NPR: tip https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=980058611 tip en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 18:51:30 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: tip https://www.npr.org/tags/980058611/tip From food to finance, 9 life hacks from Life Kit experts Our most memorable and useful expert advice from Life Kit's March episodes, hand-picked by the editors. Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:57:43 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2024/03/28/1241383289/life-kits-tips-of-the-month-on-seafood-labels-eye-strain-and-sibling-relationshi https://www.npr.org/2024/03/28/1241383289/life-kits-tips-of-the-month-on-seafood-labels-eye-strain-and-sibling-relationshi

Our most memorable and useful expert advice from Life Kit's March episodes, hand-picked by the editors.

]]> Life Kit What is the new etiquette for tipping? Tipping requests are on the rise. Businesses that never seemed to ask for a tip, like fast food joints, are now asking for one. Here's how to deal with unexpected requests and more.<br><br>A previous version of this story incorrectly said the company Square takes a "chunk of your tip." A representative from Square says while they charge a fee based on the whole transaction, including tip, the worker still gets the full amount of their tip. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 03:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2024/03/26/1196978930/new-rules-tipping-etiquette https://www.npr.org/2024/03/26/1196978930/new-rules-tipping-etiquette

Tipping requests are on the rise. Businesses that never seemed to ask for a tip, like fast food joints, are now asking for one. Here's how to deal with unexpected requests and more.

A previous version of this story incorrectly said the company Square takes a "chunk of your tip." A representative from Square says while they charge a fee based on the whole transaction, including tip, the worker still gets the full amount of their tip.

]]> Stacey Vanek Smith The Land of the Fee Tipping is a norm in the U.S. But it hasn't always been this way. A legacy of slavery and racism, tipping took off in the post-Civil War era. The case against tipping had momentum in the early 1900's, yet what began as a movement to end an exploitative practice just ended up continuing it. Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:01:28 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/03/22/980047710/the-land-of-the-fee https://www.npr.org/2021/03/22/980047710/the-land-of-the-fee

Tipping is a norm in the U.S. But it hasn't always been this way. A legacy of slavery and racism, tipping took off in the post-Civil War era. The case against tipping had momentum in the early 1900's, yet what began as a movement to end an exploitative practice just ended up continuing it.

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