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The Daily Dot

Grace Rampaul is a social and multimedia intern at the Daily Dot. She is a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, with a major in Journalism and focus on Media and Entertainment Studies. Grace is based in Austin and covers trending stories, entertainment, cultural phenomenon, and all things social.

Grace Rampaul

Woman talking(l+r), Hands holding ipad(c)

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‘Our first instinct is to look away when someone’s tipping us’: Golf cart girl issues warning after leaving iPad with customer unattended

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

30percent-tip-on-20-dollar-salad

‘I haven’t even looked at a human being in the eye since I sat down’: Woman says she was asked to tip 30% on a $20 salad

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

Finger at tip screen(l), Woman thinking(c), Card in front of screen(r)

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Anti-tip customers rally around skip button, sparking debate

Woman talking into a subway card(l+r), Tip bowl(c)

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‘I agree 100% with her’: Woman shares if she has to go up to counter to order, she won’t tip. Here’s why

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Customer buys water at self-checkout. She’s asked to leave a tip

Self Check Out Tip

‘Who is this even going to?’: Customer buys water at self-checkout. She’s asked to leave a tip

Customer says ipad suggested 69% tip option for kid's haircut

out of control tipping

‘$31 for a 20 min trim is pretty expensive already’: Customer says tablet suggested 69% tip option for son’s haircut

Customer gets asked to leave tip on Square tablet

Tic Tac Tip

‘$5 tip for what’: Customer gets asked to leave tip on Square tablet. He plays tic-tac-toe

Man holding a tablet with tipping screen inside a restaurant

flipped-tipping-percentages-trick

‘We naturally read left to right’: Customer says bar flipped the tipping percentages to trick customers into tipping more

Man speaking into mic(l+r), Hand signing toast tablet(c)

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‘Toast is going out of their way to make tipping as normalized’: Man has theory why tipping culture is getting worse—and it has to do with those tablets

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

Braden Bjella

Woman calls out how ‘uncomfortable’ iPad tipping culture is as a blind person

iPad tipping

‘Half the time, they’re too embarrassed to ask me’: Woman calls out how ‘uncomfortable’ iPad tipping culture is as a blind person

Customer says the default tip for a single $5 croissant was 102%

Tip croissant

‘It really is turning into low key scamming’: Customer says the default tip for a single $5 croissant was 102%

iPad Tipping