No, this wasn't meant to go live at 11.30pm on Tuesday night. But you can take it as proof that London Centric really is a never-ending operation run by an exhausted human from a broken laptop rather than an AI.
Still, there's a fat-fingered first time for everything. If you're up late reading this, my apologies.
I don’t like feeling guilty hitting the “No Tip” button but I do it out of principal because I reject the cultural creep. If it’s a tax dodge for the employer to save on VAT and employer NICS then so be it but I don’t have to participate in the ruse.
No, this wasn't meant to go live at 11.30pm on Tuesday night. But you can take it as proof that London Centric really is a never-ending operation run by an exhausted human from a broken laptop rather than an AI.
Still, there's a fat-fingered first time for everything. If you're up late reading this, my apologies.
I don’t like feeling guilty hitting the “No Tip” button but I do it out of principal because I reject the cultural creep. If it’s a tax dodge for the employer to save on VAT and employer NICS then so be it but I don’t have to participate in the ruse.
Is the employer benefitting? I suppose it’s able to retain staff it would have otherwise lost or maintain a business that would otherwise go under.
But it just feels like a load of unintended consequences colliding.
The elephant in the room here is the rents charged by the billionaires and private equity that really own London.
I was surprised to see Hyatt Place London City East now charging a discretionary service charge of 5%. It’s a hotel!
No need to apologise as a great late night read before sleep!
Piece on tipping v useful and informative.