LPT: If a food place asks you to tip for walk-in service (like chipotle, or a coffee shop), and you don’t want to tip, you can avoid awkwardness by asking the employee if they actually get the tips.
LPT: If a food place asks you to tip for walk-in service (like chipotle, or a coffee shop), and you don’t want to tip, you can avoid awkwardness by asking the employee if they actually get the tips. If you stand there and are served something over the counter, and when it comes time to pay, they swivel an iPad at you with a 15%, 20%, 25% tip suggestion, if you’re like me, you’re worried that not tipping will be offensive or whatever. So to combat this, I’ve started just asking the checkout person if they get any cut of the tip. Chances are,...