We’ve reached a tipping point: self-service kiosks are asking for tips, while shoppers feel pressure to tip cashiers who don’t cook a thing. At restaurants, where a tip of 15 to 20% has been standard for decades, suggested tips are climbing higher and higher. In a viral incident earlier this month, TikTok creator BD Powell … Read more
Here’s a tip that no one asked for. A self-identified waitress recently took to social media with a simple message for patrons: gratuity is not a tip. “Gratuity is gratuity, and a tip is a tip,” the woman said in a TikTok video that’s made the rounds on social media, reigniting the heated discussion surrounding … Read more
Passengers of Celebrity Cruises are pushing back after the cruise line raised its automatic gratuity charges with little notice, with some guests threatening to remove their payment of the fees altogether and tip crew members in cash instead. As of July 29, guests who do not prepay the gratuities will automatically pay between $19.50 and $24.50 per … Read more
This patron hit their tipping point. A frustrated diner has reignited the tipping debate after being asked to leave a tip twice. Reddit user @TheLarlagar explained in the EndTipping group that they ordered takeout through the restaurant’s website and tipped online to be nice because they live in a small town and wanted a good … Read more
Justice is served — but she’s not tipping. A TikTok user named Justice has taken to the app to rail against tipping culture, revealing a list of places where she’ll no longer be leaving a gratuity. “Tipping culture is out of control,” the Chicago-based content creator complained in the clip, which has racked up 4.1 … Read more
A Florida-based entrepreneur slammed “out of control” tipping culture in the US since he returned home from his Italian vacation, where he claims gratuity is almost non-existent. Christian Bonnier, 23, believes the country is in a “tipflation” after he was forced to tip on a pumpkin spice latte that he had purchased in Miami and … Read more