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Originally Posted by GGG
Why is being a poor tipper such a social stigma?
Even in this thread people (myself included) will defend to the death why they aren't cheap. Because for some reason being called cheap is a terrible stigma. The expansion of tipping culture takes advantage of peoples need not to be percieved as cheap. It goes along with the whole dollar for charity at the tills of every store.
Even with fast food I still feel a little bit of guilt hitting no on the tip button.
Maybe it is all part of the keeping up appearances that leads people to buy big houses and fancy cars or goes back to an evolutionary desire to fit in because you are stronger as a group if everyone obeys the norms.
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Most of the service industry relies on tips for their income and if the service is good I believe they've earned it. Nothing more embarrassing than going out with a friend on wing night and he orders a lemon water to keep the cost down so he doesn't have to tip as much (I no longer eat out anywhere with this guy)
Edit: I also agree that the "tip" prompt comes up way too often and at a lot of places where there is barely a service given. Great Canadian oil change is one that had me baffled