With lockdowns over and inflation rising, tips are shrinking in industries that depend on them – from gig work to restaurants
ipping has been essential in the US for generations, but it’s becoming increasingly rare to leave a few $1 bills out on the table – now when we pay for an Uber, buy a coffee or order takeout, a screen demands to know how much we want to tip, putting the ethical decision into clear focus. Thirty per cent? Twenty per cent? A measly 15%? Would anyone dare go lower than that?
City. Now that’s fallen sharply, he says, to $20 to $30 a week. “I don’t really know why,” he says. “Maybe people are just trying to save money.”, a chain of cozy cafes in Brooklyn, customers have been pulling back as well. Though nine out of 10 customers leave a tip, they’re giving less than before, says Parviz Mukhamadkulov, the company’s CEO and founder. “During the peak of Covid,” from May 2020 until June 2021, “customers used to tip an average of 50% of the total amount.
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