Perhaps you’ve noticed. We have reached a tipping point in the country over tipping.

To tip or not to tip has led to Shakespearean soliloquies by customers explaining why they refuse to tip for certain things.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, customers were grateful for those who seemingly risked their safety so we could get groceries, order dinner or anything that made our lives feel normal. A nice tip was the least we could do to show gratitude.

But now that we are out about and back to normal, the custom of tipping for just about everything has somehow remained; and customers are upset.

A new study from Pew Research shows most American adults say tipping is expected in more places than it was five years ago, and there’s no real consensus about how tipping should work.

  • littlecolt@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Pizza Hut box: The delivery fee is not a tip to the driver.

    Me: Then why TF am I paying it?

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      1 year ago

      I can’t speak to Mega-Globo chains but

      The delivery fee is supposed to cover the barest of $2/Gal gas, and $.2/mi car wear n tear.

      Basically it meant if you didn’t make a single tip at all the entire night then you probably broke even on gas costs. That plus you $5-7/hr wages are you’re living on the Ritz.