is traditional tip culture suffering due to tip everywhere ?

I'm a part-time rideshare driver...been doing it about 1.5 years now. When I first started, tips were plentiful. You have a great convo with someone, or you gave them their space if they wanted it, and you received a tip the majority of the time.

Nowadays, I'm barely getting any tips, despite my service being the same.

I think it's a combination of two things: tip fatigue for sure, but I think the larger issue is with inflation and the current state of the economy, a lot of people aren't in the financial position to be throwing money around anymore.

Even when I Uber as a rider, I want to tip because I know how much it means to me when people tip, but I am feeling the squeeze myself and tipping less than I would want to in a perfect world.

People are certainly hurting right now. I think it's also a sign of declining trust though. With the demographic changes in the US our social rules are just breaking down.

I never used to check if I was tipping 20% on tax, now I do the math, and my base tip is 15% not 20%. Service industry pushed too hard, consequences suck.

Honestly...makes sense. It was only recently and after seeing a huge anti tip movement that I stopped tipping at stupid places like coffee shops and while picking up to go orders

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rideshare in general has become dramatically more expensive (actually market price).

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Yep. Riders are paying more, drivers are actually getting less, and uber/lyft/shareholders are making more.

It's a really screwed up situation which is a breeding ground for resentment for both drivers and riders.

I tip everywhere in the 15 to 22.5% percent range. When I was at LSU I heard the certain people didn’t tip well. I never wanted to contribute to the stereotype. I have always been conflicted on tipping maid service in hotels. I will say that the amount of places asking for tips has gone up and a lot of places ask for charitable donations at checkout. It is too much.

In Walnut Creek, California they add a 22.5% surcharge to restaurant bills in lieu of tipping but still provide a space on the bill to tip more. That might be a better way to do it. Customers shouldn’t feel like they to tip.

Sounds like he's suffering from serving assholes if they're not tipping the bartender, as long as he's a decent bartender

A lot of service workers don't seem to understand that tips are compensation for the value of promptness, not the value of the labor itself.

If I tip you at the coffeeshop, and then you take 20 minutes to make my drink anyways, that leaves me with a pretty sour taste in my mouth. Like, what did I tip you for? It wasn't because my drink was so difficult to make, it was to motivate you to get off your arse and make it.

That tip culture was aimed at me. I usually did it out of guilt. So it was successful for a while.

But, I stopped going out and we cook every meal at home now. It helps I work from home. But it has cost the people who truly work for tips.

But it’s saved me hundreds of dollars a month. Obviously not just from tipping, but by buying groceries and not being lazy.