Agreed. I had more empathy for tipping workers at self-service / carryout settings during the height of the pandemic (which is not over BTW). Now… Given that management has programmed these registers I find myself grudgingly tipping since I have to wonder if management has started paying them even more inadequately in anticipation of tipping.

I have somewhat magically decided I tip 10% at these things as there is no real guidance anymore. 20% for table service. Delivery… 15-20%?

Of course someone will come along saying to tip 0% to hold the line and force fair wages. I have some understanding of that argument too.

This is definitely an after-COVID thing. Pick hours and stick to them. Case-in-point – local Pho noodle place that advertises closing at 10pm, usually closes by 9pm, but they really want you to come by 8:30pm to pick-up your carryout.

If you are tired – post new hours. If you found new meaning in life – post new hours. If you are having trouble finding staff – post new hours.

Instead, I have to play this guessing game of when they close. My wife gets home at 9:30pm, so I’d rather not be picking up at 8:30pm (or being called back to please rush over to grab the food fast).

This is but one example. It’s getting to the point when – anytime I need to log into an account on a major site – I must disable VPN, disable Pihole and tracking blockers, and maybe make sure I’m on a home Internet service. If they actually cared about security, the 2FA and long passwords would be enough.

Got told “thank you for your service” AGAIN today. I think maybe Disney employees are under command of The Mouse to say it.

HousePanther – That is very nice of you. I’m game to give this a (slow) go given I’m working 50+ hours per week as a psychotherapist.

Already on my radar – an rss feed to lemmy community posting robot (name is at home and can’t find it right now – it is on GitHub).

Anything that takes emails or rss feeds and converts them to Mastodon or Lemmy posts.

Anything that lets me run my own telehealth 2-way video server. I’ll have to sign a HIPAA BAA (medical privacy) agreement with vendors and server farms. Or run it at home.

Well sure, Teft – you are not wrong. But let’s say I’m working 10 hours per day to live in this capitalist system (I am), and need to outsource shopping. There are only so many mom and pop shops I can get delivery from, and only so much time I want to spend going to the store myself.

I’m mostly not lazy – I’m stressed in other ways.

If you take a contract out on yourself, then I disagree – the shooter should be pre-tipped.

Infyrin – I get this. In fact, this tipping supply drivers thing is new for the USA. They are not Uber Eats.

I just have low expectations that Sam’s Club will give two shits if their drivers start quitting. At least for a few years.

In the meantime, I’m partially infuriated by Sam’s Club setting it up this way so I have to guess if their drivers are paid.

In Maryland – a few decades ago – yes, full service pumps did come with the expectation of tipping the gas station attendant.