Winnipeg Free Press: Tip, tap… d,oh!
August 23, 2024 —
Paying with debit or credit card at the beer vendor, candy store or fast-food restaurant?
Aside from higher prices for seemingly everything, customers are increasingly being prompted on screen to leave a tip, often in situations where service provided — if at all — is barely noticeable.
And most Manitobans, fresh data from Probe Research reveals, don’t like it one bit.
Namita Bhatnagar shares the view of two-thirds of Probe’s 800 survey respondents who are annoyed by what’s been dubbed “tip creep,” where places not typically associated with tipping now ask for gratuities before customers tap their cards.
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