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.

  • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The article is saying “before” as in “before the changes that happened because of COVID”.

    During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic

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

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      1 year ago

      No. Tipping culture 100% existed before COVID. This isn't an opinion. It's well documented. You are either willfully ignorant or a troll. This discourse has run its course.

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        1 year ago

        This discourse has run its course.

        "So shall it be written, so shall it be done." /waveshandsabout