Re: Samsung Wallet vs Google Pay

In article <v17kge$1p9gh$2@dont-email.me>, bob.henson@outlook.com
says...

 
On 5.5.24 4:35 am, The Real Bev wrote:

On 5/4/24 7:54 PM, VanguardLH wrote:

J The bill has already been registered at their terminal, but you
still need to add a tip, and sign the bill.

 
I always tip in cash.  It's not MY job to help the IRS.
 

 
I'm inclined to use cash for tips too. If you add it to a credit card
payment it usually ends up in the hands of the owner, not the staff who
looked after me. However, that is becoming a thing of the past now in
the UK - more and more places add a hefty service charge to the bill, so
I certainly don't leave any tips then. I consider this tantamount to
fraud and won't go back to restaurants that do it - but eventually I'll
have nowhere left to go if I refuse all service charges. We should
campaign for the law to change to force all businesses to include ALL
charges in the prices quoted for their goods and to pay their staff a
fair amount in the first place.

Agreed. I sometimes ask the waiter how their system works i.e. do they
keep their own tips, share amongst the staff (including kitcen staff) or
does the owner get it?
If it goes through the card, the provider will receive a percentage if
the tip.
I'm not sure what century VanguardLH lives in, but taxis, my window
cleaner and the local ice-cream van all have card resders, but of course
they all prefer cash.

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Jim the Geordie