ICYMI: Josh Freed: We've reached a tipping point with 'tip creep'
This for grabbing my own two litres of milk from the fridge and having the clerk point the credit card machine my way. In essence, I would be tipping him for asking for a tip.
Tipping has always been complex. We do it in restaurants, hotels and taxis, but not supermarkets; we tip hairdressers and pedicurists, not shoe salesmen. Sommeliers make four times the tip for opening a $120 bottle of wine as for a $30 one that takes identical labour. I didn’t have my reading glasses, so I peered at the new menu’s multiple options for too long and the machine froze. The clerk had to redo my bill and hand back the machine.
So we all contributed more to newly appreciated front-line workers by leaving better tips, a kind of hero’s hazard pay for keeping the world going in an era of germ terror. It’s been dubbed theBut though the pandemic has eased up, tips keep creeping up and we may have reached a tipping point. Once you tip, the machines often flash programmed messages like “BRILLIANT!” for 25 per cent, “EXCELLENT!” for 20 and “OK” for anything less.Expect car salesmen to follow, requesting 20 per cent tips on a $32,000 new vehicle.Article content
But when you grab your own sandwich from a cooler and bus your own table, you shouldn’t be pressured to tip 15 per cent, or more.
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