Well, that depends on the local culture – I'm sure that everywhere in the Balkans and in the neighboring countries (like .hu) if one doesn't leave a tip that person will be considered not only as a scrooge but as an asshole and worst scumbag, not only by the staff but by everyone else present as well.
The reason why I prefer to pay in cash is not to leave a trace of even one honest commercial transaction like buying bread, coffee and sausages in one store, and then 10~15 mins later buying a beer and whiskey in another. I'm aware that all transactions can be traced back to me with rewinding store's CCTV monitoring cashiers, but .gov agencies will not gonna bother with that if you are not high value target, and commercial ad sellers will have nothing about your buying habits. The less commercials I see, the better.
That logic applies to shopping on the Internet... CCTV only makes sense in cases of violence and armed assault. Timestamped visits by someone, yes. Tracking transactions - CCTV is no good for that. Cams powerful enough to read the value of cash used in a transaction - that is VERY expensive hardware that does not give a very good ROI if used as security cam... Store does keep track of transactions, true, but definitely NOT with CCTV... And there's lots more to debunk.
It depends on the system used.
Back in the days of Soviet Union, I have memories of plenty confusing purchase procedure: 1. Make selection at display counter, and tell the sales staffer at that counter, wrap up 500 grams of this beef, please. 2. Walk away to join the line to the cashier (Usually in the next room) to pay for that stuff, get a "ticket". Those tickets were often barely legible, so cashiers often had to handwrite on top exactly what the ticket was for. Then, return, and join the line to the original display case/counter, to give your ticket, and claim the selection you made in step 1. No ticket? can't get the beef you just paid for! It was actually the same annoying story at pharmacies, sporting eqiupment, candy stores and bakeries. Surprisingly, places to buy clothes were a bit more intuitively organized, they were not a madhouse where a fight could break out if somebody messed up on the receipt along the way.It depends on the system used.
Until some weeks ago I could have my sausages barcode issued at meat department in the local store where I usually buy (they have free grilling service for the meat bought at their store), pay at cashier, and when I come back to collect, wave my cashier slip to the their CCTV and leave this previously issued slip at cashier checkpoint as a proof that I'm not stealing anything while I'm carrying a bag with grilled stuff out without paying.
Now, they changed their method, one must pay on cashier WS first, and only then bring back meat back to the meats department for the grilling.
It takes me walk back through whole store back to the meats depart, while carrying bags with other stuff for which all already paid for all the way.
Not very customer friendly nor smart, but TBH I didn't except much better from Millennial's nor Gen-Z's getting into managers positions
No, there are automated systems which try to find "patterns" and try to do pre-crime. These have bugs and trigger the round-hole-square-peg mode in officials. That is then problem two. Buttle, Tuttle, what's the difference?
Only enough to tell one-off stories about someone else but never oneself.
This is on top of people tweeting about a really nice sandwich or taking pictures and uploading them to the cloud... Maybe check the highway cameras next time, as well? But yeah, this can be chalked up to over-eager law enforcement...
Well, that depends on the local culture – I'm sure that everywhere in the Balkans and in the neighboring countries (like .hu) if one doesn't leave a tip that person will be considered not only as a scrooge but as an asshole and worst scumbag, not only by the staff but by everyone else present as well.
Different cultures, different rules
Also, I almost never pay anywhere with a card, I prefer to draw from ATM closest to where I live, and then pay everywhere in cash.
Yes, we are still in the stone age, thank Goodness.
Those banks have excessive fees, yet they overcharge and falsely charge. Yet, they can't pay their employees. Bank of America doesn't even provide basic services at their locations, which credit unions and other banks provide. You have to call on the phone to get those services, which it would be much easier to go to the bank, and pay the money for it to go to the financial service. That's what banks are supposed to do. I'm not talking about small banks and credit unions, where services aren't all at one booth, because at least there, you can get your banking needs taken care of on that campus.
Hey, I didn't know that you are from Velo Misto
, when you saidI honestly thought that you are living in .ch or .jp or somewhere similar where tipping culture is completely different, sorry
Is the person David Bennent? TY
If I enjoyed a meal I would sooner tip the person who prepared it than the person who carried it over to me. These days "service charge" is often included in the bill or there is a tip box to be shared among all staff, but I can't be sure the staff receive all of it. Otherwise, I just follow the local practice.if one doesn't leave a tip that person will be considered not only as a scrooge but as an asshole and worst scumbag, not only by the staff but by everyone else present as well.
Different cultures, different rules
Also, I almost never pay anywhere with a card, I prefer to draw from ATM closest to where I live, and then pay everywhere in cash.
There have been more than a few cases where people had CC skimmed at a restaurant. I do cash when eating out. Wife asked why. I said security. She didn't understand. 2 days later on news "Restaurant found skimming CC" she turned to me and said "Oh. Now I get it".
