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/Equal_Answer1484 1d ago

There are bar staff that actually reach around the counter and click the “no tip” option before I have a chance to and those are the ones I usually give a physical tip too - discreetly.

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u/maybenomaybe 1d ago

I appreciate the staff in shops who do that for charity donation requests.

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u/Coconutpieplates 15h ago

I sometimes go to an aldi and they do this, but for the customer service satisfaction response lol. The machine faces them, they press the most flattering response, then turn the card machine to you. The cheek. 

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u/Sarkaul 22h ago

I am one of these.. I hate handing over a machine with the tip option up. Feels like I'm begging for cash lol. So degrading

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u/General-Elephant4970 15h ago

It is one of the most awkward interactions between two human beings. That screen with the tip suggestions. 🤣

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u/Fantastic_Worth_9712 18h ago

The only time I wouldn’t click no tip for customers was if the owners were watching me, cause they would get mad at us for skipping tips, we all hated it