Republican State Senator Jim Smallwood, who voted against the measure, told CNN that accepting cash tips should be left to individual business owners.
“We should probably rely on employers to know what is best for their customers and their employees,” Smallwood said.
Requests for tips, both cash and digital, have popped up in new places lately, including self-checkout kiosks at airports and sports stadiums.
Some customers describe “tipping fatigue” as requests for tips become typical during more transactions.
You ask Jose at the MacDonalds take out window. -—”Where can I buy some mushrooms and some non-fentanyl laced weed?” He clues you in with a dope and mushrooms delivery phone number. So you give him a $5 tip.
Same scenario plays out with Mary, the Walmart greeter.
It seems the prices rise every week at these fast food places. A family of four . . . each ordering a Big Mac meal $8.89 can end up paying with tax almost $40. Not a fan here. . .but I do like their cookie totes at $4.49. If they raise the price again...forget it!