How Much Should You Tip During the Holidays?

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Americans have cut back on tipping non-restaurant workers by 7%, but they plan to be more generous during the holidays. Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Wolfe joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.1	Here's your money briefing for Thursday, December 14th.
0:20.6	I'm J.R. W Wayland for the Wall Street Journal. It seems almost everywhere
0:27.0	you make a purchase you're asked to leave a tip. Even some of those self-checkout
0:31.1	machines want a little extra. And while some people have developed
0:34.2	tipping fatigue, we're in the holiday season where tipping is common if not expected.
0:39.8	People have a more long-term relationship with people who they're tipping for the holidays.
0:44.8	They're often interacting with these people every day or every week.
0:48.1	So it feels really different from being asked to tip after one interaction or in the case of self-check out no interaction at all.
0:55.6	We'll talk with Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Wolf after the break. This episode is brought to you by Oracle.
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