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Anyone get embarrassed over tipping eg hairdressers, waiters, taxi drivers?

Marianne72

There are many reasons I dislike the habit of tipping:

1. these people earn salaries and not everyone in all jobs expects to be tipped - I can't understand how this came about

2. I often don't have enough and feel mean if I give a small tip, not knowing how much is appropriate anyway

3. I find it embarrassing - a bit demeaning on both sides

4. the only person I give a tip last year was the postman, and last Christmas I left a note that as I'm retired it would be the last

What do you think? What is the history of tipping? Should it be banned? Is there a way of getting around the embarrassment?

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  • in reply to Lotus

    We’ve got a minimum wage but it is horrible. The federal minimum wage in America is $7.25 (£5.43) per hour. Tipped employees can be paid $2.13 per hour if tips can make up the rest. To put it into context, some of my coworkers who are struggling financially make double the minimum wage and are still struggling.

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