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Summary
Tipping in U.S. restaurants has dropped to 19.3%, the lowest in six years, driven by frustration over rising menu prices and increased prompts for tips in non-traditional settings.
Only 38% of consumers tipped 20% or more in 2024, down from 56% in 2021, reflecting tighter budgets.
Diners are cutting back on outings, spending less, and tipping less. Some restaurants are adding service fees, further reducing tips.
Worker advocacy groups are pushing to eliminate the tipped-wage system, while the restaurant industry warns these shifts hurt business and employees.
Key cities like D.C. and Chicago are phasing in higher minimum wages for tipped workers.
I’m pretty well done tipping unless I’m going to a sit down restaurant and the service is really good
You know what tipping is supposed to be used for
Yes, allowing management to pay less than a living wage so that the public can cover the rest.
I get your meaning (and agree), but tipping as a practice should be dead and gone.
Yet no server will want to increase that wage because tips are much better.
This argument is always put out there but any server at a decent place would complain if you asked them to take a higher wage instead. Which we have seen over and over again. It’s going to be hard to undo the tipping culture due to this.
So, because something isn’t easy we shouldn’t even try to improve the situation?