(NEXSTAR) – Are you “guilt-tipping” more than the average American?
In recent years, consumers across the country have increasingly encountered digital payment screens at coffee shops, retail outlets or quick-service restaurants. And often, many of those screens are prompting customers to leave a tip — sometimes even at self-serve establishments.
“Am I crazy or is all of this out of control?” one Reddit user complained earlier this year, after allegedly being prompted to tip 18% at a self-serve candy shop and a self-serve convenience kiosk.
These tip screens aren’t likely to go away anytime soon, either. But Americans are making some slight progress in not feeling so guilty about refusing to play along, the results of a recent survey suggest.
A survey of 2,000 adult Americans, conducte