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.
Peer-pressure.
My generation doesn't value rising above it.
But which peers? A client-vendor-transaction is a 1:1 encounter. Pushing buttons on a terminal is a 1:0 interaction, same for writing numbers on a check. Can't be that hard to decline.