From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   BTR1701   wrote:   
   >On Dec 26, 2025 at 11:10:15 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman""    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >No, they did a carve out for fast food restaurants which mandated they be paid   
   >$18/hr starting 2019 and rising each year until it hits $25/hour.   
   >   
   >But it's only for fast food restaurants, not sit-down restaurants. And Gavin   
   >had them put a special carve-out in the statutory definition of "fast food"   
   >that exempted any fast food restaurant that baked its own bread fresh on the   
   >premises so that his buddy who owns Panera wouldn't be hit with skyrocketing   
   >labor costs. When that hit the media, Gavvy hastily retracted the carve-out.   
      
   Wow   
      
   >Still, it seems like Subway would have met that bread criteria as well. I   
   >wonder how they managed to exempt Panera and not Subway (or Firehouse Subs or   
   >any other sandwich shop that bakes its own bread)?   
      
   I try to avoid Subway. I don't care if they bake it in the restaurant --   
   pre-rolled dough from the freezer. It's lousy bread that tastes mass   
   produced.   
      
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