Randi Mahomes has long used her platform to uplift athlete-welfare programmes and support young parents navigating sport and family. Known for her contributions between the professional world and everyday human challenges, she now brings her voice to a more subtle yet pervasive American frustration.

“Mia and I ordered fast food from a kiosk, and it asked what percentage I wanted to tip… seriously??”, Randi Mahomes wrote on X.

The question highlights how tipping culture has mutated into an expectation at every turn. But this was not the case 5 years ago, after the pandemic, access to everything got digitalized in a way that shifted a voluntary gesture of thanks into an expected surcharge.

The primary goal of tipping was to help the workers who earned less than the federal minimum wage.

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