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

submitted 1 year ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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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.

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[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A lot of taxi and rideshare drivers are saying they are getting the hell out of town for the event so they don't have to deal with it, so you have to incentivize people to stay on and make some cash. My source is just secondhand anecdotes of what cabbies were talking about when friends and family were visiting recently but if it sticks out enough for these people to mention it a lot of people must have said it.

It sucks but for once I think Vegas isn't just being full of shit here.

Whether it's the perception alone of European guests or a real issue is kind of irrelevant because the cabbies don't want to work the event either way.