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I have a theory that for people who have finally had enough with tipping, whether it's at the

barber or restaurant or wherever, you can trace their attitude

back to one over-the-top request for gratuity that they received. There was one request for a tip

that was so galling, so ridiculous that they decided from that moment forward that they just

weren't going to tip at all, or at least they dramatically scale back on their generosity. You might even call this a tipping point that many people hit.

And for some, it's, it's, you know, getting asked by the iPad at the coffee shop, whether you'd

like to tip 20% on a $6 latte. For others, the culprit, the machine demanding the tip is the grocery store self-checkout,

the hopper app that you used to book your hotel, the ATM at a jiffy lube, the kiosk at the

movie theater or drive-thru. These are all real examples. When an inanimate object is demanding

that you throw in a little extra to tip. Who knows who, it's extremely

tempting to conclude that tipping is, in general, all of it, a gigantic scam that no one should

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