<p>if my stylist handed me her squareup and I had to pay for a tip that way, I would choose the lowest tip, just on principal. I normall tip 20%, but if I have to use that thing, it will be 15%. squareup charges the vendor 2.75% with every transaction, so doing this enough times, she may not be so inclined to use it.</p>
<p>That’s awful! I generally tip about 15%. If those were my options, I’d give no tip or give a cash tip. Have never given a 50% tip! I know it is a mandatory 18% tip at a lot of places if you have 6+ diners, so I always check my bill to be sure I haven’t already paid the tip included in the bill.</p>
<p>I ran into something like this at a local AppleBees many years ago. They gave you a machine to enter the tip amount. I paid with cash. The guy asked if he could keep the change (round it off to the nearest $10). This was for a take-out order.</p>
<p>I stopped going there.</p>
<p>I always pay with credit cards and tip in cash. I also give a couple of dollars to the person who washes my hair.</p>
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<p>A good way to go.</p>
<p>We’ve been losing ATM machines (we had one in the office for my credit union and it was replaced with a fee-type machine, I’m losing the CU near home because they are moving and son lost his fee-free credit union at work because they no long skip fees in-network) making getting cash more of a pain.</p>
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<p>Hit No Tip, smile, and say … if you want my tip, get a new machine that is not so obnoxious … just before walking out. </p>
<p>The pressure to extract tips through pressure and tricks is really unending. And so is the attempt to guilt anyone who knows the value of a dollar. If listening to some business owners, one would walk with a roll of bills and start playing Santa Claus with the parking attendant, the receptionist, the girl that directs you the shampoo chair, the shampoo girl, the one who brings a glass of water, and … finally the hair dresser with that big sign around his neck that says “Tip me 50 percent - Remember I have scissors” and perhaps the owner on the way out. </p>
<p>This is just as ridiculous as the restaurant practices. Businesses should pay their employees and charge a reasonable price without such nickels and dimes practices.</p>
<p>I also always tip for restaurant take out. It’s the waiters and waitresses who usually take the time away from their tipping tables to put the order together. For this reason, when I was a waitress we all HATED take out orders. Also I tend to go back to the same local joints all the time and I want to make sure they include my extra salsa or tzatziki. (and you NEVER ever want to alienate the person handling your food)</p>
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<p>+1. Can’t stand it…</p>
<p>I recently paid for a cab in which I swiped my card and my receipt was texted to me. </p>
<p>I love how the Apple stores take payment, with an emailed receipt.</p>
<p>^ I’ve also had receipts emailed from Macy’s and Gap. I love it.</p>
<p>PG, some people might not be that happy with having both their credit card information AND their email/phone number in the hands of a … taxi service.</p>
<p>The guy who boards my dog does the same thing. Glad I don’t have to tip him.</p>
<p>The service I use between my house and O’Hare has all that info already. It recognizes my cell phone when I call and knows where to pick me up. If I call from the airport, it texts my cab number to me. I like the convenience.</p>
<p>I’ll bet the servers and workers don’t like it either. There will be a paper trail of the tip value. If the IRS or Revenue Canada wants to audit them, they had better have claimed gratuity income. When I was working in a restaurant, 15-20 years ago, I made as much in tips as I did hourly. Most in the industry only claim a small portion of tips, and the underground economy flourishes.</p>
<p>My hairdresser doesn’t take CC, only cash or check. She owns the place and I still tip her. Some of my friends tell me that since she’s the owner, I shouldn’t tip her. What do you think? She’s been cutting my hair for 25+ years and has owned the place for 20 years.</p>
<p>PS - not sure if it was said, but NYC taxis have the canned % tips. Makes it very easy to get out of one with a CC.</p>
<p>I have seen these machines only in taxis. The tip options always include 15%, which is what I select, unless it was a short trip. In that case, I tip 20%.</p>
<p>When I have my hair colored, I pay the bill by check and tip in cash. I tip the colorist 20%, and I also tip the shampoo woman. This brings up a question I’ve been meaning to post here.</p>
<p>The shampoo women always give a brief scalp/neck massage. A few times, though, this massage has been incredibly good, sometimes lasting as long as 10 minutes. This only happens, of course, when things are slow and there is time, and only with certain women who are very good at this. How much would you tip in this case?</p>
<p>If it’s just a shampoo and lather then just $2. If a nice massage is included then, it depends on the place but I usually give $5 to the shampoo lady.</p>
<p>I personally am not interested in sharing my email with more than absolutely necessary. It feels invasive to me & makes me hesitate to use anything that requires me to disclose my email OR my cell phone #. Too much info I don’t want to share. 
I guess it would be good for them if that made me use cash instead, which is harder to trace, but I might also decide not to use them at all & find alternative methods like mass transit, competitor taxi, or a shuttle that doesn’t require me to disclose this info to charge.</p>
<p>Love the Square app.</p>
<p>Hate tipping! </p>
<p>I am generous, but really wonder why we do it in the first place. And why do I need to tip my self-employed hair dresser? I do it, but can’t figure out when we are all going to stand up and demand that we put an end to tipping for someone doing their job, and start demanding that employers pay a decent wage.</p>
<p>The new hair salon I visited last month uses ipads for processing card payments. When I asked about tips, in addition to suggested percentages, there was an option to enter your own amount. It wasn’t immediately obvious to me it was an option, so I asked.</p>
<p>I also had the option to receive the receipt via email ans/or text. I asked them questions about how the system worked, and they said it fed into Quickbooks and handled their accounting for the salon. I thought it was pretty cool and probably less expensive for the salon than a cash register.</p>