There are people working their other than your cutie (someone’s grand-daughter). If you don’t see em- you dont think of them. Common.
Enjoy the price increase.

You might not ever get rich,
Let me tell you it’s better than digging a ditch.
There ain’t no telling who you might meet.
A movie star or maybe a common thief.

Working at the car wash (oh oh, yeah yeah)

You know the words…. yah baby!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVlpy5USN-E

It just takes ‘Mericans a bit longer to learn the ropes.

EDITOR NOTE–As a rule there is little or no tipping in Europe.

Exactly!
And in the current fantastic job market of LOW unemployment—- YOUR car wash now costs $5 more.
Next post- “Inflation at the Car Wash”

By facts, “The entire experience is automated” is not true since you were actually talking with the “cutie”. Male cutie? Was it a cute mister at the ‘Mister’ Car Washes? Or is this just more sexist commentary?

Mr Car Washes usually have people at the end to dry and service cars. So adding a tip at the beginning makes it easier.
I remfbr thee days mwhen I used a car wash, always sliding a few bucks to the person handing the the car back to me and there was (is) a tip jar at the end of the process. So not a stretch, IMO. “for the crew
– glad you are ALL here” Tip
:hTehe ohse and a bucket works fine.
Tip the mrs for helping in her Daisy Dukes- 😉

EDITOR NOTE–Sorry to say it, but you are all wet in your description of Mr. CarWash. There is no staff other than the credit card handler who always tries to “upsell” to an expensive plan. What you say just doesn’t wash.

She prevented the transaction from processing by pushing cancel on her register twice… she was sweet and cute and oh so helpful. She took the card to run it on her main register when the phone was casually used to photo both sides. I stopped her line, I asked for the manager. Security dope turned up too as I finished the call to the card company I noticed she and he had a thing. As she deleted her phone his job was to try to intimidate me. Until I asked him if he was part of the scam. Never saw her there again. Cops didn’t fill me in since I didn’t have a loss. The one manager still there has been a jerk ever since.

Reaching into someone’s space to take something from them by surprise is often considered a simple assault, Especially a big person to a little person, and you can bet cutiepie knows how to play that one.

Since that time long ago BigBlueRetailer has changed it up a bit to make her scam more difficult.

This crime still common at restaurants so they have the thingy on the table now. The idea is they never see or touch the cards

To the idiot who let a retail clerk take a photo of your credit card: why didn’t you snatch it back when she pulled out her phone, or were you ‘distracted’. How do you know the security goon was her boyfriend? Did she call him over because you were getting too friendly?