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A tax on people-pleasing
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this post was submitted on 12 May 2025
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Peer pressure. It feels to most people that choosing not to tip is itself an action, and they are worried other people will judge them for it. Same reason people return carts at the grocery store, for the most part.
So servers and customers both just go along with it because
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-guest-says-poor-people-are-dogs-need-be-starved-be-kept-obedient
No, servers go along with it because they have no choice. Customers go along with it because of social pressure, and to some extent fear of retribution.