The History of Tipping in Restaurants: The Complicated Past, Present, and Future
7 Shifts
OCTOBER 26, 2022
When you dine out at a restaurant, you tip your server. It's the expectation and an essential part of how restaurant workers earn a living. A guest's tip subsidizes wages for most of America's restaurant workers. It's a reality that only exists in North America—the United States and Canada. But tipping did not take off immediately in the U.S.
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