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  • Re: The Latest Salvo in the Tip Wars

    From NoBody@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 21:19:37 2025
    On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 19:10:39 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    On Aug 20, 2024 at 7:23:13 PM PDT, "BTR1701" <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    The latest in the tip wars... businesses covering up the "no tip" option on >> their card readers. I was at Subway a couple days ago and saw this. I ended >> up
    tapping the "custom tip" button and entering $0.00. I don't tip fast food
    workers. They don't do much more than just hand me a bag, and in California, >> they're making $20/hour by law already, which is why my $5 foot-long now
    costs
    $14.00.

    https://ibb.co/pW3khYk

    A great video on the various scams restaurants are using these days to trick >you into tipping more.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khm5AuIY42s

    I myself have noticed the recent proliferation of tip amounts printed on the >receipt which are calculated on your bill total. They're almost always >calculated on the post-tax total, which I discount. Especially here in >California, where the taxes are the highest in the country, no way am I paying >a tip for the tax.


    Their math is also lousy.

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  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Sep 1 10:36:31 2025
    On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 19:10:39 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    I myself have noticed the recent proliferation of tip amounts printed on the >receipt which are calculated on your bill total. They're almost always >calculated on the post-tax total, which I discount. Especially here in >California, where the taxes are the highest in the country, no way am I paying >a tip for the tax.

    It's for this reason I >NEVER< take the percentage option when it
    comes up on the terminal. Besides my math skills are good enough to
    calculate 10% then add whatever additional amount I want.

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  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Sep 1 10:37:57 2025
    On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 14:12:59 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
    wrote:

    I’ve actually started tipping Uber rides 100% if I use their assisted rides >because they are wildly discounted. It costs me like four dollars to go to >the doctor.

    I dunno - you must live a lot closer to the doc than I do - I took a
    cab home after eye surgery 2 weeks ago and the net amount before tip
    was in the $20-22 range.

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  • From Your Name@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Sep 1 13:53:19 2025
    On 2025-09-01 00:37:57 +0000, The Horny Goat said:
    On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 14:12:59 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
    wrote:

    I'€™ve actually started tipping Uber rides 100% if I use their assisted rides
    because they are wildly discounted. It costs me like four dollars to go to >> the doctor.

    I dunno - you must live a lot closer to the doc than I do - I took a
    cab home after eye surgery 2 weeks ago and the net amount before tip
    was in the $20-22 range.

    OR, the doctor is the Uber driver. ;-)

    In some countries there are quite a few legal immigrants who were
    doctors, teachers, etc. in their original country, but do uber driving,
    pizza delievery, etc. because their qualifications simply don't count
    in their new country and/or re-qualification is expensive and time
    consuming.


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