These days, customers who visit a restaurant to pick up a carryout order, or even a fast-food drive-thru, may be greeted by a prompt on the screen asking how much they’d like to tip. In some cases, it ...

Perhaps you’ve stumbled into this scenario: At an airport, scrambling to buy a snack and a bottle of water before a flight, you find the checkout kiosk and tap your card. The machine asks if you’d ...

Tipping – how much to tip or whether to do it – has always been a controversial topic. A new Bankrate survey found that 63% of Americans had at least one negative view toward tipping, but most are ...

One profession in particular gets overlooked when it comes to tipping. You’re probably familiar with the practice of tipping at the usual spots: sit-down restaurants, the salon, for your Lyft or Uber ...

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These days, customers who visit a restaurant to pick up a carryout order, or even a fast-food drive-thru, may be greeted by a prompt on the screen asking how much they'd like to tip. In some cases, it ...