Sixteen percent of people said they’d pay higher prices if tipping were eliminated

With those tipping screens now seemingly everywhere, Americans think that the practice has “gotten out of control,” according to a new survey.

At least 63 percent of US residents now having a negative view of tipping, up from 59 percent last year, according to Bankrate, a financial publisher and comparison service.

Yet, the number of Americans who have gotten used to tipping has gone up since the COVID-19 pandemic, when it slipped. There have not been significant declines in tips for service providers, the survey noted, particularly for hairdressers and restaurant servers.

  • madcaesar
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    1 year ago

    The thing that pisses me off about tipping is that we’re tipping for bullshit.

    You know who actually would deserve a tip? The kid loading lumber into your truck at the warehouse. Or the cashier scanning and bagging your 200 items.

    Not the kit opening a coke can for you.

    Tipping sucks everywhere, but boy do we tip the wrong jobs.