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Tangie Mitchell is a creative writer, journalist, and editor based in New York. Her interests include pop culture and entertainment, poetry, and morning cups of herbal tea.

Tangie Mitchell

Man calls out food truck OWNER for asking for 20% tip

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‘Who is the tip for?’: Customer calls out food truck OWNER for asking for 20% tip

Mars Ramos is a museum educator and freelance writer. She loves long walks in nature, doing yoga, and baking brownies!

Mars Ramos

Customer catches Golf Club worker charging 20% extra for drinks

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‘She deff just added a tip’: Customer catches Golf Club worker charging 20% extra for drinks

Customer calls out Froyo place after they wouldn’t let her pay without tipping first

Froyo Tip

‘I think it’s crazy these self-serve places ask you to tip’: Customer calls out Froyo place after they wouldn’t let her pay without tipping first

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

young man in car with caption "when a customer came in for an order pickup on her S24 Ultra" (l) Galaxy S24 Ultra phone (c) young man in car with caption "that's the biggest tip I've ever gotten in my life" (r)

galaxy s24 tip

‘That’s the biggest tip I ever got in my life’: Best Buy worker says woman came in for data transfer on Galaxy S24 Ultra. He can’t believe what she did next

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, Playboy, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

Server reveals the real reason you shouldn’t leave the tip on a card

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‘Even if it’s $5’: Server reveals the real reason you shouldn’t leave the tip on a card

Bojangles customer gets asked to leave a tip

Bojangles tip

‘Rightttt like what ..why am I tipping to-go ?’: Viewers split when Bojangles customer gets asked to leave a tip

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‘Tipping is a choice, not a requirement’: Domino’s driver delivers $100 worth of pizza to a church. They can’t believe their tip

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‘The entire demeanor and personality of this person changes’: Woman says Starbucks barista broke character when she refused to tip him

Man talking(L+r), Finger on a tip screen(c)

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‘That’s why I started paying in cash again’: Chili’s customer says Ziosks are now forcing you to tip 20%, won’t let you choose ‘custom’

Customer says nail tech got upset when she asked for different color

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‘I hate tipping culture’: Customer says nail tech got upset when she asked for different color. So she got revenge

Subway customer says worker gave him attitude for not tipping on $3 bottle of Dasani

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‘The cashier scoffed at me’: Subway customer says worker gave him an attitude for not tipping on $3 bottle of Dasani

Vladimir Supica is a Serbia-based freelance writer for the Daily Dot. He enjoys traveling through Europe, reading non-fiction books, and playing with his dog Max.

Vladimir Supica

Expert says look out for this new Miami tipping scam

miami tipping scam

‘You don’t really think about it’: Expert says look out for this new Miami tipping scam

Natasha Dubash is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She loves reporting on entertainment, television, and pop culture.

Natasha Dubash

Buffalo Wild Wings server for not tipping server

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‘This is valid’: Viewers defend Buffalo Wild Wings customers for not tipping server. Here’s why

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

Customers tell server up front, before service they won’t be tipping him

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‘There’s a Panera down the street’: Customers tell server upfront before service they won’t be tipping him

Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

Beau Paul

Cashless tip machine(l+r), Man smiling(c)

Tipping Culture