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Tipping culturevaries from country to country.
In Japan, offering gratuityis uncommonand often done discreetly.
The acceptabletippingpercentage in these countries is between 5 and 10%.
In the United States, service industry employees rely on the 20% tips they receive.
A familyexperienced the latter when the mom, visiting from overseas, paid below the standardtipping amount.
It caused quite a scene with the server chasing them down as they left.
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A 2023 survey byLendingTreefound that 60% of Americans believe they are tipping more than before.
Heres the kicker: 24% say they always feel pressured when the option is there.
Experts refer to the anxiety and stress resulting from gratuity as guilt tipping.
As LendingTrees chief credit analystMatt SchulztellsCNBC Make It, consumers are getting increasingly tired of it.
People dont want to feel like a jerk or cheapskate.
Businesses are taking advantage of that, he explained.
Other experts like Georgetown University economistHarry Holzerbelieve its an employers sneaky practice to pay their staff low wages.
The whole thing is shifted onto the customer, Holzersaid.
Its less expensive for [restaurant owners] to hire people.
Unfortunately, it isnt expected to change anytime soon.
Fortunately, the family gave him his due tip, despite his reaction.
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