I’ll never understand, how it can be, that I don’t get a final receipt
Like, usually, I’m saying, I’m tipping (insert whatever), then in the US I’ll hand over my card and need to trust them to put in the amount I intended to
I have no way of directly verifying
And everyone was angry at my just for asking and the poor barkeeper cried…as she didn’t understand, that it wasn’t about her…
I have (intentionally) left a large tip when I’m hanging out somewhere for a long time with a low ticket value. The credit card company flags it and asks me via text to confirm that the tip is correct.
I don’t know if it’s strictly based on % or on deviations from your usual pattern.
Thankfully places in the US are slowly switching to those wireless POS terminals that are brought to the table. So many cards get skimmed when handed to servers and they leave your sight.
you keep the receipt, that way if you are charged wrongly you just sent the receipt to your CC and chargeback the restaurant.
it has happened to me a few times, maybe once every 2-3 years, the server will decide I didn’t tip enough and my 10 dollar tip becomes 100 dollars. often they can get away with this because a lot of folks never check their receipts.
you are supposed to tip based on service level. it’s entirely subjective.
Because it’s cheaper and usually not necessary to have additional electrolytes
Edit: and I’m stopping here
This is getting beyond stupid
You guys defend an inferior system, because you don’t want to change, because it was always that way
At least, that I get from your answers
In Europe, I usually get a receipt and can write the tip on top of that, than I’ll pay everything and get the real receipt, including the tip
Why should I even need to check into a stupid app, I don’t even want to have?
It’s just so much easier to see the real paid amount at the end
Edit: and just saying, I’ve been doing that all my life, doesn’t make it better
“That’s how we’ve always done it” is the thing that stands against progress
If a system is better, than it’s better - and we can compare
So, what I’m up to:
Maybe I’m missing something here, which makes this blind trust better in some way, but nobody told me how
I’ll never understand, how it can be, that I don’t get a final receipt
Like, usually, I’m saying, I’m tipping (insert whatever), then in the US I’ll hand over my card and need to trust them to put in the amount I intended to
I have no way of directly verifying
And everyone was angry at my just for asking and the poor barkeeper cried…as she didn’t understand, that it wasn’t about her…
Felt like an ass, just questioning the system
I have (intentionally) left a large tip when I’m hanging out somewhere for a long time with a low ticket value. The credit card company flags it and asks me via text to confirm that the tip is correct.
I don’t know if it’s strictly based on % or on deviations from your usual pattern.
Thankfully places in the US are slowly switching to those wireless POS terminals that are brought to the table. So many cards get skimmed when handed to servers and they leave your sight.
you keep the receipt, that way if you are charged wrongly you just sent the receipt to your CC and chargeback the restaurant.
it has happened to me a few times, maybe once every 2-3 years, the server will decide I didn’t tip enough and my 10 dollar tip becomes 100 dollars. often they can get away with this because a lot of folks never check their receipts.
you are supposed to tip based on service level. it’s entirely subjective.
0 tip for everyone. I order to go.
You haven’t provided a service. Eating alone in restaurants freaks me out :v
I’m sure you’d tip 0 if you ate in too.
That’s the thing, it’s just so much more effort
Doing some bar hopping at night and paying with card, it becomes completely impossible to really keep track, if the waiter just upped the tip
Or maybe I just was to drunk and have written poorly
It’s just a shit system, without a way to directly verify on the spot
i don’t regard it as difficult. i’ve been doing it systematically for 30+ years now, ever since I was a teenager.
It’s just more work than it should be and it can be much easier
I just don’t understand, why USA-ians always defend this system
It’s much more effort and error prone
i don’t know, why do you drink water when electrolyte drinks are superior for hydration?
Because it’s cheaper and usually not necessary to have additional electrolytes
Edit: and I’m stopping here
This is getting beyond stupid
You guys defend an inferior system, because you don’t want to change, because it was always that way
At least, that I get from your answers
I can’t argue with that…
Right, and your presumption you inherently correct and an entire other culture you aren’t a part of is stupid… is not stupid and arrogant… at all.
You could look at your banking app after it’s processed.
In Europe, I usually get a receipt and can write the tip on top of that, than I’ll pay everything and get the real receipt, including the tip
Why should I even need to check into a stupid app, I don’t even want to have?
It’s just so much easier to see the real paid amount at the end
Edit: and just saying, I’ve been doing that all my life, doesn’t make it better
“That’s how we’ve always done it” is the thing that stands against progress
If a system is better, than it’s better - and we can compare
So, what I’m up to:
Maybe I’m missing something here, which makes this blind trust better in some way, but nobody told me how