It certainly is becoming more common, even ubiquitous, have a window pop up asking for a tip when paying by credit card. The Olympics seem to have added great momentum to the trend.
âtippingâ has been âa thingâ since at least the 1960 in my personal experience.
however great-big-comma it was rounding up to the next one/couple francs/marks/kroner/lira/whatever.
absolutely nothing on the order of 10-15-20-25-30%
weâre fond of âJersey Mikeâsâ subs - when paying with credit / debit it puts up the tip prompt, starting at 20%!!! I have pre-staged a one dollar bill, which I put in the tip jar and select âNo Tipâ at the prompt.
and that only because I can make the impression of being a bit, or more, fussy about how the sub is made . . . some employees are ecstatically happy to fulfill my request(s) - some are right down sour about it . . .
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No. We need to stop this.
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In the Cote dâAzur, I have seen this crop up a bit this year, as well as heard the chatter from the expat community as they encounter it. It seems perhaps (speculation) the POS machine companies have been promoting this option with the latest SW update. Some suspect that as soon as they hear an American accent that they hit a button to bring up the prompt for tourists. (But French spouses of expats report the same thing, so I suspect it is a default option with the POS machiunes). i did run into a situation or two where the clerk (perhaps the owner) quickly hit the pass button to clear it.
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This happened to us earlier this month in Nice. The tip prompt popped up on the card machine and the server said âignore thatâ. We left a small tip in cash on the table when we left. The prompt is definitely being built into the POS system.
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Is that âPoint of Serviceâ or âPiece of S**tâ?
Weâre in Switzerland, and the machine also prompted for a tip - and the server specifically pointed it out!
I had it today in a place serving almost entirely French customers, and the message was written in French.
2 weeks ago at an Asian fusion French restaurant in Paris, we were given this multiple choice with different numbers in % when paying with credit card.
Not related to restaurants, recently buying in shops or supermarkets, when paying by card, there is always this message at the machine asking you to accept or not rounding off the price for some type of association or charity.
I think we should start tipping nurses and doctors.
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Intended humorously perhaps, but it does remind one of the apocryphal meaning of âTIPSâ: âTo Insure Prompt Serviceâ. The last thing one should want is the ability of rich people to gain preferential treatment from medical personnel with tips. (The senior residence where my mother-in-law lived prohibits tips to the staff, and fired their chef after he accepted a tip after arranging a residentâs birthday party as part of his job.)
Which makes one think about the whole tipping thing and what it encourages.
Rich people are already gaining preferential treatment through concierge medicine.
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Yes, I mean to be ironic about it like tipping car mechanics and everyone. To naf pointâs, I have started seeing credit card transaction coming up with tip and all different kind of service, not just restaurants.
Yes, so have I seen the tip line coming up at all kinds of places. Usually it comes with the software package the business chose. I have no shame or hesitation at all clicking âno tip.â Sometimes I leave cash in the tip jar at independent bakeries and counter service places I like. Not at chains.
Yes, I know about concierge medicine. But I was thinking of patients in a regular doctorâs office or hospital, where presumably everyone is treated equally
(I know someone who signed up for concierge medicine, and it was no better than what she had had before. At least with tipping, you pay after you see what the service is like.)
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Iâm waiting for some to report seeing a tip line on a payment slip for a traffic ticket. 
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That will be awesome.
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