Pressure To Tip Amidst High Inflation Has Shoppers Outraged

Tip Invasion Adds Financial Pressure

In downtown West Palm Beach, Florida,  Hot Pie Pizza owned by  John Ries said that inflation has not only affected the cost of his inventory but also the number of tips his employees are receiving. “What we’re witnessing here now is a contraction of all the tips,” Ries said. “We’re discovering that people are being more frugal and a little bit more concerned about their dollars being spent.”

Ries believes that a recent modification in tipping could be holding consumers back when they dine out. According to The Associated Press that most businesses like coffee shops and fast-food restaurants adopt digital payment methods, and customers are often automatically prompted to leave a tip, sometimes as high as 30%, at places they normally wouldn’t. Rees said that for a takeout item, you should not be giving tips anywhere near 20%. However, others have a different insight. A customer said that tipping should be a lifestyle for the employees at restaurants and even, like, Door Dash, anything that’s a service industry.

Moreover, experts said for many people with a limited budget though, they can’t afford to leave a tip every time they order a coffee or a snack.

The Tipping Etiquette

Thomas Farley etiquette expert believes that the etiquette of tipping is simple. When it comes to walk-in and walk-out food service, or someone is handing you a can of soda from across the counter. Someone delivering you a cookie that you ordered at a bakery is no requirement for a tip but a tipping etiquette that you provide a gratuity for the person who serves you.

Ries agrees with Farley, that tip is an acronym and that it means to insure prompt service. A tip is not something that should not be on an automatic level that is given but a tip is earned.