'Fine, 0% tip it is then': Tipping scandal ensues when a restaurant tries to force customers to tip by covering the ‘no tip’ option on their payment device

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jul 12, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

We've all been there, sitting in a restaurant after a nice meal, enjoying this moment with our friends, and relishing the deliciousness that occurred on our plates just moments before. But a dark reality looms before us, threatening to dismantle this pleasant feeling… The Bill. While we knew we would have to pay for such pleasures, that's not the problem, what's ruined the entire restaurant industry is the tipping culture. 

While I have no qualms about tipping a server for excellent service, nowadays it seems like customer's tips are covering the wages of every server, nearly forcing our hand when it comes to leaving a tip. If you have a terrible waiter, it's now morally and ethically wrong to leave only a 10% tip–and god-forbid you even CONSIDER a 'no tip' option. Since when did tipping become less of an option and more of an obligation when eating at a restaurant? 

Well, one restaurant really cleared up that confusion recently when they decided to remove the 'no tip' button from their payment device. Now, customers don't even have to consider whether or not they're leaving a tip for their servers at this place because that decision has already been made for them! Scroll for the backlash that ensued when this tipping scandal left a bad taste in everybody's mouth…

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    This restaurant covered up the "No Tip" option with a sticker to force tipping
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    hroom 1 Verifone $20.95 15% 18% $3.15 $3.78 TIPA $ % THANK YOU 1 oz. 2 ABC 3 DEF 4 CHI 5 JKL 6 MNO 7 PRS 8 TUV 9 WXY SP # X 0 P400
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    SATerp "Fine, 0% tip it is then." 3.2k Reply lemissa11. I'd tip 0.01 just to make a point lol
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    In the US, this legally means it's not actually a tip. It specifically has to be 100% optional no matter the method of payment
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    RB30DETT Percentage=0% 25.6k Reply reddit_Lemur The screen was touch screen so I pressed on the sticker lol
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    Immediate-Formal6696 imagine they tricked you and under the sticker was a 500% tip button
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    YourMomPicked MyName. My is picking them stickers off while making eye contact with the cashier. Also never going back to that establishment.
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    FockerHooligan "Here's a tip: Use superglue next time."
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    Teamisgood101 Hey they cant complain you are in fact giving them a tip
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    Many_Housing_644. I consider myself a generous tipper but I wouldn't tip at all if this is how they're going to play this game
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    reddit Lemur OP I would too, but we weren't being served here. We took the food from the counter to our table and had to bus ourselves.
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    Blueskyways. I'm still lost on when the we started to demand tips for carryout and casual dining. It's absolutely gotten out of control.
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    Agitated-Artichoke89. Easy workaround, just select the amount or percentage then put 0. Tipping should be optional not mandatory.
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    parkesto. Contact Verifone, they will 100% cancel them over this. Source: I work with both Verifone + Moneris daily. You do NOT with what the customer can do with their machines.
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    Luminox I feel like the tipping BS is everywhere and getting worse. If all you do is ring up my order why do you deserve a tip? I have no problem giving tips to waitresses or others that provide a service to me and they are actually good. You don't automatically get a tip just because you are at work.
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    Skyscreamers You Get Nothing!
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    ElPared Peel the sticker off. I mean I'm generally a big advocate for tipping at sit down places and such, but like, what if you left a cash tip? What if it's a takeout or quickserve place where a tip isn't always customary?
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    loz_fanatic I'd look them dead in the eye as I remove the sticker and push 'no tip'
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    reddit_Lemur OP I hate that it now has become a opt out system instead a opt in. Things like service charges and mandatory gratuity make it difficult for me to want to go out for food anymore. I guess it's better for me anyway to eat at home
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    Peppermynt42 When a tip becomes mandatory, it's no longer a tip, it's a fee.
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    GuaranteeFit116. I was at a stadium and I just got a drink... Lady asked me if I wanted to add a tip... I told her maybe not charge 8 bucks for 16oz fountain drink.
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    Imprettysaxy. I once ordered from a food truck that had organized the tip window from left-to-right 40% tip, 35% tip, and 25% tip. Intentionally ordering it from super high on the left first, assuming people automatically hit the "lowest" option being on the left first? No.
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    I tipped them zero dollars. off with that . You literally just took my order through the window, when I asked "what are your sauces," you pointed to the menu, and I came up and grabbed my own food. "You get nothing! You Lose! Good Day Sir!" - Gene Wilder
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    MikeTX2233 Haha. I actually find this pretty funny. I bet the person who came up with this idea thinks he's a genius
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    I'd look them dead in the eye as I remove the sticker and push 'no tip' 75% 18% 93.78 D TIP % THANK YOU ABC 3 DEF JKL 6 MNO TUV 9WXY SP P400
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