Americans don’t seem to have a shared understanding of when or how much to tip. Yet, millions of people rely on what we give to make a decent wage. Columnists Theodore Johnson, Heather Long and Molly Roberts talk about why things have become so confusing and get into the real issues beneath the campaign proposals to end taxes on tips.

Impromptu

The Washington Post

To tip or not to tip? That is now the question. Everywhere.

OCT 22, 202420 MIN
Impromptu

To tip or not to tip? That is now the question. Everywhere.

OCT 22, 202420 MIN

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Americans don’t seem to have a shared understanding of when or how much to tip. Yet, millions of people rely on what we give to make a decent wage. Columnists Theodore Johnson, Heather Long and Molly Roberts talk about why things have become so confusing and get into the real issues beneath the campaign proposals to end taxes on tips.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Read more from The Washington Post:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/23/tipping-screens-pandemic-culture/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=impromptu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Tipping is more confusing than ever. Here’s how to handle it.</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">”</span></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to The Washington Post<a href="https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?s_l=OFFSITE_PODCAST&amp;p=s_v&amp;s_dt=yearly&amp;utm[%E2%80%A6]e-podcast&amp;utm_medium=acq-nat&amp;utm_campaign=podcast-subs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </a><a href="https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?s_l=OFFSITE_PODCAST&amp;p=s_v&amp;s_dt=yearly&amp;utm[%E2%80%A6]e-podcast&amp;utm_medium=acq-nat&amp;utm_campaign=podcast-subs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>