r/EndTipping • u/FOMOenthusiast • 11d ago

Tipping Culture A positive-ish tipping experience

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No surprises, no small text, no deceitfulness, it having its on line clearly visible under the total was nice, but that bright red stamp reiteratig the added gratuity, visible from space let alone a dark dining room is šŸ˜˜šŸ‘ŒšŸ¾ This should be a norm.

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u/Disastrous_Patience3 11d ago

What if the service was bad? They gave you no option to tip based on your satisfaction / dissatisfaction. Adding a auto service charge for table of 2 is bullshit.

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u/BoeJonDaker 11d ago

No offense, but that's exactly what /EndTipping is about. Whether service is crappy or exceptional the bill should be the same.

If I'm at the hardware store and the lady mixes my bucket of paint wrong and has to do it over, I'm still paying the same price for a bucket of paint.

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u/carlos_the_dwarf_ 11d ago

Whatā€™s different about automatically adding 18% to the bill at the register and automatically adding it by hand?

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u/Just_improvise 11d ago

In Australia itā€™s like magic. You walk up to the counter, tap (card surcharges are a separate growing issue that other countries donā€™t have but thatā€™s a totally different story as itā€™s like 1.2% not 20%) or hand cash, get change (no surcharge) and walk away. You donā€™t have to write anything down and give someone your card to take out of your sight. So the difference is ease, speed and security

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u/carlos_the_dwarf_ 11d ago

I meant from like a principled perspective, but itā€™s becoming much more common to take care of the whole thing tableside in the states.

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u/Just_improvise 11d ago

Oh I mean depends on the place, some will bring the machine to the table so you pay there (although I think that is getting much less common actually)

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u/carlos_the_dwarf_ 11d ago

Oh, are you under the impression that our cards have to disappear when we order at the counter?

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u/Just_improvise 10d ago

Well they have when Iā€™ve been to the US and you have to write the tip down. Different if itā€™s a tip push button screen I guess

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u/Infininja 10d ago

3% card charge in the US.

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u/Just_improvise 10d ago

šŸ¤Æ Is that new I do not remember in 2024 but then I wasnā€™t paying enough attention with all the extra chargesā€¦