Would You Like To Tip 25%?

I scanned my own items. I bagged my own items. And then the screen, unblinking, offered me the options 20%, 25%, 30%, and the tiny, shameful 'No Tip' button that felt like admitting a crime.

It had six ingredients and the price of a small appliance. I ate it hunched over my desk, tasting mostly regret and inflation, and I will do it again tomorrow because this is the city and this is the deal.