We Didn’t Get the Memo: The Miseducation of Tipping in America
3 min readJan 2, 2022
PART 2
It is very important to understand how tipping became a part of the culture of America before discussing the miseducation of the practice. Unclear of how tipping began in general, scholars have noted the act of tipping originated in the Middle Ages as a form of the caste system. In the master-serf caste system, tipping was a way of rewarding the serf…