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Just hit "no tip" lol. The wagie can't do a darn thing about it, except maybe
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They can spit in your food.
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Seriously this is the only reason i ever tip lol dont want some seething wagie fricking with my food
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yeah wtf lol. just say no…
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But mah emotional trigger warning
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How much anxiety do you think the more pathetic wagies get when they have to spin the screen around to do the e-begging for them?
H-here, sir. I-I-m just going to turn this around and and i-it will ask you a question...
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in this day and age of modern guncels shootin wiggie niggie, WOULD you take that risk?
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This is clearly a stupidity tax. I fully support it.
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Just like the lottery
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Ive seen a machines that make you type in 0 for a custom tip because they removed the no tip option. Some places are reaching levels of butt hole never before seen. It only takes a moment to do it but its an annoyance that shouldnt exist on a pickup order.
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Just stop tipping lol.
I don't tip anymore and will never do it again until the absurdity stops.
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I'm an butthole about tipping and I'm in the no tipping camp. I don't eat out often and if we do get food out it's usually pickup, that's how I noticed this BS. It doesn't feel like it's been very long since the changes in tipping hit the checkout.
I think that the normalization of eating out is part of the problem. When I see what people spend on food/beer/delivery it's insane. Get people being responsible for their food choices and this will change quickly. Oh..... I forgot, responsibility isn't a thing anymore.
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It's being bushed by business owners because they don't want to increase menu prices/pay higher wages.
They can funnel the cost increase into tipping and use guilt to push it.
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It's a soy tax.
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Right? Like bitches be crying "EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL "
idk who needs to hear this but you can just say no to things people ask you
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B-b-b-but I can’t just hit NO in front of him.
It activates my social ang sigh of tea
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