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More and more places are asking for tips. Hidden cameras reveal who is and isn’t getting them
During the Marketplace spot check of 100 Ontario businesses, workers at six fast-food restaurants told undercover journalists they don’t keep their tips.
Be it buying a burger and fries or getting your car repaired, enter your credit or debit card into a machine and you might get a not-so-subtle nudge: how much would you like to tip?
But a hidden camera investigation by CBC’s Marketplace involving 100 businesses has exposed there’s no guarantee the tip you leave is going to the person it was intended for.
CBC journalists went undercover as consumers at businesses — including sit-down restaurants, fast food, retail, auto service centres and self-serve kiosks — counting up who’s asking …