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Tipping: How Gratuity Replaced Fair Wages in U.S. Restaurants
Learn all about the history of tipping in restaurants in the USA. Discover the history in the 1850's to present and what the future of tips looks like.
Tipping in Europe was born in the middle ages, a master-serf custom where servants would receive an extra gratuity for excellent performance. Rather than needing to calculate it themselves, would-be tippers can quickly select an option from tip screens—which has bred a recent series of internet memes. Restaurants, like those of Eastern Point Collective, are banning tips in favor of service charges, paying employees a better wage in the process.
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