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Carbrain culture is sitting in your car for 20 minutes instead of getting out and just walking into the restaurant.
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this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2025
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Well. Some places don't offer counter service and their doors are locked. You have to use the drive thru. Otherwise I agree with you except I don't get to even talk to a human, I am directed to a kiosk. And they flash a tip option. A tip for what?
Hardworking appliances depend on tips to provide electrons to their families. If you don't tip the kiosk that kiosk might go home and have to explain to it's toaster that they can only afford to use the low power settings.
Honestly I'm a big fan of this. If I'm eating at a fast food restaurant, I'm having a bad day. And if you are working at a fast food restaurant, I feel odds are that you are having a bad day, too. Why should we inflict our bad days on each other?
I'm confused as to why people are consistently so upset by this. What happens is obvious. A restaurant buys some POS software to plug into their checkout system. Since the software is used in many different restaurants with many different needs, it has an option for tipping. The person installing the software sees the option and says "hey, if someone wants to give us more money, why not give them the option?", checks a box on a config screen they will never open again, and then goes to lunch. Just select "No Tip" and move on with your life.