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Many Americans would agree. Tipping needs to go, it's proliferation has made dining out, among others, awkward, expensive, and ultimately dissuasive.

Frequent places that pay people responsibly and eschew tipping.

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I get asked to tip at self checkouts.

Well... you see... the self checkout isn't free, you have to pay for the electricity. They rely on the tips, else they can't pay for the power to remain on. /s

Wait until the self-checkout is operated by an LLM that's been trained to give the impression of being conscious.

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