Honestly, I like that it adds a mere 10 seconds... Especially it gives my fellow baristas on bar time to catch up during peak.

Like if you don’t want tips just say that 😩

…it IS our problem though. we’re the ones that get yelled at for it

how are those distributed to us ? is it turned into cash and added to the count as normal?

Our heater was broken at my store and I was on drive for 2.5 hours straight on Saturday, went on my ten and got sent back to drive before finally getting switched.

It's kinda my bad for not asking to get moved but since my shift clearly wasn't rotating people I didn't want to make anyone else have to freeze their poor hands.

But I still would rather freeze and all the partners at my store get extra tip money.

probably being downvoted because saying you “don’t need the extra money” shows you’re not thinking about the rest of your partners. other people might rely on increased tips but they’re being denied the opportunity to earn them if you skip the option

you’re being downvoted because your views are ridiculously self-centered.

I have extreme social anxiety and I am also neurodivergent. Do I enjoy having to explain the card tipping prompt and the awkwardness that comes with it? No! Do I do it anyways? yes of course!! they can either tip or skip + go on with their day without any issue but if we Don’t Do It that makes it 100% guaranteed that we see no tips. If I did that it is taking (potential) money out of my pocket and everyone I work with, and I don’t want to do that to anyone especially when we all work so hard and deserve to have the opportunity to earn a bit extra. Just because YOU are privileged and don’t “need the extra money” so you don’t give a shit does NOT mean everyone else is. A majority of people working at starbucks live paycheck to paycheck and sometimes that isn’t even enough. you are getting downvoted because it is extremely selfish and you seemingly don’t care about your fellow partners. i don’t want to be too harsh but **please** at least try to have consideration for others who may not be as well off as you are.

you may not need the extra money, but other partners do. if you’re uncomfortable, communicate to your shifts to see if you’re able to be taken off of window, but please don’t deny other partners’ opportunities for tips.

This would be fine if you weren’t negatively impacting EVERYONE in your store. Im an autistic person with anxiety, I speak from experience, you need to be in therapy working thru this. It’s not healthy to just run from all your triggers your whole life. You don’t have to confront them all at once, but you can’t just not confront any of them ever. You have 20 free therapy sessions a year thru bux, use them. Promise you it’ll make your life better.

As someone who also has really severe social anxiety I just suck it up, hand them the card reader, and say, "The card reader is just gonna ask you a quick question."

literally get a different job. you work in customer service, customer service will continue being expected of you at this job

You can literally just hand it to them and let them put whatever. It isn't like you are personally asking everyone how much they will tip

How are you begging for tips. The customer is the one making the decision

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Hey I’m autistic and have anxiety as well and luckily we don’t have a DT but if we DID I know I’d be too scared to ask as well. Hugs.

You don’t need to ask though it’s just like at any other place where the customer does it themself and they choose if they want to tip or not hence why you hold the card reader out the window. Us unionized stores would absolutely love to be included in the extra money from cc tips but corporate kinda hates us so probably not gonna happen till they get their shit together and give us our contracts :,(

They don't hate you. They hate themselves! Fuck all of them. Get all the money you can outta these bitches hahaha.
Also, don't ask. Don't even say the word tip. Just say "it's going to ask you a quick question first"
We are the only coffee place that didn't have tips. Anywhere else you go there's a tip prompt button. People aren't shocked or pissed. Tipping is a normal thing.

Please let go of this fear bestie 💕 it isn’t our fault but tips really help us out. We need this since corporations won’t just pay us enough to be comfortable

So ask your shift to not put you on window all the time? I know not every shift is the best but I ask my baristas how often thevye been at stations all week and give them a break from their usual or if a barista comes to me and asks to not be in window, I try to get them out of there or put them some where else to begin with. Your SSV won't know until you ask.

Literally. You can get an easy $1-2 an hour now just by handing it out lol so many people tip just because and only if they have cards. I think my store is gonna see about $2.5-4 and hour for cc tipping… prior when we just had cash tips we hovered around 89 cents….
HAND OUT THE POS PEOPLE ITS EASY MONEY 👹🫶🏻👹🫶🏻👹🫶🏻

Thank you!!

Not even lmao

That’s what I say 😭🤷🏼‍♂️

I just think once we start tipping fast food employees, why stop there and go ahead and tip your local grocer bagging your groceries too, or tipping your customer service rep on the phone when your bank account has a fee and you need "help" with that?

It's a pet peeve of mine, the forceful obligation placed on a person, on the spot and most of us do not want to look like we are broke in public (well maybe there is 10% that don't care and the other 90% feel the spotlight). I've tipped sometimes so I don't look poor in front of a date.

That's not a great reason to tip either for me, it's status seeking totally and showing off, but I feel good behavior DESERVES rewards. If you make me laugh at the dinner table, been totally nice, and smiled serving my food, ooooh you getting a GOOD tip, especially if my date is going great and the waiter/waitress adds to it, so helps. If you're rude and rush me out, I may forget to fill out the Tip portion cause I was rushed out lol. That's me at least and no way to change that.

Former banker here myself, and we sure as heck don't get tips or even as much as a "thank you" for saving some people from themselves. Now when I was working at Starbucks, it was nice almost guaranteed at least $15 a week on tips for 2 packs of cigarettes at the time lol.

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