We have reached a tipping point in the country over tipping.

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.

  • Skates
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    8 months ago

    I can’t believe that after all these years, people still think that a driver is going to see one cent of a delivery fee

    Let’s get one thing straight - if the customer paid a fee for delivery, and you didn’t get paid for doing your job? That’s your problem to solve, my dude. It’s not solved by introducing a tip, it’s solved by people refusing to work for corporations with bad practices, or striking, or unionising.

    To be honest, I’m really getting tired of tipping. I don’t see any waiters or delivery drivers trying to save my job from getting outsourced to another country, so why am I all of a sudden responsible to help them fight the corpos?