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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by conductr on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:15AM (#34500906)
I’m in process of opening an all you can eat pancake shop and doing the same.

I’m thinking of charging a small ~$x per table fee for bussing tables. Refundable if they self bus. Probably would always refund it unless they wreck the table. Not sure I want to administer it, or if it would be perceived as a punitive thing and get bad reviews. Just an idea I had while coding the self checkout app.

Also, pancakes are made by a robot

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by tomcam on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:38AM (#34501090)
Where? I’d love to hear more about this journey too.
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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by conductr on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:12PM (#34512517)
Dallas area. Early days right now but I’ll post some content if it shapes up.
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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by TylerE on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:17AM (#34500914)
That would definitely mKe me not-a-customer.

There’s a lot more to something BEING clean than LOOKING clean.

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by conductr on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:20AM (#34500936)
Oh yeah I’d still clean it. Syrup is too messy to trust them. But it discourages people completely trashing the place is my thought. Difference of wiping things down quickly and having to bring out the broom and mop and spend 10 minutes on it.
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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by Archipelagia on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @04:39AM (#34501580)
If you want to go thay route, it might be better instead to add a % to all the prices, and then at the end give it back if someone left a clean table. Something like "as a small token of gratitude for leaving the place clean and saving us time, here's 1% of your price back!"

One is punitive, other one is rewarding.

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by conductr on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:17PM (#34512556)
I agree and this is my main concern. Only issue I see here is the gamification only works if they know about it up front/before they make a huge mess. I guess I could put something at the table that explains why they should help out.
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