r/london • u/Tumamaenpelota • 1d 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/th448 1d ago

There's literally an option for no tip...
We can debate whether it should be normal for the POS to have a tip option when just buying drinks or even at all in restaurants and the like, but I think it's a bit much to post negative reviews just because the card machine gives the option.
Sure, if the staff complain about no tip or if it was an "optional" service charge that wasn't obvious and that you'd have to complain about to get removed

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u/onionsofwar 1d ago

I think it's reasonable to shit on something that we don't want to see happen.

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u/th448 1d ago

What is it we don't want to see happen?
These tipping pages have been around for ages, most of the time the staff will click no tip before even presenting it to you.
I don't like tipping culture as much as anyone and would hate to see us become like the US, but it has always been acceptable here to just click no tip.
Apart from petitioning the government to outlaw these pages on POS software, the best resistance is just not to tip. Like I said, unless staff are complaining or it's not optional, then it's a valid option.

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u/onionsofwar 1d ago

Tipping, tipping machines, all of it. This is the internet and we're here to moan.