As far as I can tell, there is no point whatsoever to have tipping as an option on payment terminals.
You use them when you are getting takeout, or when you are at a fast-casual place. If there is waitstaff, then they take your card and you never see a terminal. But tipping is only customary when there is involvement of waitstaff. Complete disconnect.
Printing receipts with a tip line in a circumstance where there is no involvement of waitstaff is also pretty sketchy.
They should just ban it on these terminals and on the receipts. Tip with cash if you want to. Let businesses set fair wages and prices accordingly. End of story.
You use them when you are getting takeout, or when you are at a fast-casual place. If there is waitstaff, then they take your card and you never see a terminal. But tipping is only customary when there is involvement of waitstaff. Complete disconnect.
Printing receipts with a tip line in a circumstance where there is no involvement of waitstaff is also pretty sketchy.
They should just ban it on these terminals and on the receipts. Tip with cash if you want to. Let businesses set fair wages and prices accordingly. End of story.