So while I anxiously await our dear fiend Bernanke's speech, I stumbled across this which is absolutely awesome. It's amazing how simple many ingenious things are. It's called the dip jar and allows you to leave a tip with your credit or debit card. It actually looks like pretty cool idea.
DipJar is a new credit-card scanner shaped like a tip jar that makes it easy for patrons who pay with credit cards to show their appreciation for good service at coffee shops and bars.
Ryder Kessler, 26, said he dreamed up the gadget after watching baristas go tipless as a cashless crowd came through a cafe near his West Village home.
“Everyone was paying with credit or debit, so the tips had plummeted,” Kessler said. “Baristas take really great care of me, and I didn’t like that they were working just as hard and making less
I think this is a pretty awesome idea because I never carry cash. Granted, i'm not certain if it is necessary at most places but it beats having random containers with handwritten signs asking for tips. At the very least it might make some people tip more just because it is new and interesting. Honestly, It's labor day weekend and my brain is fried. Just thought it looked pretty cool and entrepreneurial which has been a theme this week.
Would you be more willing to tip if you can just swipe your card in places like this? Do you even carry cash anymore?
The machines here ask what I want to tip after I accept the charge. >> $1.79, accept? > Yes >> Tip? ($, %, $0) > $0.50 >> Total $2.29? > Yes
Regardless of debit or credit, they tend to ask that. However, a some places are true bastards and that doesn't get given to the staff in any form. So if this dip jar gets around it, then kudos.
Nice invention for hipsters. I was thinking this exact thing yesterday at a coffee shop. Had no way to tip the guy.
I could see an increase in tips for baristas. Similar thing happened with NYC cabs a few years back:
"The increase in tips, however, may have less to do with New Yorkers’ generosity than with the preset amounts suggested to passengers on the taxi’s software systems. In many of the city’s cabs, riders are offered options for their tip depending on the length of the ride. For fares under $15, a screen prompts tips of $2, $3 or $4; the numbers can range from 15 percent to 30 percent for higher fares. The presets are used about 70 percent of the time, according to industry estimates."
All the good cafes in NYC are cash only anyway
yup cuz credit card company's rape them with interlink fees.
Since when do people tip at Starbucks? Just get a gold card and have one of your colleagues take down a barista, you're set for life.
What % of tips do you think is paid out to this kid/dipjar?
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