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The Guilt Trip: How America Ended Up With the World's Most Complicated Tipping Culture
Most of us drop a tip at the end of a meal without a second thought — but the practice has a far darker origin than you might expect. Rooted in post-Civil War labor politics and borrowed from European class customs, America's tipping culture was once so controversial that several states tried to ban it outright. Here's how a simple gratuity became one of the most loaded social rituals in the country.
