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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: As If Being Expected to Tip for Everything Wasn't Bad Enough...
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:41:00 -0700
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On 3/10/2024 1:00 PM, shawn wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:33:48 +0000, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Now the robot at the automated convenience store wants a tip, too.
>>
>> You go in the store, there are literally no employees anywhere, you pick your
>> item off the shelf, take it to an available self-checkout register, scan it,
>> swipe your card, and you're presented with a screen that asks if you want to
>> leave a tip with various amount choices, starting at 20%.
>>
>> Leave a tip for who? There are no employees here. Am I tipping the corporation
>> that owns the store? Because hell no.
>>
>> Leave a tip for what? No service was provided to me. I did literally
>> everything myself.
>>
>> The store is literally just a giant vending machine. I wonder when those are
>> going to start asking for tips, too.
>>
> 
> You are tipping the employees that are restocking the shelves and
> those in security watching you on the camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS71sdrfm8U

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