It finally happened, got asked “no tip?” by a cashier.

This was at a hot chicken joint near my house, typical fast food set up aka no special service or anything, order at the cash register and wait to pick up your food. They had the now-typical tip options on the screen when I paid, and I selected the no tip option. Guy turns the screen around and says “no tip?” To me, and I awkwardly laugh and say “no…” I felt super uncomfortable.

Like I used to be a cashier at a fast casual place and never expected a tip, we were even told not to accept tips. (Bet that’s changed now lol) Unbelievable.

Edit: since this post has gotten a lot of attention, a lot of people have been suggesting I should have reacted basically like a mega-Karen, which I am extremely uncomfortable with. What always goes though my mind when I am having a bad customer service experience is the fact that I make 6 figures and have a cushy remote job, while service industry workers have to deal with the public and work often times shitty jobs. Also, the gentleman who asked “no tip?” Seemed like he might’ve been disabled or potentially autistic; instead of making eye contact with me his eyes were focused about a foot to my left the whole interaction, and other clues from his body language/voice led me to that conclusion. Perhaps I will send a message to the company, but directly confronting a potentially disabled service worker over a rather unremarkable yet unpleasant interaction is not something I’m interested in.

Edit 2: man, now people are ragging on me for not tipping (in this instance and apparently everywhere else, according to them) because i have a cushy job. I can see why people delete their posts on reddit 😂