April 23, 2023
Whereas many of us know that restaurant sit down meal tips have shifted upward, for food delivery tips, the territory can be surprising.
Whereas many of us know that restaurant sit down meal tips have shifted upward, for food delivery tips, the territory can be surprising.
Explained by behavioral economics, a new technological default changed our tipping behavior in restaurants and taxi cabs.
Looking back and looking ahead at our tipping behavior, we can expect tips to remain a social norm that will increase.
Because tipping behavior reflects a social norm, many of us know the amount we are supposed to leave but we don't necessarily do it.
Disliked by many as discriminatory, inconvenient, and even embarrassing, tipping is a paradox because it refuses to disappear.