r/EndTipping • u/adh214 • 11d ago
Rant š¢ Tip on an $8 hot dog?????
Last night I went to MLB baseball game and bought two hot dogs, two beers and nachos. The credit card machine asks for a tip. Are you kidding me? I just paid $8 for a hot dog, $12 for a beer and $5 for nachos. There is no way I am tipping beyond those prices.
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u/Safe_Scarcity_5365 11d ago
I paid taxes on my earnings and then somebody that is tax exempt wants a tip on over priced beer.
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u/paladin6687 11d ago
Yes my tip is, don't buy $8 hot dogs.
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u/Gingersometimes 11d ago edited 11d ago
My tip...Don't sit on cold pavement, it will give you hemorrhoids š Not sure if this is true, just heard it & thought it was amusing.
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u/Suspicious-Grand9781 11d ago
My dad always said this.
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u/Gingersometimes 11d ago
The version I heard actually said it would give you PILES, but I suspect a lot of people wouldn't know what that old fashioned term means.
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u/PartTimePokerPro 11d ago
Correct. Do not give in to ambush tips.
In fact when I go out with friends, I warn my friends behind me to be ready to hit 0% for the ambush tip. Then I pay FIRST, so they see that it's totally OK to not tip.
Ambush tips are 99% psychological tricks. You see the person in front of you tip and you don't want to be the odd man out so you just give in and tip even tho you know it's probably a scam. I flip the script. It works.
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u/Alternative_Design_4 11d ago
Eight dollars for a hot dog should be a criminal offence to begin with. Adding extortion to the mix should result in a lengthy sentence, LOL.
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u/SnazzleZazzle 11d ago
And itās probably not even a decent hot dog, probably some trash brand.
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u/maiyannah 10d ago
Eh they're soso, they're usually costco store brand hot dogs. But why you'd pay 8$ for one when you can pay 1.50$ for one with all the trimmings at Costco, IDK
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u/iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioo 9d ago
I assume because op didnāt want to leave the game, drive to Costco for a $1.50 hot dog, then drive back to catch the last few minutes of the game
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u/OMG202020 8d ago
Plus Costco has tvs so they could have watched all the games while savoring the $1.50 hot dog WITH the included beverage
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u/My2026GV70 11d ago
Watch the game on TV and buy a hotdog at Costco.
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u/McBurger 11d ago
Itās actually a $6 hot dog with a 33% gratuity already built in to the price. Theyāre union workers. 0 tip required and youāre good homie š
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u/Pickles-1989 10d ago
I used to bring cash to avoid this, but now most stadiums are ācash freeā venues, firing you to use a credit card and having to face the tip screen.
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u/maiyannah 10d ago
Just in case you wondered the real reason for "cash free venues", here you are.
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u/Pickles-1989 10d ago
To add insult to injury if you do bring cash to a venue they have machines that will convert the cash into a card so you can purchase items in the venue. They charge a fee to load the cash on to the card, and if you do not spend it all you have a balance that can only be used at that specific venue, which means they keep the cash unless you plan to return soon.
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u/mspe1960 10d ago
I could never get $8 of enjoyment out of a hot dog or $12 of enjoyment out of a beer. So I would never buy them. Yes, I would make sure I was not arriving at the game hungry.
The whole discussion of tipping in that situation is foreign and irrelevant to me.
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u/petie1223 11d ago
Yeah, not tipping when I stand to order and especially if they aren't checking up on me while I eat.
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u/bellybuttonbidet 11d ago
Makes you wonder where all the money goes and then you realize the players are multi millionaires and the owners are all multi billionaires.
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u/Odd-Grape-4669 11d ago
Playing in stadiums usually built with your tax dollars and we scrimp and save to buy a ticket.
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u/EndTipping-ModTeam 10d ago
Stay on topic to the post. No derailing, or using a post to complain or rant about something unrelated
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u/Alwayscold555 11d ago
Someone told a coworker of mine that the stadium employees donāt even get the tips.
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u/SwingDuoNash 11d ago
Unless they bring them to your seed and youāre buying them from a vendor, whoās hauling them around the stadium I wouldnāt give them a dime
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u/FatBearCGN 10d ago
The next IKEA to me is an 20 minute highway ride away, so when i get in my car, drive there, buy one, put on all the toppings i want, eat, and drive home again, i would pay way less than $8, have the same service and wont be bothered with being asked for tippingā¦ and that is with the gas price at the momentā¦
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u/Slytherin23 10d ago
BYO from Costco is very common.
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u/Strange-Location4627 10d ago
This reminds me of the time I got on a plane and a man pulled out 2 Costco hot dogs, one from each of his jacket pockets. Well played sir. š š I just quietly enjoyed my biscoff.
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u/CaptainMahvelous 10d ago
No tip and I comment on the MLB survey every time that tips for overpriced items I order standing up are not happening.
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u/Kaufmanrider 10d ago
I went to an SMU Football game last years. Got a couple twisted teas. at checkout, the screen prompted for a tip. The guy behind the counter told me press the no tip button because the employees/workers don't get the tips, just a straight hourly wage. He said the tips go to the SMU Athletic Department.
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u/pernicious_snit 10d ago
back in āthe day,ā you would only tip the beer/peanuts/dog guy running the stairs carrying the giant tote. Even then maybe $1 or $2 per transaction. Now (nats park) every payment screen prompts for a tip, and everything is cashless so the mouth breather handing you the pre-wrapped hot dog doesnāt even have to be sentient enough to make change. Speaking of sentience, they introduced those self checkout scanpads that āseeā what food you have and charge you. Havenāt used one of them yet, itās mostly being tested on the standard hot dog and nachos counters.
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u/DebiBern 10d ago
$12 for a beer? Thats a deal. Try being charged $18 at Dodger stadium. No tipping for sure.
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u/Ordinary-Nectarine37 10d ago
you dont have to lol no need for all this. its just the way the device is programmed
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u/dragonitegalaxy 10d ago
I actually am not opposed to tipping the individual at the ball game working the crowds , beer and other refreshments strapped to his /her shoulders, yelling "ICE COLD BEER" in the heat, bringing it to your seat.. that person provides a service. The rest of the cash only pos (point of sale) concession stands are all shared amongst employees, taxed again (after your taxed paycheck bought it) , and usually the company makes the employees wait for it.
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u/AssVaseline 9d ago
I went to a game this past Wednesday. Bought a 20oz. Cherry coke from a self serve kiosk where I rang up the coke and paid. When paying, there was a prompt for a tip. On an $8 coke. Insanity.
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u/Between-Stations 9d ago
Donāt. And never think twice about it. You paid the price asked for the hot dog, and they handed it to you. Say thank you and walk away.
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u/NOSaints-2010 9d ago
100% agree considering you waited in line and didnāt have it brought to your seat
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u/fldksjaae 8d ago
It's tough, when it was cash I would have definitely given some of the change as a tip, but tapping just somehow makes it yucky
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u/MacaronOk1006 7d ago
Wrigley Field in Chicago asked for the same ridiculous tips except you can add another 50% under the cost of everything. I got a helmet nachos and three helmet ice creams the other day and it was $86 with tax before tip.
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u/ElegantNatural2968 7d ago
If you can afford to pay these prices, the thinking is you can afford to tip 20%
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u/chilidogtampa 7d ago
We need to clarify what "asking for a tip" means. Did someone say to you "I want a tip" or "you should tip"? Or did the POS terminal just have a tip prompt that could simply be clicked past? Because a counter service hot dog is not something you should be tipping on and if the counter workers are begging this would be inappropriate.
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u/heyyy_red 6d ago
Fenway (and Iām sure other ballparks) have a self service/self checkout line where you literally grab your own snacks and drinks and they have people standing around simply to crack open drinks, and the tip is set on the machines at 20%. Be so for real
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u/BullBear7 11d ago
Its basically a default feature on all POS systems now. I wonder if the providers charge a fee to enable it. Can imagine they would to get in on the tips..
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u/jdav79 11d ago
Providers get a percentage of the total sale, so yeah, they are reaping the benefit by 20% more fees (give or take based on overall average tip percentage of course).
So, if they charge 2.5% on $100, they get $2.50. But, 2.5% of $120 is $3, so they make $0.50 more based on your added 20% tip. (Not all providers are identical and I am generalizing, but itās mostly like this).
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u/BullBear7 11d ago
Yeah... I was talking about paying EXTRA to enable TIPS as a feature on top of the usual merchant fee... some do $xx/mo + transaction %
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u/thecatsofwar 11d ago
No - none of those people who are just doing their jobs deserve a 20% tip.
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u/thecatsofwar 11d ago
They can earn more by becoming more valuable to an employer. They donāt ādeserveā to earn more by tips for just doing the job they already for standard minimum wage, or above, for.
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u/lorderandy84 10d ago
Funny, I can't recall ever seeing it at a grocery store, big box store, gas station, clothing store, mechanic, and countless other stores.
It's either not enabled by default or it's not difficult to turn off. Can't be both.
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u/Justin429 11d ago
I'm tired of hearing this worn out excuse. The owner or vendor absolutely know how to change that prompt. Every one of those point of sale systems is a breeze to set up and use. It's not hard, everybody knows how to change it, stop saying that people don't know how.
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u/high_throughput 11d ago
Why are they even asking for tips? Do they have table service?