When you leave a tip, it's rare that your server gets to keep it all. Here’s how tip outs and tip pools work. Darron Cardosa is a food service professional with over 30 years of restaurant experience.

Most people think tipping with a credit card is the same as tipping with cash. After all, 20% is 20%, right? But if you chat with anyone in the service industry who primarily gets paid in tips, you'll ...

Darron Cardosa is a food service professional with over 30 years of restaurant experience. He has written more than 1,500 articles and blog posts about the hospitality industry, including for Food & ...

Thank your driver for those endless holiday season deliveries with a $5 tip as part of Amazon's limited-time "Thank My Driver" promotion. Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Why is tipping expected? I was under the impression that it was up to the customer. In my state, servers are paid minimum wage, so it’s not a question of being underpaid. And why am ...

'Tis the season of giving back — whether it's in the form of gifts, donations or a thank-you tip to seasonal workers. Discussions around tipping have sparked debate in recent years as Americans found ...

Holiday tipping is a way to thank people who provide you with regular services throughout the year. Service providers to consider tipping include babysitters, hairstylists, housekeepers, and dog ...

According to a Pew Research Center survey from 2023, the majority of Americans tip across most service categories. More precisely, 92% of people tip at restaurants, 78% of them tip for haircuts, 76% ...

The Fort Myers Tip-Off brings early-season excitement to the college basketball slate, featuring two divisions packed with talent - the Beach Division and Palms Division - squaring off at Suncoast ...

As I stood staring at the screen, the tip buttons—20%, 25%, even 50%—blinked back at me like a test I hadn’t studied for. Not knowing the answer, I felt a jolt of panic. A line had formed behind me, ...

The IRS issued guidance for workers eligible to claim the temporary deductions for tip and overtime compensation for tax year 2025 and is updating some income tax forms and instructions to help ...