Coffee shop I went to today requires you to order from a tablet and it also asked for minimum 20% tip. The nerve lol.
Tangential, but the iPad ordering sucked. Couldn’t find the Flat White option, turned out you have to click into Cappuccino option first, as if that makes any sense. Oh and you order pastries from it as well. What happened to be able to see the pastries behind the window counter?
Why should I tip in those situations? They aren’t considered to be Tipped Employees; they are subject to the same minimum wage as any other non-waiter/waitress jobs.
Because that minimum wage is below cost of living, and there is an implicit assumption in the system that food employees are paid directly by the customers, rather than the employer.
Hurting the employees to fix the system is wrong. Turn your wrath to the employer and the legal frameworks enabling such underpayment.
Tangential, but the iPad ordering sucked. Couldn’t find the Flat White option, turned out you have to click into Cappuccino option first, as if that makes any sense. Oh and you order pastries from it as well. What happened to be able to see the pastries behind the window counter?