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Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to tip generously if you can. It is a fairly easy way to do something positive

in the world. I want to start this episode by acknowledging that tipping in the American context

is a little strange. It is absolutely expected for some services and in some industries workers

can be paid less than the normal minimum wage as long as tips get them over the top.

I imagine that many of us would prefer that everyone was paid fairly in their basic wages

and didn't need to rely on gratuities. The cost for a meal would be the cost.

But since that is not the situation we are living with here in the U.S. and it's

unlikely it's going to change soon, tipping a bit more than is expected is one way you can do

something good. If you have ever worked in a field where tipping is common, maybe as a server at

a restaurant, as a hairstylist, or a driver for a rideshare service, you can appreciate how vital

tips are to earning enough money. So why not be generous if you can be? Several years ago,

New York Times' opinion writer David Brooks described tipping as a small but direct way

to redistribute money to those who are working hard to earn a living. That is a pretty radical

way to describe it but I do think he's on to something. If you have more than enough and someone

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