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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPet peeve #46: Cashier expects tip
The new registers where cashiers turn the screen and ask you to sign after a purchase are annoying.
The screen asks you whether you want to tip while the cashier stares at you to see if you do. Its a scam. How about employers start paying employees adequately instead of turning them into beggars?
jimfields33
(15,763 posts)Latest is Office Depot asking to donate school supplies for kids. I told them to call corporate to donate. Im sick of it. Grocery and drug stores are the worst. They get everyone to donate. Corporation donate the money and gets a write off. Is it any wonder why they dont pay taxes. Plus they get to brag about how charitable they are.
Surely the CEO can kick in a few million!
Torchlight
(3,313 posts)Good luck
Abolishinist
(1,291 posts)live love laugh
(13,096 posts)hlthe2b
(102,206 posts)Abolishinist
(1,291 posts)So well done, like when the cashier itemizes what Randy has purchased, it's items like vodka, beer, ice cream, filets, chocolate-covered peanuts, pizza pockets, etc. And then of course there's the 'change' machine!
TexasTowelie
(112,093 posts)No visible body piercings, no tattoos, and no extreme hair. I can't recall ever seeing a cashier at Whole Foods that didn't have at least one of the above.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)That really caught my attention.
TexasTowelie
(112,093 posts)culturally appropriated.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)I was at Whole Foods today, and the cashier was a lady about my age with greying hair, no tattoos that I could see...not sure why that would even matter?
TexasTowelie
(112,093 posts)I went there about twice a week for lunch during the 90s for about five years. I can't recall ever being checked out by a cashier that didn't fit within the profile I described. I would tend to agree with you that someone looking "different" shouldn't have any bearing upon my shopping experience, but it seems like the cashiers that worked there were among some of the least helpful and least sociable people in Austin which contrasts with the friendly atmosphere I found at almost every other business in the city.
Why did I go there? It was the only grocery store within walking distance of the office and I would also stop in occasionally since they carried my favorite brand of beer so I didn't have to make a detour when driving home.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)An indifferent attitude or unfriendly one will turn me away from a business in a a skinny second.
MontanaMama
(23,302 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,376 posts)Some places don't have a mechanism for tipping.
MiniMe
(21,714 posts)I understood during the pandemic when you were asked to tip everywhere including for carry out food that you had to go pick up, but you are still asked if you want to tip for that same service.
live love laugh
(13,096 posts)service effort.
Why should I tip the person who just scanned my eggs? Its an imposition and really employers need to dial it back.
Laffy Kat
(16,376 posts)If you don't want to, then don't.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)There was even parking lot managers to make sure the baggers didn't take a tip.
Baggies
(503 posts)Just say No.
Orrex
(63,199 posts)live love laugh
(13,096 posts)Orrex
(63,199 posts)live love laugh
(13,096 posts)I think youre missing the point.
Orrex
(63,199 posts)I think Im getting the point just fine.
live love laugh
(13,096 posts)Mr. Pink looks a little antiquated.
Maybe you arent aware of the change I speak of that wasnt an issue during Mr. Pinks era.
* - Also tip: salon services, maids, valet, bellhops
Orrex
(63,199 posts)The similarity between you an Mr. Pink is the grandiose rationalizations you offer for not wanting to tip.
I accept that you feel justified in your choice, for the reasons you gave. So did Mr. Pink, for the reasons he gave.
You do you.
live love laugh
(13,096 posts)You do know this is the lounge right?
Lighten up.