As of: February 23, 2024, 7:11 p.m
By: Vivian Werg
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Giving tips is a common practice in this country.
A customer also follows this routine in the supermarket and is met with complete incomprehension.
Berlin – Shopping in discounters or supermarkets is everyday life.
A particularly large range, tasting of new products, special discount campaigns or friendly employees can improve the customer's shopping experience and ensure greater customer satisfaction.
In order to reward the daily work of supermarket workers, a customer in Austria started rounding up amounts at the checkouts during the Corona pandemic.
A small tip, so to speak.
To find out whether this practice has also become common practice among others, he turns to the Reddit community - which is eagerly discussing it.
“Do you also round up in the supermarket?” – customer’s question sparks a debate online
A visit to the supermarket can sometimes cause a surprise.
Whether they amuse, annoy or occasionally even puzzle customers – many customers use social platforms such as Facebook, “X” (formerly Twitter) or Reddit to report on various deceptive packages, horrifying disgusting discoveries or bizarre discoveries.
A customer caused a stir with a completely different post: “Do you also round up in the supermarket?” asks this other Reddit user and adds: “Please under no circumstances should it be understood as “virtue signaling”.
I'm just really interested to know if this is at least a little common.
I started doing it myself in the first lockdown because I just wanted to express appreciation.
A global epidemic is practically declared and of course they have to continue working for low wages.
I have kept it to this day."
Customer rounds up at checkout - Reddit users react with dismay
The majority quickly agree: “Certainly not, what’s the point?” writes one.
“Why should I round up when they’re already exploiting me?” comments another.
Others, on the other hand, admit that they usually pay by card or deliberately don't give tips because they don't end up with the employees anyway.
“Totally pointless in the supermarket because the money doesn’t go to the staff, but to the company,” said one user.
Tipping in the supermarket: To show their appreciation, a customer rounds up in the supermarket - this causes a lively discussion online (symbolic image) © Imago
“If you believe that even a penny will end up where it is supposed to go, you are cleverly naive.
“That’s the maximum amount that goes into the box to compensate for any loss,” complains another.
However, one user points out that the Austrian supermarket chain Billa has a cooperation with the Caritas welfare association.
Rounded up amounts therefore go to aid projects.
The person concerned confirms this and even posts the link as proof.
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Tipping in the supermarket: Why customers should not round up amounts at the checkout
Having too much change in your wallet can be annoying, which is why many people like to round up small amounts of cents.
“That’s right,” they often say.
But according to the online portal
Yahoo Finance
, customers should avoid it.
Because the remaining amounts do not end up with the employee, but with the company.
According to
Haufe.de
, employees who work at the cash register must ensure that the cash management is correct in the final billing.
They are obliged to do this according to their employment contract.
Disagreements will be handled as follows:
Shortages:
If there is a difference in the final bill, the shortfall must be reimbursed from the shortfall money.
Shortage allowance is an amount paid in addition to wages.
Positive deficit:
If there is too much money in the cash register, the positive deficit must be handed over to the employer and is listed in the accounting under “Other income, irregular”.
As a result, it is not the employees who receive the tips, but the company.
According to
Yahoo Finance
, the law also states that cashiers are not allowed to carry personal money with them.
Otherwise they could be accused of bribery or incorrect financial management.
Supermarket employees are often annoyed by certain customer peculiarities
But appreciation doesn't always have to be expressed through tips.
If you want to show your gratitude to the employees at the supermarket checkout, you can do so by remaining friendly and patient despite long queues, for example.
Certain customer quirks can also occasionally infuriate supermarket staff.
A Rewe cashier unpacked and explained the do's and don'ts in a supermarket.
A former Lidl saleswoman was also often annoyed by certain customer behavior.
(vw)