'THE AUDACITY': Tenant fuming after their landlord's rent collection website suggests leaving a 25% tip on top of rent

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
May 24, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

Let's face it, we're all getting a bit tired of tipping culture. The Girl Scouts at the grocery store want a tip, our cable guy wants a tip, and now it seems that even our landlords want a piece of the gratuity. 

One greedy landlord recently shocked his dutiful tenant when he added a tipping option to their online payment system. When the renter went online to pay his monthly bill, he was shook when the final payment screen prompted a 15%, 20%, or a 25% tip option for 'great service'! Quite frankly, there's no landlord on earth worthy enough of exceptional service like this, and most renters would agree that paying their rent on time is tip enough. 

Scroll for the hilarious reaction in the comment section that made tenants tremble in their boots, fearing their landlord at their front door turning an iPad towards you and saying, 'It's just gonna ask you a few questions'. 

Next up, here's another story of cheapskates in action where a penny-pinching manager ignores the advice of a wise worker and costs the company $4,000 in lost product as a re

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    How much do you tip your landlord? VOTED Rent Payments BALANCE DUE $1,548.40 Good Morning. Jeff! Service Requests * Something not working? WOULD YOU 15% 20% MASZ A MENCE Scheduled Service Recent Messages HANNSpree
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    Eastern-Astronomer-6 7 hr. ago Click custom. Then put in a negative percentage and see if you get a discount. 236 Reply Share Commercial_Education. 5 hr. ago This is the way.
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    Grouchy-Newspaper754 16 hr. ago If my landlord asks for a tip I will try to tip her over down the stairs 455 Reply Share ... croix_v 6 hr. ago This was my exact train of thought. How many times do I wanna tip him down the stairs? Like 10 a day?
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    orwass 13 hr. ago Who the I would tip on rent? 245 Reply Share ... Dhegxkeicfns 8 hr. ago If you don't tip them they won't be able to afford as much more real estate as they would if you do tip them. And that wouldn't really be fair.
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    toughguy_order66 · 1 hr. ago And really just like eating out, if you can afford to rent you can afford to tip otherwise stay home.
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    dragonfire8667. 11 hr. ago Tip of my shoe up his
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    RawDawgHarry . 9 hr. ago Its the American way! 20% MINIMUM tip on the rent If you cant afford to tip your landlord THEN YOU SHOULDNT LIVE INDOORS (losers)
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    Calaveras-Metal . 5 hr. ago maybe if you didnt eat all that avocado toast you could afford to tip your landlord!
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    Vox_and_Occ 3 hr. ago Considering I've actually seen people online (in all seriousness,) say that if you're poor you should just be homeless as a way to save money...
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    _modernhominin · 1 hr. ago Not gonna lie, my car has looked pretty appealing at certain times in my life
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    theSeanage 2 hr. ago If you can't afford to tip on rent then perhaps you shouldn't be living. I believe that's what I'm always told from people who depend on tips.
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    RuntM3 8 hr. ago $400 tip? 28 you Jeff! Reply Share RuntM3 8 hr. ago Oh wait you're Jeff nvm. Have a good day Jeff.
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    dopepicklejuice22. 8 hr. ago Please tell me this is a joke..... △ 12 Reply Share H5N1BirdFlu OP. 7 hr. ago Nope
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    Sparrow1989 4 hr. ago Tbh my guy. This is a bold strat. If he gets enough people that tip him 20% he will assume that raising rent 20% is something he can do with new contracts.
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    Corkster75 14 hr. ago I tip him by paying his mortgage, keeping his house under good repair and in good order then giving him another £800 to spend on what he likes each month!
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    ProCommonSense 3 hr. ago If I were faced with that I'd tip them with the cost of finding a new tenant. I'd bet "Custom" doesn't default to 0.
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    Clankmostdank 3 hr. ago You can tip them over then grab them buy the legs and shake all the money out of their pockets
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    Outside_Ad_1013. 11 hr. ago It is a standard thing with card reader apps. Heck, if Girl Scouts are using Square to accept credit cards, it prompts a tip option. I really don't think your landlord is expecting a tip.
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    justhereforfighting. 8 hr. ago Uhh no. You can disable the tipping option on square. It takes about 3 button presses to do it. In fact, I don't know of any card reader app that you can't disable the tipping option on.
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    Efficient Theme4040 7 hr. ago THE AUDACITY! &&&&
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    Chochofosho . 6 hr. ago Guaranteed 18% for parties of 6 or more. Thought everyone knew this. /s
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    MotherfuckerMaybeIAm 3 hr. ago I will tip her off of the balcony
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    mydogthinksyouweird 14 hr. ago That is most definitely a lawsuit waiting to happen. Anywhere from predatory practice to harassment. I feel like any California tenant lawyer would take this one pro bono.
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    rvice Requests pport Messages elp BALANCE DUE $1,548.40 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ATIP 15% 20% 25% custo TOTAL AFTER ADDED TIP $1.935.10 Something not working? Submit a service request maybe if you didnt eat all that avocado toast you could afford to tip your landlord! Is this an emergency? Scheduled Service See all messages
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