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Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Tipping is commonly expected in some places, such as U.S. restaurants. Yet this practice varies across cultures. Join trivia gurus (and former waiters) Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they take a closer look at the history, practice and controversy surrounding tipping.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.4	Hi everybody, Chuck Kier.
0:32.6	We're going back in time to March 22nd, 2012 on this Saturday, selects episode to tell
0:36.7	you how to tip people.
0:38.1	Oh boy, if you don't know how to tip, then this episode will kind of explain that to you.
0:43.4	It is from 2012, so I hope you did the right thing.
0:46.0	I know we talked about tipping well, but I am tipping even more these days, especially
0:51.0	in our recent situation during the lockdown when so many people in the industries that rely
0:56.1	on tips have not been able to work for tips and they have been hit hard.
1:00.6	So I got to tell you, I'm throwing down as much money their way as I can afford as should
1:05.0	you.
1:06.0	So do the right thing, everyone.
1:07.0	Tip big, if you can, and listen to this episode on how tipping works.
1:15.6	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.
1:25.0	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
1:26.5	I'm Josh Clark, there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant, and this is Stuff You Should Know, The Podcast.
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