UPTOWN — In what experts are calling “the quietest financial collapse of the week,” 31-year-old Evan Landry reportedly tipped 25% on a $3.25 muffin after the cashier turned the payment screen toward him and made prolonged eye contact.
Landry, who originally entered the Uptown café to “just grab something quick,” said he blacked out the moment the tablet rotated.
“I wasn’t thinking. I saw the options, panicked, and hit 25% like I was defusing a bomb,” Landry said. “Then she just… handed me the muffin. That was it. No warm-up, no bag. Raw muffin.”
Sources say the transaction took under eight seconds.
“I don’t know what just happened,” said Landry, still standing near the napkins. “I think I paid someone 81 cents to pick up a muffin and hand it to me. I should’ve just Venmo’d a stranger.”
According to café staff, tipping is “completely optional,” though the default screen features 20%, 25%, and 30% suggestions, with the “no tip” option hidden behind two separate confirmation screens and a CAPTCHA.
“I thought when the waitress said the screen will ‘ask you a few questions’, I didn’t know it’d be a morality quiz,” Landry said.
