Self-Checkout Machines Asking For Tips

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• Tip prompts are becoming more common at digital, self-checkout kiosks.
• But customers are unsure where their money is going or whether the prompt is even necessary.
• The issue highlights a bigger phenomenon: "tipping fatigue."

Customers are being asked to tip even at self check-out. Some say it's 'emotional blackmail.'

As self-checkout kiosks are incorporating the option to include tips, customers question where the money is going.

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[CopperSilverGold]

I refuse to subsidize these larger corporations/chains. Why should I help pay their employees? I also refuse to round up for charitable requests. Why should the corporations/chains get the advantage of a tax write off using my money? Why should I pay anywhere from a few percentage points to well into double digit percentages when these $13/hour clerks ask me to round up? I donate plenty to charities on my own.