• @[email protected]
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    81 year ago

    It used to be quite the opposite. Tipping was big in Europe but not in the US.

    That changed with Prohibition. When alcohol was banned, there was suddenly a large whole in the bottom line of restaurants across the US. They turned to having a tipped staff to stay open.

    Sadly, when it was repealed, tipping stayed. It was since inflated from 10% to 15% to now over 20%.

    Some have tried to get rid of it, but sadly it hasn’t worked.

    • phillaholic
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      161 year ago

      It dates back further than that. It was a great way to not pay recently freed slaves as much as white people during the Jim Crow south.