I wonder if everyone who writes popups of all stripes is cognizant of how many of us just dismiss them all instantly without nary a glance.
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
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I've written a few popups. Yes, we are aware, I generally dismiss them too. They're almost always an anti-pattern / anti-user design anyway, so I try to avoid them. They are, I think without exception, thought train breakers and annoyances, even in cases where they may actually be useful.
But yet they persist
Even if they could be used for something productive that's impossible now because of their extreme over-use and abuse.
Apps love popups right when you start it to tell you something important. Guess I'll never know because my muscle memory was quicker than my eyes.
Yep. I've made sure to never learn anything from a popup.
No tip screen if one pays with cash.
the ones with popups hiding the no tip screen are diabolical
It's easier IRL since you can just leave without paying 😌
I survived 15 rounds and saved $65.65 in tips! 🧾 Score: 2130 Can you beat me? - skipthe.tips
I survived 21 rounds and saved $65.42 in tips! 🧾 Score: 2820 Can you beat me? - skipthe.tips
Am I the only one who's pro-tipping? I feel the need to apologize for making people do work. If you told me I wasn't allowed to tip I'd be leaving cash on the counter and running off.
Unfortunately tips in many places are used so employers don't have to pay fair wages. The point of "no tips" is to demand fair wages from the start.
I think you'll find most people have no problem with tipping, only with forced tipping or the cultural pressure to tip. Most people dont want to stop you from tipping if you would like to.
I'm generally anti-tipping since it gives shitty employers a fig leaf to pay their workers an unlivable wage, but I still tip if I'm at an establishment where workers depend on tips. The system ain't their fault.
In the region of the world I’m from, waiter unions themselves are against tipping. The reasons I have heard are that
- wage negotiations should not happen between customers and employees
- the principle of everyone’s salary being enough to cover all costs of living
- neither customer nor employee will benefit from service staff having too low wages
- worker’s rights cannot practically be built using funds from tipping
- normalising tipping will be used by the employer as an argument to pay below liveable wages
That being said, waiters are given a liveable wage here. And locals also sometimes tip for great service. But that’s just a bonus for the waiter, not the expectation.
I would personally suggest you reevaluate your pro-tipping stance given the above, but I don’t know where in the world you’re from, nor how waiters are treated or paid there
Not my job to make up for the fact that their employer can’t pay a living wage.
Would you tip at McDonalds, a gas station, or a grocery or department store? I tip to show appreciation for the value of service provided, doing the basics of one’s job isn’t a tippable event just because they ask for free money.