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Happy to report the Alley Downtown Taproom in Aiken SC (one of those tap the wristband and pour by the ounce places) has a handle on the tipping situation.
The POS system did not ask for a tip. There was also a jar for cash tips that would be directed towards a local charitable organization. Asked an employee about it and they have been doing it since they opened., and advertise it on social media every so often
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I love that pub! The original Clybourn Goose Island brewpubâs interior and bar were based on it.
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Went to a butcher shop today and the pos asked for a tip. Didnât engage with anyone and just grabbed a couple burgers to cook tonight. 0 ok or am I the cat?
Them asking for a tip is outrageous.
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I recently had an issue with my butcher of not only asking for a tip, but they also had a 4% service fee on credit cards. The first time, I noticed it after I got home because they didnât have anything posted about it and I didnât do the exact math on the percentage. The next time, I intentionally grabbed cash before going in and unfortunately (due to the meat being cut almost a half inch thicker than requested), still had to pay with card. They had now posted a sign saying 2.75% for the fee. Is that not a little scummy to be charging higher than posted feeâs? Also, if they are being charged 4%, I feel like they need a new POS system, because that feels ridiculously high.
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It also violates their merchant agreements with credit card. What they should do is just bake those in. If you pay cash, you just pay more since youâre not getting perks.
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My current tipping gripe. My team did team building today and part of that was going out to lunch. I covered it and expensed it. However I couldnât expense tip/gratuity because itâs âpersonal and discretionaryâ.
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Thatâs a combo breaker
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Yeah. Restaurants and stores charging credit card services fees is a whole mother gripe. If my meal/purchase cost 3% more with it being labeled as a fee, that would make me a lot happier than seeing an extra 3% being added for not carrying cash.
Thatâs insane. My company has a 15% limit, which makes me feel like a cheap ass, but at least covers a tip.
Would love for No Tippen Pippen to make a formal public speech against these POS machines. He might be the hero we all need.
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Letâs say you get a job at a cool coffee shop.
Their hourly wage is $25 an hour or something (the specific amount isnât important). But itâs very clear in the shop tips are not accepted.
But every day a customer pays with a credit card and they say âoh wow I was going to leave a tip but i canâtâŚâ
How long do you stay there before bouncing thinking you could make more with the tipping culture the old way?
Now instead of a coffee shop what if itâs a restaurant or bar? I guess what Iâm trying to say is great servers or bartenders would probably try theyâre lucky with gratuity vs a flat wage right? Maybe not.
I think Tom Collichioâa restaurants in NY do no tip.
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Oh shit! Is that new?
need a breakdown of the announcement video @Tron
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@Tron Iâm sure youâre all over this but Uncle Juice weighing in on Murdaugh is everything I needed on a Friday morning
https://twitter.com/therealoj32/status/1631367171397025794?s=46&t=8msWm8Ky3AmBoKM3dVJvew
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Danny Meyer also tried it for 5 years before abandoning it.
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