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Restaurants: The suggested tip may not appeal to all consumers
Restaurants: The suggested tip may not appeal to all consumers
(France 2)
Some restaurants adopt a suggested tipping system. When paying by credit card, the machine indicates the amount. Some customers feel forced.
In a Parisian cafe, when paying the bill, the waiter offers the customer to pay the tip indicated on the payment terminal, Friday April 26. With the amounts already entered, some consumers feel their hands are being forced. “We'll always be free later. We push the button or each to their own.”But one of them gets angry. Inspired by the United States, the practice has spread to major cities, especially in the wake of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Tip a few euros
A startup is developing this technology. It has already installed 800 restaurants in France. According to her, the tips are many. Contacted restaurants are forced to refuse customers to tip with this new system. In France, a third of consumers said they had spared a few euros tip When they go to the restaurant.
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