Customers should get a discount for scanning and bagging their own groceries. Tipping is out of control. Companies are just trying to get more revenue while not paying salaries due to less people. Absolutely ridiculous.
The practice of tipping originates in medieval Europe when jousters would work for tips from the audience. In the US pre civil war it wasn’t common practice and there was no tipping culture. However after the civil war there were suddenly a lot of uneducated freed black slaves in the south all trying to find work, usually in the low-skilled service sector. The typical white owners of these businesses needed the workers however didn’t want to pay these former black slaves a wage. So they offered them work with arrangement that they’d work for their tips. Hence how tipping culture in the US is actually a way of legally and unofficially continuing slavery. Which is why you still tend to find it in these low skilled service sector jobs. And there were actually certain states the US which pre civil war had banned tipping as found the practice completely abhorrent.
If you are going to tip you should physically hand the worker money in a discrete way. Tipping a CEO for making you do a job that they used to have to hire someone to do is insane.
My tipping etiquette: if I am seated when the service is provided, I tip, sit down restaurant, lunch counter, barber shop, etc. If I am standing, no tip. Check out in supermarket, buying a pack of gum, etc.
I was at Walmart and they had no cashier lanes open, only self checkouts. I walked out leaving a full cart. The self check out Monitor asked me what I was doing. I told her I'm not employed there and trying to support her job.
I never use self checkouts for that same reason. And when one of the employees tries to point me towards one, I just tell them I'll wait. I'm not bold enough to tell them I'm trying to save their job!!!
Nice , now someone has to return to stock all those items (the ones that didn't defrost or get ruined like ice cream and more sensitive veggies.) Costing every one of us just a bit more due to the labor costs and tasking some employees have to do caused by your hissy fit. The reason for self checkout is to help keep pricing lower than if they had 8 cashiers , standing around chewing gum half the time.
That's the way to do it. Corporations understand one thing. Money. The only problem is, not enough people are willing to do that. Most people want to moan and complain but not actually do anything about their situation.
This is a really scummy thing to do. I'm not scanning and bagging all of my own groceries then paying a tip to the machine that told me to wait for someone to "assist me" 10 damn times in a row, all for no reason.
That is a good point. You should never donate to a charity via a company. If you like the charity, go home and send them a check or go online and donate directly. Do not help corporations tax dodge more than they already do.
The practice of tipping originates in medieval Europe when jousters would work for tips from the audience. In the US pre civil war it wasn’t common practice and there was no tipping culture. However after the civil war there were suddenly a lot of uneducated freed black slaves in the south all trying to find work, usually in the low-skilled service sector. The typical white owners of these businesses needed the workers however didn’t want to pay these former black slaves a wage. So they offered them work with arrangement that they’d work for their tips. Hence how tipping culture in the US is actually a way of legally and unofficially continuing slavery. Which is why you still tend to find it in these low skilled service sector jobs. And there were actually certain states the US which pre civil war had banned tipping as found the practice completely abhorrent.
@SleeplessRonin This advice needs to be expressed everywhere. Thank you for sharing that. [Just sharing my thoughts] I did give a donation, 1$, not to long ago, and after a while, I just realized that I helped a greedy corporation from paying taxes because they can use that 1$ and act like they did it themselves and get the tax write-off for it.
@@amritbhupal8514 I want to add something: I cooked for 25 years and in all that time I only met one waiter that deserved a tip. He never had to write down an order, ask "who ordered the" or take anything back cuz he got it wrong. Some don't bring any skill to it but that don't make it "low skilled". ( come to think of it; he always took care of the busboys. They prioritized his tables which made for more customers in his section and more tips.)
Sounds good. Let's start by having you pay the taxes for your phone (and the rest of the tech you own:tv, PC, etc). The machine is doing most of your research and communication anyway. Makes complete sense
This just started happening to one of the stores I shop at. So I called the manager over and asked him about the tip. He said it's totally optional so I said fine. I canceled the transaction and I said I will not be shopping here anymore. Now you can put all the stuff back yourself and I walked out the store
@@melaniegatton the point is when enough customers walk out after doing this and don’t come back, it cuts into the bonus that CEO’s and share holders get. You hit corporate America were it hurts, their bonuses.
While I've walked away from making a purchase before I don't take it out on the attendant or cashier, it's not their fault, nor something they can control. It's greedy CEOs and shareholders.
I live in Asia. We tip never and employees would be embarrassed to take one. What is so special about making coffee or baking bread. Make the employers pay a living wage and dispense with tipping altogether, so annoying.
Since customers act as cashiers when using self checkouts ... instead of asking "Add a tip? $1 $2 $3 Yes/No" the machine should ask: "Get a tip?" $1 $2 15% discount? Yes/No"
Like seriously, WE SHOULD BE GETTING A DISCOUNT FOR HAVING TO BAG AND SCAN OUR OWN SHIT! The audacity of these companies! I refuse to tip a damn machine! Does this machine pay bills? F that mess!
Easy way to end this is to inform the public that most of the time the serving staff are not receiving the digital tips. Those go right into the pocket of the owner.
I NEVER tip these machines. Period. Also, the grocery now asks if I want to contribute to some charity. NO! If I wanted to contribute, I would already have done so, and gotten the tax deduction myself!
Senior management -- here's my tip: Reduce executive compensation by half and redistribute to rank and file workers who are supposedly the recipients of these check-out machine tips. Award stock options to low-level employees on top of their non-living wage at regular intervals, and let compensation from the rising stock price and accumulated stock options reach closer parity with well-paid skilled workers, especially if the company's stock compounds at higher than total stock market returns. This is how you get fast food workers to a living wage, if that is your goal. (It may not be, if management can substitute machines for human labor.)
A living wage is relative to location. An arbitrary flat rate number will not fix the problem for major cities. Also, why would I not want to automate jobs if I can? It's cheaper, doesn't call in, and requires no breaks.
I agree. The only thing with the stock options is that if the company is doing badly, the reward isn't worth it. The stock market works too shity to give away stock to the employees as a reward. First these ass holes that work for financial ferms should not ever get anything but their basic pay! No bonuses, no service fees, none of that shit! Second, this pump and dump crap should send them all straight to prison! Also, the stock market is the result of everything that is wrong with business in America today. When you invest, you SHOULD expect to lose it! Everything that is wrong in business today is because of shareholders' profits!
I support our soldiers but I don't think I would support robot soldiers automation is not the answer to everything especially when it doesn't make it any cheaper
I never thought ALDIS would have a self checkout kiosk. I was feeling cynical (inside) because having self checkouts means Company saves money but also leave people without a job. If they are gonna have a self checkout Kiosk, they should either give a discount for those who use it OR pay their workers that remain, better wages. Corporate Greed definitely pisses me off.
My husband stood in a checkout line for 15 minutes yesterday with only FIVE items and refused to go to a self checkout that was open because he feels they should give you a discount for using one. He would flip if he used one and it asked him for a tip on top of it all - lol!
As an autistic person with extreme social anxiety I looove self checkout, makes shopping way less stressful. I would absolutely never tip the self checkout machine though.
I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet, but those self-checkout terminals are also evading taxes. When businesses get free labor from their customers it not only saves them the wages, but also evades the Social Security and Medicare taxes they would have to pay on those wages.
I'm from the UK. I was in front of a lady in a till line when she was asked if she would like to use the self-checkout machine. Her reply was: 'No, because you'll have us stacking the bloody shelves next..' Always remembered that and I've never used the self-checkout line since..
It's getting a bit hard to avoid around where I live. The self checkout sections are getting bigger all the time, as checkouts with staff disappear ...
@@Phase52012 Yep, with you on that. My local hardware store (B&Q if you're in the UK) now appears to have one till for cash and the rest are all self-checkout. I try and pay in cash in the vain hope that I'm helping to keep someone in their job....!
I never tip at a machine. I don't round up my change when asked. I don't donate $1 to St Judes or any charity the prompt asks me. You never know how much they're skimming off the top.
For the most part, I've just now stopped tipping. Because I'm sick of it. I'd say I tip at sit-down restaurants, but I stopped going to sit down restaurants. When the tipping prompt comes up, I say "No" tip. Because, they already raised their prices 10-20% because of the pandemic and the want a tip on top of it. Usually, they've already cut back on services in some way already. Now, I got my nails done yesterday and tipped 20%+, but that makes sense. Buying a pastry and watching them stick it in a bag and then expect a tip, is just ridiculous 🙄.
I think it is ridiculous in this day and age for waitstaff being charge around $2 an hour. Hoping it's busy and people are friendly enough to tip well. Pay these people at least $15 an hour, you will probably get more business if you advertise that employees are getting $15 an hour, that way the customer does not feel obligated to tip, but can if they want to
In San Francisco places are offering $25.+ some places and if you don't work 60+ hours per week, you still can't afford the rent in SF. Because we allow corrupt politicians to sell our property to places like Blackrock multinational corporation, who profit from squeezing rent prices on everyone.
The practice of tipping originates in medieval Europe when jousters would work for tips from the audience. In the US pre civil war it wasn’t common practice and there was no tipping culture. However after the civil war there were suddenly a lot of uneducated freed black slaves in the south all trying to find work, usually in the low-skilled service sector. The typical white owners of these businesses needed the workers however didn’t want to pay these former black slaves a wage. So they offered them work with arrangement that they’d work for their tips. Hence how tipping culture in the US is actually a way of legally and unofficially continuing slavery. Which is why you still tend to find it in these low skilled service sector jobs. And there were actually certain states the US which pre civil war had banned tipping as found the practice completely abhorrent.
At my local store I always make them check me out.. and when they ask me about self checkout, I say I don't work here... does it give me a discount for using it?
If its self checkout you should be able to select a negative tip to get a rebate for providing your own excellent service. On the other hand, they aren't charging you to participate in their job training program in how to be a cashier.
Oh my God finally someone is talking about this bs. Why do I have to learn how to work a McDonald's kiosk just to pay the same amount and get the same horrible attitude
I am also upset when a coffee shop or other food/drink place asks me to tip up front as I pay for my food/drink that hasn't even come out yet. I don't know what the food/drink is going to be like, and I don't know what the "service" is going to be like. I never tip them.
Tipping a machine for a task I had to do because they replaced the person that used to it for me - only in America! This country just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
I never use self checkout. My new thing is I no longer 'round up' or donate X amount to some charity the company is presumably giving that money to. Once I found out that there's a good chance only a fraction of that money actually goes to that charity, I no longer feel like a jerk when I click the NO button.
It reduces the company's tax burden while they pay their skeleton crew employees barely minimum wage WITHOUT affordable Healthcare, etc. Fuxxx these welfare kweens
Even if it does go to the charity, at the end of the year, they proudly proclaim that "We donated over $x million to ...". I'm sure that by "We" they mean their customers. Unfortunately, that part doesn't trickle down to their ad agency.
Having to scan a QR code in a bar/restaurant to order in Philly airport to order anything is the biggest BS I've had to deal with. The bartender was right in front of me and would not take my order. Had to go through the app. I'm there for twenty min trying to get the app to work, taking up valuable real estate; the place was packed, until he said I have to order or leave. F the Philly airport.
No ceo of anything, anywhere, is worth $1million or more in salary or bonuses; they themselves are scamming everyone else. Cut their salary by 80% and pay workers far more.
I do not like self check out. I would always choose a cashier. That is no longer a choice. Gas stations were the first to fall. Walmart and Five Below do not have cashiers. Where is my pay or discount for working for these places? I have a job and do not want a second. Giving a machine a tip?? Never!!! We should be getting a discount. A company no longer has to pay a salary or healthcare?? How about a decrease in the cost of items you sell? Oh wait, profit rules!
The practice of tipping originates in medieval Europe when jousters would work for tips from the audience. In the US pre civil war it wasn’t common practice and there was no tipping culture. However after the civil war there were suddenly a lot of uneducated freed black slaves in the south all trying to find work, usually in the low-skilled service sector. The typical white owners of these businesses needed the workers however didn’t want to pay these former black slaves a wage. So they offered them work with arrangement that they’d work for their tips. Hence how tipping culture in the US is actually a way of legally and unofficially continuing slavery. Which is why you still tend to find it in these low skilled service sector jobs. And there were actually certain states the US which pre civil war had banned tipping as found the practice completely abhorrent.
@@amritbhupal8514 wow that’s interesting. And once again, paints a grim picture. Should be mandatory unions, mandatory minimum wage raises in line with inflation, then ban all tipping.
It’s with any retailer asking you to give to a charity. You give, they wright it off on their taxes. One national retailer, sorry, I meant to say national junk yard, the one that puts on that tacky parade, will want you to donate using their credit card. Therefore charging you interest on that charge and then writing it off on taxes and getting it all back when it was your money you have.
I don’t go to anything that asks me to tip. I eat at home, cut my own hair…problem solved. (Starbucks shoved a tip touchscreen in my face. I tipped $1.00 and never went back).
@@micahnightwolf I have used it since the first time I ever saw it, and I always use it. If I have a choice, I have never been to a place that has no checkers.
I totally agree with how ridiculous it is. The problem is that if you’re asked to tip BEFORE receiving your food item… you risk the employee spitting in your food. And believe me, it does happen. I recently had lunch at a place which utilized self-serve kiosks for ordering. When confronted with the tip option I was immediately reminded of the various people I’ve met throughout my life who worked for fast food joints and world famous coffee companies-all of whom admitted to spitting in the orders of customers they didn’t like, or purposely dropping their order on the floor. Horrifying but absolutely true! These are chains we ALL know. The biggest chains in the business. So when pressed with the notion that the kitchen staff probably sees the details of the order, coupled with the kitchen staff being in the back somewhere unseen… it’s not so easy to say “no”.
I've said it before, tipping is way out of control in America. Some services charge thousands of dollars, but still looking for a tip. It's ridiculous.
I agree with Anna. Why are we tipping in fast food restaurants where you are given a paper cup to fill your drink yourself. They call your number and you have to get up and go get your food , when you are done eating you have to clear out your own space (god knows that they don’t even wipe down the tables). What are we tipping for? My husband and I went to a fast food place the other day….just the two of us. The total for the nasty food was $32. That use to buy a steak.
Workers should be paid, not tipped. 10% used to be the normal restaurant tip, now they want 20%. I worked food service for many years as a cook, all those tips never made it to the kitchen. NEVER
I am a retired welding inspector and no one ever gave me a tip for inspecting their weld. We get paid for our work and if it isn’t enough then we need to train up for a better paying job.
I live in Australia. Tipping is not part of the culture in Australia. Tipping a machine? Thats not tipping, thats just GIVING MONEY to a company that put someone out of work. Not gonna happen.
Fed up with the tipping culture. Why should we pay a tip at a kiosk? Why should we even tip at restaurants? A part of the bill should include the service. Restaurants shouldn’t be allowed to get away with only paying a few bucks an hour. They need to pay a livable wage.
I find this interesting simply due to the fact this is exclusively an American problem. Tipping isn’t really a thing here in Europe. You can but it is optional, not mandatory. It is law in virtually every EU country as well in the UK that you get paid minimum wage, no matter how crap the job. Second, this whole matter of convenience when it comes to check out. You have people to bag your shopping. That is not a thing over here. The policy has always been “Bag your own shopping.” This whole self checkout I think personally, is to bring Americans up too the rest of Europe. Come on guys. It’s not that hard to pack your own shopping.
I refuse to use self-checkout... no matter how few items I have and no matter how long the lines are, I will always insist on a real human having a job.
Ana is begging you NOT to tip the machines. I'm saying they should be tipped. If you see a machine that has zero human interaction and it asks you for a tip, that machine should be tipped the fuck over.
Yes, the tip should go to the person who actually did the 'checking out': yourself! The grocery prices should be automatically discounted by 15 or 20%.
Tipping should be illegal, employers should pay workers a livable wage not put that burden onto the consumer. The US is the only country that still does this, it's pathetic.
@@FellVoice I used to make good money waiting tables. I like tipping wait staff and my barber when they do a good job. I wanted to tip my Walmart cashier yesterday but Walmart has stiff rules about refusing tips. That pisses me off. I should be able to tip someone if I want despite a rule.
@@darrenosborne8252 I can agree with this. It just shouldn't be on the consumer to provide the bulk of the employee's wages, it's archaic and is just a way for the employer to avoid paying them directly while pocketing the savings.
Just hit the zero. Its beyond stupid. We simply have stopped eating out unless we're traveling. Something has to change as between tips and charities I've never heard of it seems you can't go anywhere without being asked for more money.
Since you are doing the labour, shouldn’t the customer get the tip? I would love a 20% discount on my order. The tip should go to the person doing the check out which is you, the customer.
Since Covid, and perhaps even further back, I have been griping (at my wife's objection) about the credit card tip screens at all the restaurant takeout counters. They are everywhere; pizza places, (including Domino's) Burger King, KFC, (and all fast food), Chinese take-out, etc... I have never before tipped at a counter, or been expected to tip at these locations, but now I am suddenly feeling guilty about not doing it! How many people tip them? Am I the only one objecting? Even if it is true that these employers are giving it to their employees, we can't afford to pay their salaries every place we go. This has increased to an unacceptable level!
Agree 100%. I don’t recall seeing tip prompts on self-serve checkout in Canada (?), but I have seen it at takeout for restaurants. My philosophy is simple - for example, if I am dining in and someone is taking order, serving food, etc, then I will tip accordingly (usually 15%, maybe 18% if really good service). However, if I am doing TAKE OUT, I never leave a tip. What am I tipping for? I placed the order myself, and came to get it myself. Actually preparing the food should be the bare minimum of selling the food as purchased….
At a grocery self-checkout especially, I'M the one who performed all the services, so I should be the one to get tipped. How about a 20% discount for my trouble, hm?
I’ll never tip at a self checkout because I will have absolutely no idea if an employee at the actual store I’m using that is receiving a single cent of that.
I work at Newark airport. When you buy food there you pay at a kiosk, not each vendor, and the people who work there tell us NOT to tip because the company keeps it - the employees get NONE of it!
During covid I starting tipping the dog groomer (because their business was off) and continued post-covid. Now they're using a payment keypad/display that requests a tip and suggests 10% or 20%. That really pisses me off. What started as a piece of generosity now feels like coercion.
In my experience, most computer checkouts are often more friendly than their human counterparts, but they don't deserve tips. Instead, they should be tipping us for assisting them in saving money.
The company should tip the customer in this case by give a 20% off. The tipping culture is just crazy. Employers should be paying a fair honest wage. Enough with that minimum wage scam as it should be a living wage instead.
You're kidding me, right? I'm checking myself out. I should get a discount.
Customers should get a discount for scanning and bagging their own groceries.
Tipping is out of control. Companies are just trying to get more revenue while not paying salaries due to less people.
Absolutely ridiculous.
The practice of tipping originates in medieval Europe when jousters would work for tips from the audience. In the US pre civil war it wasn’t common practice and there was no tipping culture. However after the civil war there were suddenly a lot of uneducated freed black slaves in the south all trying to find work, usually in the low-skilled service sector. The typical white owners of these businesses needed the workers however didn’t want to pay these former black slaves a wage. So they offered them work with arrangement that they’d work for their tips. Hence how tipping culture in the US is actually a way of legally and unofficially continuing slavery. Which is why you still tend to find it in these low skilled service sector jobs. And there were actually certain states the US which pre civil war had banned tipping as found the practice completely abhorrent.
@@amritbhupal8514 Don't forget prison labor. While not tipped, prison workers are paid so little, it's essentially free labor.
If you are going to tip you should physically hand the worker money in a discrete way. Tipping a CEO for making you do a job that they used to have to hire someone to do is insane.
CEO needs a bigger vacation house he had to think of something
My tipping etiquette: if I am seated when the service is provided, I tip, sit down restaurant, lunch counter, barber shop, etc. If I am standing, no tip. Check out in supermarket, buying a pack of gum, etc.
I was at Walmart and they had no cashier lanes open, only self checkouts. I walked out leaving a full cart. The self check out Monitor asked me what I was doing. I told her I'm not employed there and trying to support her job.
I never use self checkouts for that same reason. And when one of the employees tries to point me towards one, I just tell them I'll wait. I'm not bold enough to tell them I'm trying to save their job!!!
Nice , now someone has to return to stock all those items (the ones that didn't defrost or get ruined like ice cream and more sensitive veggies.) Costing every one of us just a bit more due to the labor costs and tasking some employees have to do caused by your hissy fit. The reason for self checkout is to help keep pricing lower than if they had 8 cashiers , standing around chewing gum half the time.
That's the way to do it. Corporations understand one thing. Money. The only problem is, not enough people are willing to do that. Most people want to moan and complain but not actually do anything about their situation.
@Mark Bajek never been to Wal-Mart have you. You must work in corporate accounting
@@markbajek2541 well at least somebody will be earning their job instead of standing around watching me do theirs
This is a really scummy thing to do. I'm not scanning and bagging all of my own groceries then paying a tip to the machine that told me to wait for someone to "assist me" 10 damn times in a row, all for no reason.
We shouldn't be tipping machines. We should be taxing them. If they're gonna do the work of people... tax them like people.
That is a good point. You should never donate to a charity via a company. If you like the charity, go home and send them a check or go online and donate directly. Do not help corporations tax dodge more than they already do.
The practice of tipping originates in medieval Europe when jousters would work for tips from the audience. In the US pre civil war it wasn’t common practice and there was no tipping culture. However after the civil war there were suddenly a lot of uneducated freed black slaves in the south all trying to find work, usually in the low-skilled service sector. The typical white owners of these businesses needed the workers however didn’t want to pay these former black slaves a wage. So they offered them work with arrangement that they’d work for their tips. Hence how tipping culture in the US is actually a way of legally and unofficially continuing slavery. Which is why you still tend to find it in these low skilled service sector jobs. And there were actually certain states the US which pre civil war had banned tipping as found the practice completely abhorrent.
@SleeplessRonin This advice needs to be expressed everywhere. Thank you for sharing that.
[Just sharing my thoughts]
I did give a donation, 1$, not to long ago, and after a while, I just realized that I helped a greedy corporation from paying taxes because they can use that 1$ and act like they did it themselves and get the tax write-off for it.
@@amritbhupal8514 I want to add something: I cooked for 25 years and in all that time I only met one waiter that deserved a tip. He never had to write down an order, ask "who ordered the" or take anything back cuz he got it wrong. Some don't bring any skill to it but that don't make it "low skilled".
( come to think of it; he always took care of the busboys. They prioritized his tables which made for more customers in his section and more tips.)
Sounds good. Let's start by having you pay the taxes for your phone (and the rest of the tech you own:tv, PC, etc). The machine is doing most of your research and communication anyway. Makes complete sense
This just started happening to one of the stores I shop at. So I called the manager over and asked him about the tip. He said it's totally optional so I said fine. I canceled the transaction and I said I will not be shopping here anymore. Now you can put all the stuff back yourself and I walked out the store
Right.. I do the same.. But I say, "lets see if your machines can put this shit back. "
But what purpose did that serve? You punished the manager for a decision that the owner made?
@@melaniegatton the point is when enough customers walk out after doing this and don’t come back, it cuts into the bonus that CEO’s and share holders get. You hit corporate America were it hurts, their bonuses.
While I've walked away from making a purchase before I don't take it out on the attendant or cashier, it's not their fault, nor something they can control. It's greedy CEOs and shareholders.
@@ES-tr5no so don't tip or don't shop there. But there's no point in giving the manager a hard time for simply doing their job
I live in Asia. We tip never and employees would be embarrassed to take one. What is so special about making coffee or baking bread. Make the employers pay a living wage and dispense with tipping altogether, so annoying.
Since customers act as cashiers when using self checkouts ... instead of asking "Add a tip? $1 $2 $3 Yes/No" the machine should ask: "Get a tip?" $1 $2 15% discount? Yes/No"
"Would you like to tip the corporation?"
No. How about you just pay your workers enough to live on.
They don't want your hot tip, just your money, LoL
Like seriously, WE SHOULD BE GETTING A DISCOUNT FOR HAVING TO BAG AND SCAN OUR OWN SHIT! The audacity of these companies! I refuse to tip a damn machine! Does this machine pay bills? F that mess!
Easy way to end this is to inform the public that most of the time the serving staff are not receiving the digital tips. Those go right into the pocket of the owner.
I NEVER tip these machines. Period. Also, the grocery now asks if I want to contribute to some charity. NO! If I wanted to contribute, I would already have done so, and gotten the tax deduction myself!
Senior management -- here's my tip: Reduce executive compensation by half and redistribute to rank and file workers who are supposedly the recipients of these check-out machine tips. Award stock options to low-level employees on top of their non-living wage at regular intervals, and let compensation from the rising stock price and accumulated stock options reach closer parity with well-paid skilled workers, especially if the company's stock compounds at higher than total stock market returns. This is how you get fast food workers to a living wage, if that is your goal. (It may not be, if management can substitute machines for human labor.)
A living wage is relative to location. An arbitrary flat rate number will not fix the problem for major cities.
Also, why would I not want to automate jobs if I can? It's cheaper, doesn't call in, and requires no breaks.
I agree. The only thing with the stock options is that if the company is doing badly, the reward isn't worth it. The stock market works too shity to give away stock to the employees as a reward. First these ass holes that work for financial ferms should not ever get anything but their basic pay! No bonuses, no service fees, none of that shit! Second, this pump and dump crap should send them all straight to prison! Also, the stock market is the result of everything that is wrong with business in America today. When you invest, you SHOULD expect to lose it! Everything that is wrong in business today is because of shareholders' profits!
I support our soldiers but I don't think I would support robot soldiers automation is not the answer to everything especially when it doesn't make it any cheaper
I never thought ALDIS would have a self checkout kiosk.
I was feeling cynical (inside) because having self checkouts means Company saves money but also leave people without a job.
If they are gonna have a self checkout Kiosk, they should either give a discount for those who use it OR pay their workers that remain, better wages.
Corporate Greed definitely pisses me off.
My husband stood in a checkout line for 15 minutes yesterday with only FIVE items and refused to go to a self checkout that was open because he feels they should give you a discount for using one. He would flip if he used one and it asked him for a tip on top of it all - lol!
As an autistic person with extreme social anxiety I looove self checkout, makes shopping way less stressful. I would absolutely never tip the self checkout machine though.
I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet, but those self-checkout terminals are also evading taxes. When businesses get free labor from their customers it not only saves them the wages, but also evades the Social Security and Medicare taxes they would have to pay on those wages.
I refuse to use a self-check-out, and I will continue to do so until they start giving discounts for using them
Tip screens shouldn't exist. Pay your workers fairly, don't force that burden upon your customers.
exactly
I'm from the UK. I was in front of a lady in a till line when she was asked if she would like to use the self-checkout machine. Her reply was: 'No, because you'll have us stacking the bloody shelves next..' Always remembered that and I've never used the self-checkout line since..
Love that!
It's getting a bit hard to avoid around where I live. The self checkout sections are getting bigger all the time, as checkouts with staff disappear ...
@@Phase52012 Yep, with you on that. My local hardware store (B&Q if you're in the UK) now appears to have one till for cash and the rest are all self-checkout. I try and pay in cash in the vain hope that I'm helping to keep someone in their job....!
I never tip at a machine. I don't round up my change when asked. I don't donate $1 to St Judes or any charity the prompt asks me. You never know how much they're skimming off the top.
They should be giving the customer a discount every time they are doing all the work!!!!
For the most part, I've just now stopped tipping. Because I'm sick of it. I'd say I tip at sit-down restaurants, but I stopped going to sit down restaurants. When the tipping prompt comes up, I say "No" tip. Because, they already raised their prices 10-20% because of the pandemic and the want a tip on top of it. Usually, they've already cut back on services in some way already. Now, I got my nails done yesterday and tipped 20%+, but that makes sense. Buying a pastry and watching them stick it in a bag and then expect a tip, is just ridiculous 🙄.
US tipping culture is why bribery is so acceptable higher up.
I think it is ridiculous in this day and age for waitstaff being charge around $2 an hour. Hoping it's busy and people are friendly enough to tip well. Pay these people at least $15 an hour, you will probably get more business if you advertise that employees are getting $15 an hour, that way the customer does not feel obligated to tip, but can if they want to
In San Francisco places are offering $25.+ some places and if you don't work 60+ hours per week, you still can't afford the rent in SF. Because we allow corrupt politicians to sell our property to places like Blackrock multinational corporation, who profit from squeezing rent prices on everyone.
The practice of tipping originates in medieval Europe when jousters would work for tips from the audience. In the US pre civil war it wasn’t common practice and there was no tipping culture. However after the civil war there were suddenly a lot of uneducated freed black slaves in the south all trying to find work, usually in the low-skilled service sector. The typical white owners of these businesses needed the workers however didn’t want to pay these former black slaves a wage. So they offered them work with arrangement that they’d work for their tips. Hence how tipping culture in the US is actually a way of legally and unofficially continuing slavery. Which is why you still tend to find it in these low skilled service sector jobs. And there were actually certain states the US which pre civil war had banned tipping as found the practice completely abhorrent.
If you don't tip the machine, how will it support its family?
As a former cashier, I don't use self-checkout and I don't think anyone else should either. Not unless they start PAYING you to use them.
At my local store I always make them check me out.. and when they ask me about self checkout, I say I don't work here... does it give me a discount for using it?
If you want the public to use self-checkout give them a 5 or 10 percent discount
The BALLS it takes to cut back your human workforce in favor of machines, then ask for tips.
Greed knows no bounds
At my local RiteAid, there's always a long line for the human cashiers and the self-checkout machines languish in solitude.
When a store employee directed my old man to self check out, my old man said out loud, " DO I LOOK LIKE A __________ employee. "
I've literally began cooking more because of tipping culture. Eating out is now a luxury for me.
If its self checkout you should be able to select a negative tip to get a rebate for providing your own excellent service. On the other hand, they aren't charging you to participate in their job training program in how to be a cashier.
Yeah Tipping out of control. Its a sign that employers are being d*ckbags and should pay their people appropriately wherever they are.
Oh my God finally someone is talking about this bs. Why do I have to learn how to work a McDonald's kiosk just to pay the same amount and get the same horrible attitude
At a time when corporations are regarded as human beings. tipping machines doesn't seem to be that far-fetched. We must end corporate rule.
But if you tried to tip a cashier in the same store they wouldnt be allowed to accept it!
Tip humans, not machines.
I am also upset when a coffee shop or other food/drink place asks me to tip up front as I pay for my food/drink that hasn't even come out yet. I don't know what the food/drink is going to be like, and I don't know what the "service" is going to be like. I never tip them.
Tipping a machine for a task I had to do because they replaced the person that used to it for me - only in America! This country just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
I never use self checkout. My new thing is I no longer 'round up' or donate X amount to some charity the company is presumably giving that money to. Once I found out that there's a good chance only a fraction of that money actually goes to that charity, I no longer feel like a jerk when I click the NO button.
It reduces the company's tax burden while they pay their skeleton crew employees barely minimum wage WITHOUT affordable Healthcare, etc. Fuxxx these welfare kweens
Even if it does go to the charity, at the end of the year, they proudly proclaim that "We donated over $x million to ...". I'm sure that by "We" they mean their customers. Unfortunately, that part doesn't trickle down to their ad agency.
Companies should be giving you a discount for using self checkout, not asking you to pay extra for the privilege.
At self service, you do the work, so the corporation should tip you.
This is the same as when the town in which I live charges a "convenience fee" when I pay my real estate tax online
Having to scan a QR code in a bar/restaurant to order in Philly airport to order anything is the biggest BS I've had to deal with.
The bartender was right in front of me and would not take my order. Had to go through the app.
I'm there for twenty min trying to get the app to work, taking up valuable real estate; the place was packed, until he said I have to order or leave. F the Philly airport.
Yeah, ridiculous.
Where do the tips go? The other human employees???
No. It goes to the CEO.
Pay your employees living wage!!!
No ceo of anything, anywhere, is worth $1million or more in salary or bonuses; they themselves are scamming everyone else. Cut their salary by 80% and pay workers far more.
They should pay us to use these kiosks.
I do not like self check out. I would always choose a cashier. That is no longer a choice. Gas stations were the first to fall. Walmart and Five Below do not have cashiers. Where is my pay or discount for working for these places? I have a job and do not want a second. Giving a machine a tip?? Never!!! We should be getting a discount. A company no longer has to pay a salary or healthcare?? How about a decrease in the cost of items you sell? Oh wait, profit rules!
Self checkout has always done this when they ask for "donations" so they can use your money to get their taxes lowered
The practice of tipping originates in medieval Europe when jousters would work for tips from the audience. In the US pre civil war it wasn’t common practice and there was no tipping culture. However after the civil war there were suddenly a lot of uneducated freed black slaves in the south all trying to find work, usually in the low-skilled service sector. The typical white owners of these businesses needed the workers however didn’t want to pay these former black slaves a wage. So they offered them work with arrangement that they’d work for their tips. Hence how tipping culture in the US is actually a way of legally and unofficially continuing slavery. Which is why you still tend to find it in these low skilled service sector jobs. And there were actually certain states the US which pre civil war had banned tipping as found the practice completely abhorrent.
@@amritbhupal8514 wow that’s interesting. And once again, paints a grim picture. Should be mandatory unions, mandatory minimum wage raises in line with inflation, then ban all tipping.
It’s with any retailer asking you to give to a charity. You give, they wright it off on their taxes. One national retailer, sorry, I meant to say national junk yard, the one that puts on that tacky parade, will want you to donate using their credit card. Therefore charging you interest on that charge and then writing it off on taxes and getting it all back when it was your money you have.
I don’t go to anything that asks me to tip. I eat at home, cut my own hair…problem solved. (Starbucks shoved a tip touchscreen in my face. I tipped $1.00 and never went back).
Please never give your money to any charity at a business. I guarantee you they are just pocketing it don’t be stupid guys.
If a company forces its customers to do free work using self checkout machines, the customers are the ones who deserve the tips.
lol force - and free work - I ALWAYS use self check out - you avoid the line, and it makes the line shorter for other people
@@alisonmadden6522 good for you. I use self checkout because I often don't have a choice.
@@micahnightwolf I have used it since the first time I ever saw it, and I always use it. If I have a choice, I have never been to a place that has no checkers.
@@alisonmadden6522 then you’ve never been to a Target after 9 pm or a Lowe’s at 5:30 pm
@@ES-tr5no I’m talking Safeway and Whole Foods that’s where I use them. Not bothered by it
I totally agree with how ridiculous it is. The problem is that if you’re asked to tip BEFORE receiving your food item… you risk the employee spitting in your food. And believe me, it does happen. I recently had lunch at a place which utilized self-serve kiosks for ordering. When confronted with the tip option I was immediately reminded of the various people I’ve met throughout my life who worked for fast food joints and world famous coffee companies-all of whom admitted to spitting in the orders of customers they didn’t like, or purposely dropping their order on the floor. Horrifying but absolutely true! These are chains we ALL know. The biggest chains in the business. So when pressed with the notion that the kitchen staff probably sees the details of the order, coupled with the kitchen staff being in the back somewhere unseen… it’s not so easy to say “no”.
I've said it before, tipping is way out of control in America. Some services charge thousands of dollars, but still looking for a tip. It's ridiculous.
I agree with Anna. Why are we tipping in fast food restaurants where you are given a paper cup to fill your drink yourself. They call your number and you have to get up and go get your food , when you are done eating you have to clear out your own space (god knows that they don’t even wipe down the tables). What are we tipping for? My husband and I went to a fast food place the other day….just the two of us. The total for the nasty food was $32. That use to buy a steak.
Workers should be paid, not tipped. 10% used to be the normal restaurant tip, now they want 20%. I worked food service for many years as a cook, all those tips never made it to the kitchen. NEVER
Ya I was dishwasher the harcest job in the restaurant
were you paid $2.50 an hour like the waitpersons?
Wait so you don’t want tipping because you were jealous of the tips? Why didn’t you just become a server then?
@WorkstationMark started there, it is... because the tipped staff dump their shit without helping. Plates with food, garbage and random placement.
@@margaretjohnson6259 minimum wage, as the tipped staff was paid minimum wage too.
The labor cost saved should be passed to the customer
I am a retired welding inspector and no one ever gave me a tip for inspecting their weld. We get paid for our work and if it isn’t enough then we need to train up for a better paying job.
I live in Australia. Tipping is not part of the culture in Australia. Tipping a machine? Thats not tipping, thats just GIVING MONEY to a company that put someone out of work. Not gonna happen.
The machine should be tipping us.
Fed up with the tipping culture. Why should we pay a tip at a kiosk? Why should we even tip at restaurants? A part of the bill should include the service. Restaurants shouldn’t be allowed to get away with only paying a few bucks an hour. They need to pay a livable wage.
I use self checkout but no way am I tipping
I find this interesting simply due to the fact this is exclusively an American problem. Tipping isn’t really a thing here in Europe. You can but it is optional, not mandatory. It is law in virtually every EU country as well in the UK that you get paid minimum wage, no matter how crap the job.
Second, this whole matter of convenience when it comes to check out. You have people to bag your shopping. That is not a thing over here. The policy has always been “Bag your own shopping.”
This whole self checkout I think personally, is to bring Americans up too the rest of Europe. Come on guys. It’s not that hard to pack your own shopping.
The tipping mechanism should be completely outlawed, the employers need to pay their employees period.
YOU should tip ME for operating your self-checkout.
I get really pissed when they try to force you to donate to charity in the screen. That shouldn't be there to begin with.
These are probably the same companies that were passing off your donations at checkout as their own and then taking a tax deduction.
You know it just occurred to me what a scam that is. You are actually funding their philanthropic pursuits.
I refuse to use self-checkout... no matter how few items I have and no matter how long the lines are, I will always insist on a real human having a job.
9 times out of 10, a human has to come help because something has gone wrong, anyway. :)
Same
Ana is begging you NOT to tip the machines. I'm saying they should be tipped. If you see a machine that has zero human interaction and it asks you for a tip, that machine should be tipped the fuck over.
😂😂😂
Nice
XD
We should get 15 to 20% off our bill for doing our own work at these kiosks!
Yes, the tip should go to the person who actually did the 'checking out': yourself! The grocery prices should be automatically discounted by 15 or 20%.
This should be illegal. Tips are to support workers. I should get an employee discount for checking myself out.
Tipping should be illegal, employers should pay workers a livable wage not put that burden onto the consumer. The US is the only country that still does this, it's pathetic.
@@FellVoice I used to make good money waiting tables. I like tipping wait staff and my barber when they do a good job. I wanted to tip my Walmart cashier yesterday but Walmart has stiff rules about refusing tips. That pisses me off. I should be able to tip someone if I want despite a rule.
@@darrenosborne8252 I can agree with this. It just shouldn't be on the consumer to provide the bulk of the employee's wages, it's archaic and is just a way for the employer to avoid paying them directly while pocketing the savings.
Just hit the zero. Its beyond stupid. We simply have stopped eating out unless we're traveling. Something has to change as between tips and charities I've never heard of it seems you can't go anywhere without being asked for more money.
Just waiting for the day when customers are asked to help unload the truck...
I hate tip culture
Nope. This is the employer asking me to give them more money for not providing service. It's ridiculous.
First they make the customer work to check themselves out, and now they want us to tip machines? Greed rots the brain.
Since you are doing the labour, shouldn’t the customer get the tip? I would love a 20% discount on my order. The tip should go to the person doing the check out which is you, the customer.
tips need to go away, and people be paid decent wages. enough of this .
Since Covid, and perhaps even further back, I have been griping (at my wife's objection) about the credit card tip screens at all the restaurant takeout counters. They are everywhere; pizza places, (including Domino's) Burger King, KFC, (and all fast food), Chinese take-out, etc... I have never before tipped at a counter, or been expected to tip at these locations, but now I am suddenly feeling guilty about not doing it! How many people tip them? Am I the only one objecting? Even if it is true that these employers are giving it to their employees, we can't afford to pay their salaries every place we go. This has increased to an unacceptable level!
I won't tip if there is no table service.
Agree 100%. I don’t recall seeing tip prompts on self-serve checkout in Canada (?), but I have seen it at takeout for restaurants. My philosophy is simple - for example, if I am dining in and someone is taking order, serving food, etc, then I will tip accordingly (usually 15%, maybe 18% if really good service). However, if I am doing TAKE OUT, I never leave a tip. What am I tipping for? I placed the order myself, and came to get it myself. Actually preparing the food should be the bare minimum of selling the food as purchased….
At a grocery self-checkout especially, I'M the one who performed all the services, so I should be the one to get tipped. How about a 20% discount for my trouble, hm?
No, you have to pay for that "privilege". 😂
That is annoying and they should be tipping me for using a self check out machine since I don’t work there.
I hate self checkout.
And a lot of stores around me often don’t staff cashiers for a majority of the day.
I hate them too!!
I’ll never tip at a self checkout because I will have absolutely no idea if an employee at the actual store I’m using that is receiving a single cent of that.
The machine should tip the shopper for self-service labour
Since we're doing the work of checking ourselves out, can we tip ourselves by witholding 15% if the price?
Very reasonable suggestion - so it will of course be dismissed.
Already on it
That's brilliant; we need to start loudly suggesting that to everyone around us in line.
Tipping just needs to go away
A liitle broad there
@@claytonbrown7120 is it? I thought it was clear. Tipping as a culture should disappear. That was my meaning.
@@weee1049 I 100% agree. Tipping needs to be banned.
I work at Newark airport. When you buy food there you pay at a kiosk, not each vendor, and the people who work there tell us NOT to tip because the company keeps it - the employees get NONE of it!
Haha... like HELL I am tipping a metal box! I only use self-checkout when the regular checkout lanes are long.
I wish I would! They think we all BooBoo the clown!🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡
If we're doing the labor at self-checkout why aren't we getting some cash back or a discount FROM THE STORE?
The user of self-checkout should get a 20% discount.
At least 20%
I WONT be tipping, I hate self checkout.
During covid I starting tipping the dog groomer (because their business was off) and continued post-covid. Now they're using a payment keypad/display that requests a tip and suggests 10% or 20%. That really pisses me off. What started as a piece of generosity now feels like coercion.
fire them
You know times are tough when machines are having a hard time making a livable wage
They've got alot of hungry diodes at home to feed.
They can't afford an oil change
Paying for a nice place to shop and paying the salaries of the workers is _already included in the price of the product you are selling._
I grocery shop at Wal-Mart. I refuse to use self-checkout until they give me a 10% rebate for doing their work.
If it’s self serve and self checkout, the customer should be tipped for saving the business money on wages. 😂
America’s tipping culture is so silly. Just charge the proper price for the food/product, and pay the employees accordingly
In my experience, most computer checkouts are often more friendly than their human counterparts, but they don't deserve tips. Instead, they should be tipping us for assisting them in saving money.
The company should tip the customer in this case by give a 20% off. The tipping culture is just crazy. Employers should be paying a fair honest wage. Enough with that minimum wage scam as it should be a living wage instead.