From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   BTR1701  wrote:   
      
   >Went to pick up a friend at the airport yesterday. Got there early, so I   
   >parked and went into the terminal for a bite to eat. I ended up getting a   
   >sandwich and a soda at a completely automated shop on the concourse. I took my   
   >items to the scanner to pay and was presented with a tip screen: 30% 40% and   
   >50% were the options with no "no tip" option or ability to skip the screen.   
      
   >For a store WITH NO EMPLOYEES.   
      
   >Who am I tipping in that scenario? Myself?   
      
   >I'm certainly not tipping for any kind of service. It's basically just the   
   >corporation saying, "Hey, I know we priced the sandwich at $8.00, but we'd   
   >really like it if you paid between $10.50 - $12.00 for it instead. We just   
   >don't want to look like gigantic cockbags with our prices and push people to   
   >eat elsewhere."   
      
   >There was a "custom tip" option, so I chose that and entered $0.00, which it   
   >rejected as invalid. So I entered $0.01 and it went through, but I was still   
   >enraged at having to pay even a penny for this kind of nonsense.   
      
   I would have cancelled the order the moment I saw the tip screen, given   
   that there were no human beings to tip.   
      
   Did your state make the minimum wage for tipped and non-tipped wage   
   earners the same? I think that's a hint not to tip your waitress.   
      
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