Have you noticed any faceless organizations suggesting that you give them a tip?
Posted by StippleFX@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 22 comments
We've become used to being asked to give money to charities at the checkout of a supermarket but I've noticed that's expanded now, and online shopping there's a little box sometimes where you're asked to give a gratuity to the company you're buying something from. What's more, I've seen one where there were a series of percentages given, which looked like they might be a discount for the customer, but by carefully reading the text I realised these were the percentages they were asking you to give them.
ARobertNotABob@reddit
Stop using your phones to conduct your lives.
They are extremely useful tools, but they are also the weakest point in your perimeter, all manner of scams can be pushed to it.
francisgray69@reddit
The best I've seen is stickers on the windows of National Express coaches inviting you to tip the driver.
CoffeeKeyDog@reddit
I buy drugs online and even they had an option to “tip the team”
escapingfromelba@reddit
Look after your cartel team.
Asleep-Software-4160@reddit
Haha I used to shop there. And something about it being illegal makes you think 'I'd better tip them, just in case.'
Old-Ad-4210@reddit
What really grinds my gears are certain food delivery apps that ask for a tip at point of sale, before I've even tried the food and not knowing if the food will arrive or if the order was correct. And who would get the tip, the app provider? The reaaurant?
It's all a big horses arse.
Frosty_Leg4438@reddit
It’s really mad and I think we need to be very vigilant to stop this becoming common place.
Tipping in the US is COMPLETELY different than the UK. Servers there don’t have minimum wage, free healthcare, protected hours, holiday, sick pay and redundancy rights etc etc etc
I haven’t noticed too many sneaky ones, but it’s becoming more common place for “normal” cafes and restaurants to include a service charge as standard rather than ask if you want to add one.
I think the distinction here is very important. ”Opt out” is highly regressive (you’re essentially forcing every meek/neurodivergent person to pay it regardless of ability)
demeschor@reddit
For me the most egregious are the places where you order via QR code and the only interaction you have with staff is them bringing the food out, and them having a service charge.
Tbh I feel like the best way to stop this is to make a petty law that's like, if there's an opt-out service charge you have to have a big box on the menu of a certain size in an ugly font. Shame 'em away from it
Frosty_Leg4438@reddit
I’d go a step further and say if it’s opt out, it needs to be part of the price.
It’s simply a trick putting a price down but in reality charging a different one.
Bigbigcheese@reddit
It's likely because they just buy their POS system from a US company and it's baked in by default...
It's still egregious but I don't think it's malicious at least... My local bagel place has it and it irks me but... Bagels are yummy
spectator_mail_boy@reddit
The negative option when prompted "Do you want to round up to help X charity?" should be
So_Southern@reddit
I ordered something using a QR code and it asked if I wanted to leave a tip. My friend asked what for?
Fluffy-Vast-4848@reddit
I don't tip
EroticFalconry@reddit
If it suggests a charitable donation, it is a tax write-off for them, my local petrol station has started doing it bizarrely.
SomeHSomeE@reddit
There is no tax advantage for a company to facilitate charitable donations from customers (whether directly to the charity or via a fund they collect and then donate onwards).
EroticFalconry@reddit
So they can’t deduct the charitable donations from their business profits before corporation tax is paid? You sure about that?
https://www.gov.uk/tax-limited-company-gives-to-charity
wcspaz@reddit
The company isn't giving the donation in this case, so that doesn't apply. What they can do is use the publicity for collecting the donations as part of meeting CSR targets, but there is no tax benefit
smushs88@reddit
I’ve only seen this on one website so far myself (Warrior sports nutrition) asking for a tip for their team at checkout.
Needless to say I did not.
IdioticMutterings@reddit
This is what happens when you make your largest employment sector dependent on tips to make up their minimum wage. Everyone else starts to want tips too.
BigDumbGreenMong@reddit
It's crazy in America, you're asked for tips absolutely everywhere, even on self-service machines where you don't interact with another human at all.
Easy way of raking in some extra cash, so expect to see more of it here.
AverageThat5267@reddit
It seems to be increasing, especially at Tesco, or Dominos Pizza.
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