Are We Tipping TOO Much?
Are we tipping TOO much? Wow, I thought I was the only one thinking this. Am I cheap, insensitive? What’s wrong with me? If you’re thinking the same thing, you may be thinking like many others.
Well according to a new study and thanks to technology, the new over-the-top tip culture is having many think twice about tipping on every transaction. (I came up with the phrase: “tip culture.”)
Who Put The IPAD In Charge Of Tips?
It started happening a few years ago. Maybe I’m weird, but I remember this event like it was yesterday.
I walked into my our favorite neighborhood pizza place to pick up our favorite pizza: hamburger and onion, by the way. When I went to pay, I noticed a new system of payment. Rather than handing my card to pay, they asked to insert it into an IPAD. Then what happened next was a first. The IPAD asked for a tip, and offered options on how much. Of course I said to myself, why tip when I’m doing the driving to pick it up? So I declined.
Overtime, every transaction these days are now made on an IPAD using the same system. With inflation, service workers in restaurants have it harder than ever. So, yes I will add a tip, even though I am my own pizza delivery man. I will be honest. When I leave the tip and I get a big “Thank you!” from the 17 year old at her first job, it feels good. I know, I’m such a hero leaving that extra buck. But it feels good.
The Survey Says
According to playusa.com:
In the poll of more than 1,000 people, conducted by PlayUSA, researchers found that 56 percent feel pressure to tip when the option pops up on a screen during cashless checkout. That’s a small increase over the 54 percent who said the same in PlayUSA’s 2022 survey.
So it seems if you’re feeling the pressure, it’s normal. But, I have found, when you give more than you get, what you WANT, really begins to show up. Now that’s a good tip.
