I was only speaking about tipping as a method for table service dining. To be clear.
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Still disagree, vehemently.
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Hahahahaha
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I would have disagreed as well a few years ago until a news program that delved into the possibility of dropping, and experiments done by various businesses to do soā¦and why it was pretty much universally opposed by customers, and servers, and all the reasons why. Ultimately switching would cause more issues than it helps.
Thatās when I fully embraced it even more.
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I was asked to tip at a UPS store dropping off an amazing return yesterday.
Then at a thrift store in Burbank last month they had a tip jar
But my favorite. My ABSOLUTE favorite nonsense tip moment Iāve encountered in 2023?
I have two.
One in a shoe store that sells work bootsā¦they had a tip jar for cash and a button on the checkout screen.
And a cosmetic store that I know pays employees commission of sales. Same situation, a cash tip jar and the option on the checkout screen.
Both in the same general area too
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Thatās ridiculous. It is getting out of control. Every take out place asks for tips now.
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Interesting. Can you remember any of the reasons?
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I picked up dinner for my husbands office last night from a sandwich shop and I add a tip to the total. I watch how hard they work and I figure my husbands coworkers can tip the guys who make their dinner. 
I donāt mind it for food service, itās a hard job. My youngest works in an ice cream shop and heās so very proud of his tips, itās adorable.
But selling me boots? Or lipstick? Handling a UPS return when I know youāre probably the owner of the UPS store?
Yeahhhh. Thatās insanity.
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Must not be familiar with the US healthcare industry. It makes tipping look completely understandable by comparison. Guarantee that crown ācostsā different based on what insurance the person has.
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Yes. Butā¦ honestly really donāt want to go there. I donāt really care if I change anyoneās mind. I think it was an NPR program from maybe 4 years ago? Maybe.
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No worries. I was just curious.
I wonder if it was this oneā¦?
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Honestly? Itās because non Americans are constantly critiqueing it. It gets old. Itās our norm and doesnāt bother most of us.
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Agreed. Iāve read a lot of tipping threads on the internet and many of them do degenerate and end up getting locked, but this one was politicized to an unusual degree, as a club to bash America with. It gets old.
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Except you donāt understand it. If you did, this thread wouldnāt exist.
Maybe the rest of the world is wrong.
Why do they do that.
The reason tipping exists and will likely continue to exist is because of systemic intertia. Americans arenāt the only ones that find change difficult (some countries still have a royal family. Can you imagine? 
)
I think there is a system that would work better, but itās like trying to evolve from a single-celled organism to a complex vertebrate with lungs, eyes, etc. If you get rid of tipping, you also need several systems in place to prevent the negative effects @ryan1 was referring to.
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I understand tipping just fine, as do most of us. Why do you think we donāt understand it?
I donāt care what the rest of the world does, tip or not tip. I actually donāt care what we do here to be honest. Iāll do whatever the expected thing is. I am annoyed with how so many threads devolve into American bashing, as if we are a stupid society. It is exhausting.
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My big dilemma is, how are we going to tip housekeeping, luggage service, food delivery, etc when weāre all using digital currency and paper money is no longer.
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Because the OP had questions about it and there was not a unanimity of view.
Everything might have to exist within an app with tip feature like Uber.
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Iām pretty sure this sums up America in all things. We are proud of that. 
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