How much "Tip-flation" is really costing us!

Americans are now spending more than EVER before on tipping at restaurants! The average American spends nearly $40 monthly on tipping servers, due to the “social awkwardness” of the entire thing!

Many people feel that tipping, to some extent, has gotten out of control, with many corporate chains now asking for tips via checkout machines at restaurants such as chipotle, Mcdonalds, subway, etc...

Much of this tipping awkwardness comes from the societal pressure that comes with dining out, and pushing customers into tipping well, regardless of how good the service was!

A survey of 2-thousand U.S. adults looks at how much “tipflation” is costing us and finds:

• More than half (56%) say pressure to leave bigger tips is a regular occurrence and 26% feel they’re always or often forced to tip more than they’d like.
• In the last month alone, 49% have noticed the options for tipping on tablets and digital devices increase.
• Respondents tipped more than they want to six times in the last month, on average.

So how do you tip? Does tipflation affect how you tip?

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