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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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[-] RhondaSandTits@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 days ago

I’ve read recommendations of 30% these days

Bloody hell! Anyone saying that is trying to take advantage of people.

In the example you give, the business owner increases prices in line with inflation but hey! the workers need a pay increase too, and I'm not paying them more, so the customer should tip more.. so the recommended tip amount increases from 10-15% to 20-30%. But this is not in line with inflation, this is an exponential increase.

A lot of people won't recognize this as people don't generally understand exponentials that easily.

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

To clarify, the tip percent shouldn't need to change since it's a percentage of the final bill. So, it automatically accounts for inflation already.

If the average bill goes up 10% and customers always tip the same % then the workers would see a 10% increase in tips.

[-] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

A lot of people won’t recognize this as people don’t generally understand exponentials that easily.

Given your example, you're struggling with it as well.

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