The world didn’t used to be like this. A busninesses reputation was built on how it treated its customers, and Americans demanded and got quality products and services at a price normal people could afford.
Now every FUCKDAMN restaurant wants a 30% tip, and now I’m getting PRESSURED TO TIP THE CASHIER AT A GAS STATION?!
Look I get it, times are tough and those people deserve more BUT IT SHOULD COME FROM THE VAST UNCHECKED PROFITS OF THE COMPANY THAT THEY ALLOW TO EXIST!
But NooOOoow we’ve NORMALIZED customer abuse and dark patterns, we just ‘oh gee damn’ extra fees and not owning anything.
WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO LET US LIE BACK AND TAKE THIS?!
Someone figured out that no matter what kind of business it is if you put a line on the receipt for a tip like 90% of people just will leave a tip because they’re too embarrassed to look cheap.
When we see something on a receipt requesting a tip most of us assume everyone else is leaving a tip too and that we’ll be judged if we don’t leave one ourselves.
Once one place stated doing it they all started doing it, because no one has yet told them they can’t and it’s basically free money to them.