2 Out of 3 Americans Have 1 Big Complaint About Tipping
I think, and many of us probably believe we’re good tippers or at least tip properly. You don’t usually find someone saying, “I don’t agree with tipping and I’m a bad tipper.” Most would not admit it, but according to a new study by Bankrate, they’re out there and many are not tipping at all.
Even when it comes to those much-hated pre-entered tip screens, many people will give something. Our local pizza place has them. I order my pizza for pick-up, and then show up to get my pizza and pay for it. The teenager behind the counter hands me my pizza and asks me to sign on a screen that gives me three tipping options. My thinking when it comes to tipping is that another couple of bucks isn’t going to break me, so I’ll give a tip for my pizza even though I picked it up.
However, this doesn’t seem to be popular thinking. The Bankrate study shows that while many of us have a negative view of tipping overall, it also found that our tipping habits vary based on our age. The results show that our main complaint is that businesses should be paying their workers more instead of asking the consumer, diner, or customer to tip. When it comes to dining at a restaurant, most of us tip about twenty percent, but our tipping habits vary greatly when we tip professionals like hairdressers, delivery people, and taxi or Uber drivers. I had a waitress at a major franchise restaurant tell me that she was looking for another job because at least twenty-five percent of her customers at that restaurant don’t tip at all.
Here are some interesting statistics from the study results:
- Waiters and waitresses receive the most tip, but people are tipping less and less every year.
- Contractors and repair people receive the least amount of tips
- Women tip better than men
- Tipping increases with age
- Those surveyed think businesses should pay more
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