Tipping Stopped Being a Thank-You

Tipping Stopped Being a Thank-You In this What's Really Going On episode, Nora and Edward take apart the modern American tipping system without treating either customers or servers like the villain. They look at the history of tipping, the federal tipped wage, the logic problem behind percentage-based gratuity, and why so many ordinary meals now feel like wage negotiations with fries.The episode also compares the U.S. model with France's more transparent service-included approach, using real menu examples to show how the same meal can feel radically different depending on how the system is built.