What is the new etiquette for tipping?

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Tipping requests are on the rise. Businesses that never seemed to ask for a tip, like fast food joints, are now asking for one. Here's how to deal with unexpected requests and more.

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0:29.4	To tip or not to tip, that is the question. Also though, how much am I supposed to tip? Is this 24% minimum
0:38.4	tip I'm seeing on the screen? Is that really the new minimum? Is it okay to leave less? Can I tip on my card or am I supposed to tip in cash?
0:46.1	Also, I didn't even know I was supposed to leave a tip at this kind of a business and
0:50.1	where is my tip even going? Does it go to the person who's actually helping me
0:54.0	or does it go somewhere else?
0:56.0	Tipping.
0:57.0	It is complicated.
0:59.0	I'm Stacy Vanik Smith Inframarial Cigarra
1:01.0	and today on Life Kit we take a look at tipping.
1:05.0	The last couple years have seen a whole lot of talk and back and forth and emotion about
1:10.1	tipping.
1:11.1	One of our wonderful producers, Audrey Wynne, said at her local coffee shop,
1:14.8	the tipping situation is especially intense.
1:19.2	I have a 12-ounce orange juice and an 8-ounce quartato.
1:23.8	It's called Retrospect Coffee Bar in Houston, Texas.
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