You guys ever get a “tip request” at a self serve kiosk?

I tend not to tip when it's asked for.

More like insisted on

Probably using a POS meant for actual dining.

Yes, at Newark airport. It’s wild.

I experienced this at MSY at one of the shops near the cafe du monde.

I was somewhere and it was a completely self serve area that was kind of U shaped. You walked in one way and had to funnel around to the self checkouts to get out. There were employees standing there watching you check out and the machine immediately asked for a 20, 25 or 30% tip when I hit pay. I had to hit several buttons to do away with the tip option, I might have even had to ask how to not tip.

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The business owner, aka the person who pays the transaction fees and gets the transaction proceeds.

Some of them might share with employees, but they are under no obligation to do so and most do not.

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That makes sense.

The other thing I saw this week was the number of automated checkout menus asking “Do you want to round up your purchase to the nearest dollar” for ______ (charity).

What a great deal for the business.
1. Ask customers to donate to charity.
2. Collect the extra funds.
3. Write a big check for the charity that did not come out of the companies profit.
4. Get great publicity as a “giving corporation” AND
5. Get your tax break in the process.

Maybe but I feel that often this is a ploy by the owners to get additional revenue.

I used to do the books for a restaurant where the owner kept a lit if the tips for himself.

Red Bird or whatever in Covington.

Place my own order, serve my own drink.

Kiosk asked for tip, so I wiped the screen off for it.

Shitty chicken BTW.