From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Dec 26, 2025 at 11:25:36 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman""    
   wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Coincidentally, the cutest conservative commentator, Angela Rose,   
   coincidentally posted  a video about this just today. There's even an example   
   of my airport fiasco featured in it.   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wmd9EvqUNo   
      
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