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Nearly half of Americans say tipping has ‘gotten out of control’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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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.

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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I think if everybody stopped tipping, a change in employment practices would soon follow, because all those people working consumer subsidized wages would quit.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

When the only choice a person has is a little money vs. no money, they're usually forced to choose the former.