After running some morning errands, i decided to stop by a local donut shop that rhymes with Ripley's. I ordered 3 kolaches which came out to $6 and change. While paying, the window attendee proceeded to ask me if i would like to leave a tip, to which i replied “Apologies, but i don't tip drivethru as [to me] it is unheard of”. She then stated that it was fine because most of her other customers don't either, and further stated that her employees were paid in full so it wasn't “a problem”. I assume from the latter line that she was a manager type, which just makes the whole experience strange. I could potentially understand an underpaid employee asking out of the blue, but a manager? /sweat
I kept it simple; grabbed my food and left after paying; but now i'm fumbling for feelings somewhere in-between “wtf, leave a tip on a $6 order through a window?”, “the audacity”, “is this normal?”, and “oh, wait is this where we are in the world now?”.
Anyone else been getting this kind of experience lately?