YSK: we can fight back against tip culture by paying with cash

Why YSK: Tip culture is insidious. Buy a muffin and the shop asks for 15%. A coffee? 20%. They hand you a lunch at a food truck and want 25%. It is crazy.The problem is that most of the entities involved in a transaction like tips:

EMPLOYEES benefit because they get more money.

SHOPS benefit by paying their employees less and putting the burden for paying their employees onto customers.
CREDIT CARD AND PAYMENT COMPANIES benefit by larger transaction fees.

The one group that suffers is the customer. Of course, the customer can choose not to tip, but that can be awkward and a hassle with modern payment systems. More importantly, the parties that benefit from tip culture don’t really suffer when someone chooses to tip.

There is a way to make them suffer. Pay with cash. When you pay with cash, employees aren’t usually going to ask for extra money for a tip. Shops hate people who pay with cash because it slows down checkout and they have to deal with the overhead of handling cash. Credit card and payment companies suffer the most because they get zero transaction fees when you pay with cash.So avoid the awkwardness of entering no tip by paying with cash.

Save money by not tipping on trivial transactions. Give the tip culture beneficiaries a reason to change their ways.

Of course, if there is proper service like at a sit down restaurant, you should absolutely tip generously in that scenario. Real wait staff earns they’re 18-20%. But someone handing you a muffin? Nope. Push them to push their employer to pay them properly.

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