Hot Topic: Would you leave a tip in a self-checkout line for an item no one assisted you with?

Consumers in self-checkout in airport shops and elsewhere increasingly are being prompted to add a 10%–20% tip, even for something like a bottle of water that they grabbed themselves without any assistance.

You tell us: Would you leave a tip in a self-checkout line for an item no one assisted you with? Cast your vote here.

Circling back: Last week, we told you about Tennessee waiving grocery taxes for three months, and asked how that would affect your grocery shopping behavior.

Most of you (58.3%) said you’d shop exactly as you did before, and enjoy those sweet, sweet savings. Another 29.2% of you said you’d want to stock up before the grocery tax returned, so you’d end up buying significantly more items or fancier brands and spending more than before the tax was waived. And 6.9% said you’d buy only a few more things or switch to fancier brands to spend about the same amount as before the tax was waived. Talk of taxes can be triggering, which is maybe why 5.6% of you didn’t know or weren’t sure.