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I used to tip the highest option at the “woke” coffee shop that I went to on the daily. Then, I asked the barista if she got the tips. She said the employees never saw any of those add on tips and I should give her cash if I wanted to tip _her_.

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Not disputing your story, but wouldn't the bad be on the business owner, not on the payment processor?

Yup. I’m just pointing out that tips get stolen that way very often. You should ask the server you think your tipping if they get those tips. Far too often you’re just overpaying for coffee.

In many cases, depending where you live, withholding tips like that would be illegal.

It is. Illegal stuff happens all the time.

Wage theft is startlingly common, outweighing all other kinds of theft in the US.

https://www.epi.org/publication/epidemic-wage-theft-costing-...

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