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Guilt Tips: Are we being pressured to tip more?

Is it really necessary to tip when picking up takeout food or even a latte on the go? Tipping your waiter or bartender is an oft-debated practice that’s synonymous with dining out. Before everyone carried a smartphone, many thrifty diners would even carry around a tip calculator to make sure they were gracing their server with just the right amount of gratuity. Today, tips are commonly pre-calculated for us via a point-of-sale system, which makes leaving the right tip more convenient. But with this convenience comes pressure.

by T2P contributor 6min read
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