U.S. News

2244 readers

8 users here now

News about and pertaining to the United States and its people.

Please read what's functionally the mission statement before posting for the first time. We have a narrower definition of news than you might be accustomed to.

Guidelines for submissions:

Post the original source of information as the link.
If there is any Nazi imagery in the linked story, mark your post NSFW.
If there is a paywall, provide an archive link in the body.
Post using the original headline; edits for clarity (as in providing crucial info a clickbait hed omits) are fine.
Social media is not a news source.

For World News, see the News community.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

alyaza

rs5th

Powderhorn

Americans are confused, frustrated by new tipping culture, study finds (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Powderhorn to c/usnews

55 comments fedilink hide all child comments

It's gotten rather absurd. If my interaction is with a kiosk short of being handed something, it's an insulting extra step. I'm already paying the price for my employer's pay scale ... I can't take on someone else's stinginess.

Archive link

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] red@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

The reality is that this issue only exists in the US, if we're talking about first world countries. It's a cultural problem in attitudes.