The Wall Street Journal reported on the rise of digital, self-checkout kiosks and how customers have responded to tip prompts. Many customers who were asked to tip workers with whom they had no interaction were frustrated with these prompts, per the Journal.
Don’t tip and don’t donate. But it’s not emotional blackmail to have that in the screen. It’s not pressuring you to give money. You just press no and move on. No one cares when you press no. They aren’t pressuring you to tip.
Social obligations affect the average person so much that it literally is psychological pressure.
It causes them stress to click no.
There’s no social obligation to press yes
The social obligation arises from tipping, which is a social obligation people are raised with in the US. The human brain is funny and transfers this obligation to any time they are asked to tip.
being asked creates social pressure