Need to give a tip? A waiter at a Hai Di Lao restaurant in Hefei wearing a tipping code.

Recently, some internet users discovered that service staff at Hai Di Lao restaurants were wearing QR codes for tipping on their chests, sparking attention from netizens. Some believe that this is introducing the "tipping culture" to China. On the morning of July 13th, a reporter contacted Hai Di Lao customer service, and the operator stated that the situation of service staff wearing tipping QR codes was the behavior of individual stores before, and that the brand does not have a requirement for tipping, and customers' decision to scan the code or not will not affect the service. It was not confirmed by the customer service representative whether there are still service staff wearing tipping codes at any stores currently. The reporter noted that on the evening of July 8th, media personnel visited a Hai Di Lao store in Hefei to investigate, and confirmed that the service staff indeed had badges with tipping QR codes. Store employees stated that the badges have always been there, and tipping is based on the customer's mood and is not obligatory. On the morning of July 13th, a reporter from JiMu News contacted this store in Hefei, and the customer service representative responded that there is currently no tipping activity at this store.