this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2024
760 points (98.5% liked)

Facepalm

2651 readers
24 users here now

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I can be a little sympathetic to the argument "this feature is built into our Point of Sale device, we didn't ask for it".

But 30/40/50% tip is not the default anywhere, that was done on purpose.

[–] Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago

I can't. They are computers and they can be programmed however the restaurant wants. Any default other than zero is unethical and predatory.

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

There is a military bar at the base I work, and currently operated by coworkers until they can hire staff. Their PoS System automatically pops up the tip, and they have to tell us every time that they legally can't accept tips. So yeah, definitely default.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Many restaurants I go to will tap the "no tip" button for you before letting you pay.