Have we reached tipping fatigue? Bars to coffee shops to carryouts solicit consumers


Paulia Rico, a server at Arepazo Tapas Bar and Grille, takes the check out to a table on the patio during a lunch shift at the restaurant. The restaurant has begun charging some larger parties an automatic tip, although its owner says tips remain at pre-pandemic levels.

You visit a carryout store or a coffee shop or order a can of beer at the bar, and there it is, that touch screen, spinning toward you with suggested tips for that bottle of wine or cup of coffee or Stroh’s you just bought.

What to do?

No matter where you go, you’re being asked to tip. You’re used to paying a tip for service at your favorite sit-down restaurant, or giving something extra to the person who cuts your hair.

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