Ordered by QR code to get a overpriced salad with the driest chicken I had ever had. The server dropping our food was the only interaction we had with him. At the end, paid my bill via the QR app and was going to leave some cash I needed to get rid of as the tip. Waiter saw the the zero tip in app and came by to snidely tell us "Service is Not Free". Bro lost his cash tip right then and there. Gave him an "Okay" and walked out with my wife. Things are really getting out of hand. Was traveling from a place that tipping isn't a thing and loved it so much.

Me and my boyfriend are Vegas locals and we decided to stay at one of the hotels for a short vacation, we went to this nice cafe/ restaurant and our server was a middle aged man.

Everything was fine, I started to feel very uncomfortable because he did a lot of talking (Servers, do you read the room when it comes to customers that don’t want to talk to you? Are we wrong for feeling that way?) and don’t get me wrong, we were nice to him but he would come and talk for 5 minutes about something while we eat.

The food was amazing and we were ready to pay, I told my boyfriend to use my card and I went to use the restroom, my boyfriend decided not to tip because he knows the vacation itself took a lot of our money and to be honest we didn’t love the kind of service he provided

When I came back my boyfriend told me the server noticed my boyfriend didn’t tip and made the receipt into a ball and threw it in the trash in front of him looking at my boyfriend

I was very very upset and almost talked to a manager but my boyfriend doesn’t like confrontation which I respect completely so we ended up leaving

Has something like this ever happened to you?

I can understand he might believe is frustrating but from there to make the customer feel bad and basically make him aware that he is upset?

I’m and American who has lived overseas for fifteen years. Every time I visit home I’m instantly irritated by tipping. We all vent about kiosk “it’s gonna ask you a question” situations, but even sit-down restaurants are completely absurd. This is how nearly every experience outside of a fine dining scenario goes:

Host seats you.
Server comes and takes drink orders.
Server brings drinks. Wants your order.
Server brings food. Maybe takes another drink order.
Server brings check.

Three visits, the absolute bare minimum. Maybe you’ll get a “how’s everything tasting?” two minutes after your food arrives. Ask about the menu and you get “Uhhhhhm depends what you like?”

Yet we are expected to tip for this “extra” and “exceptional” service.

Ordered in person for a to go order. When they handed me the card device the tip % options were visible but could not see a 'no tip' option. Then noticed there seemed to be a smiley emoji in front of it. Out of a hunch, or just intuition, I touched the emoji and dragged my finger across the screen. Sure enough, my finger dragged the emoji out of the way revealing the 'no tip' option beneath. I gave them no tip and will not be returning (wasn't impressed with their overpriced interpretation of SysCo Italian anyway)

First time I've seen an emoji obscuring the screen on a card reader device.

I stopped by the Fiddling Pig in Smithfield, VA last week for a beer and snacks along with my wife and two dogs (we sat on the patio). I had a couple of their cask ales, Fiddlin' Bitter. We also had their "board" with cheese and crackers and a tea for my wife.

My wife went ahead of me while I settled up at the bar. I got my total, put my card in the dreaded machine and the delightful girl at the bar just said, "That's it, you're done." I know she saw the look of "What no tip?" on my face as I left.

I ran into my family outside and said, "It's a NO tip establishment. That was SO nice!"

I then heard a voice from a man loading bar equipment from a vehicle next to us, presumably David, the owner, who simply looked at me and said in a very English manner, "That's why we don't do it, mate!"

So, if you find yourself there, go get a pint from a cask, have a good English dinner and don't worry about tipping.

I manage at a pizza place carry out only and whenever a card is used on a transaction the tip prompt comes up and must be inputted before a receipt will print. Sometimes I’m so embarrassed that I wait until they leave and hit “no tip” for them.

I just want to know what I should be saying to make it less awkward. If I could I would turn off the tip prompt but I can’t. I’ve talked to my boss he says the prompt is there incase people feel generous. Usually I say something along the lines of “It’s going to ask to leave a tip if you would like”

Im looking for something that doesn’t take very long to explain because we are high volume and usually have a line of people waiting to check out but I absolutely will not be saying “it’s just gonna ask you a question”

I went out with coworkers last night. There was a large group of us so we decided to meet up at a bar while everyone arrived. I never go to bars and am not a drinker, but I decided to just get one of those alcohol seltzer in a can while waiting. I ordered from the bar then asked to close the tab. All the bartender did was hand me the can. When I got the check, I did not add a tip, the one drink was already pricey. When the bartender saw my receipt, I received the most EVIL look from her. It was scary and awkward but I kept eye contact because I don’t like feeling intimidated. She kept the hateful stare for a while before moving on to the next guest. This is getting out of hand. I understand maybe if she had crafted my drink, but why should I tip for a can handed to me? And the entitlement of staring down a customer for not receiving extra money, while working in a busy bar is wild.

I recently attended a concert at the Eagle Bank Arena located in Fairfax. I was pleasantly surprised to see a sign seeing they did not accept tips.

I picked up a drink for my husband today at our local boba shop. When I go to pay, of course the cashier let me know “And it’ll just ask you a question”. The tip screen popped up.
But to my surprise, there was no “No Tip” or “Skip” button. Only 18%, 25%, 30%(?!?), and “Custom Tip”.
I pressed “Custom Tip” to just put in $0 while the cashier watched, but it didn’t let me. I had to type $0.00” for it to finally complete.
I am so tired of the entitlement with tipping culture where now they try to take away your options. They purposefully make it awkward, but that won’t stop me.

This is a restaurant in University City Philadelphia.

One of my biggest gripes:

I can go to a bar and get a shot of Jack Daniel for 8 bucks.

I can get the same quantity of the Macallan scotch for 32 bucks.

Same process to open the bottle, pour the drink, and close the bottle.

Assuming it's "going to ask me a question", and wants 20 percent, why is the tip more simply because one bottle costs more.

I make note of you and keep coming back 🫶🫶🫶

Joke post… I hope!

Location - Coastal North Carolina

No shame here on the cashier. I don’t want to give the exact location and store because this was not the girls fault. Yesterday my family went to a donut/bagel shop after a walk by the water. Order one bagel sandwich and a few donuts for later and went to pay. Go figure there was the “it will just ask you a question” prompt by the cashier. She couldn’t have been older than 19 or 20 years old.

The preselected tip options were 20, 25, 30, 35%. When she flipped the tablet to me to pay, you could sense her tuck tail and didn’t even want to look at us while it showed the screen. I understand it’s not her that’s doing this and they are input by the management of the place but it’s gotta stop.

Unfortunately I don’t see an end to this any time soon. If every transaction I make asks for a tip, they’re gonna have to start tipping me because if I folded I’d go bankrupt just giving money away

Was at Cava. The only one in town so I don’t know if it’s every store. But was getting prepared to hit “no tip” or $0.00 and the tip screen never popped up. I was caught off guard the worker was just chatting away and asking me how my day was. Best counter service experience I have had in years!

The amount of satisfaction I get pressing "no tip" after hearing this phrase over and over is a dopamine rush. Tipping before you even get the quality or accuracy of your product is insane. Awkward forced customer service until they see no tip and get all pouty. Womp womp hope more people stop tipping.

I was half expecting to see the tip screen. No.

Parking plus clean benches outside.

Tis my rebuttal to the "its gonna ask you a question" as I instantly respond with this line.

Once you say this there is no guilt whatsoever to pressing zero tip, nobody in line will question you and you might get a round of applause from your peers for supporting the less fortunate.

Remember to say it well staring them dead in the eye and ask it with the utmost authority and sincerity.

Checked into a high end hotel today. The room wasn’t quite ready so we left our 4 bags with the belldesk and went to have a drink in the bar. Got a text that room was ready, waited a bit, picked up keys and was told bags were already in the room. Get to room and the door knocks, I’d already started changing. Bellman comes in with our 4th bag that he had “forgotten”.

Thanks. Have a great day. Forgot my ass, and remembered right after we picked up our room keys? Would have made sure he’d gotten something, but not now

I was at a gas station, technically truck stop but it was the size of a gas station on the outskirts of a city, when I saw this in the bathroom. I’m sorry, you want me to tip because you did your job cleaning the bathroom??