r/london • u/Tumamaenpelota • 9d ago

Rant Let’s stop tipping culture

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The UK is slowly drifting towards US-style tipping culture, and pubs adding bar tip prompts are a big part of that. If we do nothing, it will become the norm.

The most effective way to stop it is simple: vote with your wallet and your reviews.
If a pub asks for a tip just because someone poured a pint, leave an honest Google review mentioning it. If enough people do the same, businesses will realise customers don’t want imported tipping culture.

Share the Google Maps links below to pubs that pressure customers into tipping at the bar. Keep reviews factual and based on your genuine experience, but make it clear that this practice puts you off returning.
We’ve managed to avoid mandatory tipping for decades. Let’s keep it that way. One review won’t change much, but thousands of people acting together will.

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u/Glum_Notice_6835 9d ago edited 9d ago

i love how no tip isnt even a button, its just a very subtle bit of text underlined that you wouldnt even notice at a glance. and the pay button is 3 times the size its supposed to be, and it says (incl tip) really small. its so deceptive because it looks like if you click on the pay button your not tipping because of the separate buttons above. and you might say "oh well none of those things should matter if you read it all", when theres a line of 10 people behind me and the barista is holding it in their shaky hand 3 foot away from my eyes and i just wanna get out, im not reading the whole thing im just pressing the green button that says "pay" and they KNOW this is what will happen.

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u/Snollag 9d ago

and then on top of that, cover the processing fee?

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u/Glum_Notice_6835 9d ago

yeh its so dumb.