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Nearly half of Americans say tipping has ‘gotten out of control’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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With those tipping screens now seemingly everywhere, Americans think that the practice has “gotten out of control,” according to a new survey.

At least 63 percent of US residents now having a negative view of tipping, up from 59 percent last year, according to Bankrate, a financial publisher and comparison service.

Yet, the number of Americans who have gotten used to tipping has gone up since the COVID-19 pandemic, when it slipped. There have not been significant declines in tips for service providers, the survey noted, particularly for hairdressers and restaurant servers.

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[–] viking@infosec.pub -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Who's forcing them to?

[–] propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Peer-pressure.

My generation doesn't value rising above it.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

But which peers? A client-vendor-transaction is a 1:1 encounter. Pushing buttons on a terminal is a 1:0 interaction, same for writing numbers on a check. Can't be that hard to decline.