03/26/2024

Understanding the 'New Etiquette' for Tipping

Some grocery stores are even asking for tips now

What are the new rules for tipping?

Businesses that never seemed to ask for a tip before, like grocery stores, self-checkout machines and fast food restaurants, are now asking for one these days.

To answer this question, it helps to understand the purpose of tipping and why requests have increased over the past few years. It's a tricky topic, said Sylvia Allegretto, a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research who has done extensive research on wages and tipping. "It's confusing, people don't get it — but it's really quite important" to how some workers get paid.

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