Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for March 23, 2025

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Tipping is a mountain range in China.

ZERO ! ! !

Tip payable in bitcoin only

Just tip yourself.

Be sure to give them a 5 star rating (X-Files fans know)

If you leave a tip I can assure you the IT staff won’t see it. Speaking as an ex IT person.

leave a can of 5W-20. The Tin Man will love it.

Don’t worry, it’s already built into the system.

Two bits.

I’ve stopped tipping for just “regular“ service. It has to be extraordinary!

Why not use CRYPTO or BITCOIN?

The IT staff probably doesn’t work for the restaurant. I wonder if a robot cooked the food.

OK, that settles it. I’m going to call anyone born on or after 1/1/2025: Generation AI

Nothing!

Leave no tip, and see if a human finally shows up to complain about it.

Better tip the IT well! Next time it might take all afternoon to order, get your food and pay!!!

Ditto

Society has become a sloth society with all the electronic advancements….if you want to call it advancements….NOT so much…. Ugh

That depends. Was the service excellent, or did it byte?

They should tip you for doing all the work.

This service bytes.

Stop eating out folks. It’s only going to get worse.

Did none of you see the X Files episode where Mulder & Scully eat at an automated sushi place? The revenge of the AI was really scary!

Bring back the Automat!

We expect at least 10010%

They’re eating at Sumo. What fun! My grandson loves it.

They’ve already deducted it from your bank account.

Already, there are self-serve machines that ask for tips, without saying who gets them.

Leave a plastic poker chip.

Tip? You should get a discount since you did most of the work.

There is no evidence for any human involved in anything you experienced today (except if you got served Soylent Green). I call that worst service possible and won’t tip at all.

Yeah, it’s definitely gotten weird lately with zero service establishments asking for tips. The other side is how many people don’t tip even at a sit down restaurant with wait service. Life is no picnic in the service industry these days. :-(