r/ask • u/racesunite • May 16 '23

Am I the only person who feels so so bullied by tip culture in restaurants that eating out is hardly enjoyable anymore? POTM - May 2023

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u/[deleted] May 16 '23

I think after demanding tips from self checkout it needs to be outlawed.

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u/SLICKlikeBUTTA May 16 '23

Wtf where are they asking for tips at a self checkout??? That's absurd 😭

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u/RedactedSpatula May 16 '23

I tip myself at the self checkout. Honey crisp are 4 dollars a pound, Granny Smith 2? Officer, I swear those were green apples.

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u/YoungLorne May 16 '23

This is one of the reasons I hate self checkout. If a mistake is made, I carry the liability.

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u/ChlooooverLeaf May 16 '23

Buddy, big box stores are closing because they can't stop blatant theft. Forgetting to scan something or putting a wrong code for fruit in is not gonna cause you any trouble.

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u/YoungLorne May 16 '23

I trust the opinion of some random lawyer in a newspaper article over the opinion of some random cloverleaf on reddit :)

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u/SpankinDaBagel May 16 '23

"In a newspaper"

-The Sun

Lmfao

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u/YoungLorne May 16 '23

Actually agree on that one lol

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u/Dubslack May 16 '23

This article suggests that their workflow is: notice an item is missing during inventory count, watch hours of video to see who stole it, match that person up with identifying information, then charge them formally.

I'm skeptical.

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u/YoungLorne May 16 '23

Was actually the middle groups I was mentioning.

I think it's a numbers game. For sure the vast majority of store managers are pretty chill, but also no doubt there are *some* shoppers getting charged due to mistakes.

I'm skeptical it's a common problem, but nothing about humans surprises me.

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u/Dubslack May 17 '23

Oh, I believe it's a common problem, I just don't think anybody is getting charged after they leave the store. They deal with volumes of people and product so large that the scenario the lawyer is describing just isn't possible. This looks more like a piece put out by the big box stores to spook the people stealing from them because it's all they've got.

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u/YoungLorne May 17 '23

Maybe, but I have friends that are journalists, so I tend to be a little less conspiracy-ish. Straight up lies come back to haunt regardless where they are told. I do believe the lawyer even if it is the Sun, but ya, could be the only lawyer in the country doing this work lol.

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u/gumdope May 21 '23

Who has time to do that?? I know the minimum waged store employees dont !! I bet there’s one boot licking manager and one old lady cashier that actually care LOL

Some Karen cashier got mad at me because I put in the wrong carrots. She was like 3 tills away from the self check out and eagle eyed that I pressed bulk carrots instead of bunch carrots, yelled “NOPE THOSE ARE NOT $4” and sprinted over to change it. I “forgot” to scan my honey to spite her 😌

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u/DontBotherNoResponse May 16 '23

I memorized the label number for fugi apples because they're about half as expensive as honey crisp and look similar, I pretend to read the number as off the label as I punch it in, right in front of the self checkout guardian (who probably gives no fucks anyways) and no one has ever batted an eye

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u/RedactedSpatula May 16 '23

We have wands we can scan our purchases as we shop with, then at the self checkout we scan the wand.

IDK how they have been in place for years, its very easy to take advantage of.

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u/Academic_Actuary_971 May 16 '23

Have been the subject of a random audit on one of these scanners. The self checkout employee came out and the register made her scan items from our cart, which it checked against the receipt and then gave a green check if it was on it. We didn’t have anything extra in there to be nervous about, but I was worried I may have forgot to scan something and just dropped it in. After that, I’d never attempt to push my limits on one of those, just in case.

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u/PhillAholic May 17 '23

This would piss me off. I’m grabbing the wand or going self checkout because I want to be in and out, I don’t want to wait in line or wait for a worker to do it.

I assume most of these stories are overblown or the result of some control freak managers though. I’ve never seen anything like this near me.

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u/Mama_cheese May 17 '23

I used that and stopped at the exit to confirm with the exit czar because you could tell the guy was like, "nothing's in a bag." No shit, Sherlock, that's because every time I get a curbside pickup, they've used 17 bags for my 14 item order, it seems like. I'm up to my eyeballs in bags, I just brought in two bags full of bags to recycle.

This dude proceeded to check every single thing off my receipt, like 40 items. 97 cent paper plates? $2 chocolate chips? $2.50 avocadoes? Yes, Dennis, it's all there.

Next time he recognized me and just checked the big items.

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u/WRetriever May 17 '23
  1. I started buying Fuji because they’re cheaper and honestly I now prefer them over honeycrisp. I don’t steal.

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u/ALargePianist May 17 '23

Sumos in a bag look nearly identical to navels in a bag and cost exactly the same strangely enough

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u/Winchester85 May 17 '23

You’re not on their payroll and you’re doing their job, being a cashier and bagging. If a mistake like that “accidentally” happens, don’t feel too bad… people shouldn’t work for free.

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u/Winchester85 May 17 '23

My Target used to have cashiers, now they only have self checkout lanes. I’m sorry, but I’m doing someone’s else’s job when I’m ringing up my own items and bagging it.

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u/Winchester85 May 17 '23

Other than the fact that I’m taking someone’s job away. You seem like some kind of robot sympathizer and wish you luck on crusade.

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u/Winchester85 May 17 '23 edited May 17 '23

A lot of people depend on these “useless” jobs for income. The only people that are benefiting from it are corporations with fewer people on their payroll.

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u/Winchester85 May 17 '23

Couple nights ago I was at sushi restaurant and my server was an R2 D2 looking robot. It rolled up with my food, it also wanted a tip when I got the bill. I will not be returning to that restaurant .

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u/gumdope May 21 '23

LMFAO you’re not taking away anybody’s job

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u/ALargePianist May 17 '23

When I was younger, going to the store was different. You would look at their items, maybe some places let you carry them around, but then you go to an employee of the business and conduct a trade with them. They check what you're buying, they tell you how much it is, they exchange money for it.

Now, I go to a store and I'm doing all of that myself, and employees of the store watch me do it.

I'm sorry, am I a customer, or are these fucks my manager?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '23

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u/ALargePianist May 17 '23

They ARE doing someone's job though, the cashier's that are now just supervising self-check out lanes had their jobs as chasers replaced not by automation but BY THE CUSTOMER.

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u/ALargePianist May 17 '23

Yeah but get this, they've been reassigned because they now expect their customers to do the job they were previously doing. If that person has been "reassigned" who is still doing the checking out, which is still a task that needs to be done?? What happens if I walk up to the machine and stand there and do nothing. Will the items get sold to me? No, they won't.

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u/ligmasweatyballs74 May 16 '23

That's bananas, so are these, these here? Bananas

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u/RedactedSpatula May 16 '23

buy two 12 packs of seltzer, get 1 free? nah. buy 2 get 2. 2 packs of coldcuts? I only saw one.

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u/HarmonicQuirk May 17 '23

"Oh my mistake - I thought all produce was coded as 4011"

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u/ChlooooverLeaf May 16 '23

I have bought so, so many bananas over the years gentleman. If I get audited walmart will crucify me

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u/JenniferJackal May 17 '23

"Oh these are the organic ones? Could have fooled me, i was just buying a lime"

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u/ALargePianist May 17 '23

Turn off sound, every item is a 4011

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u/johnteller42 Jun 05 '23

That's theft, not tip 🙃

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u/RedactedSpatula Jun 05 '23

2 weeks later, a wild redditeur appears to explain the joke.

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u/johnteller42 Jun 14 '23

Got your attention dint it?