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And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
As if US gratuity culture hadn’t already reached a tipping point, a woman was horrified after a nail salon asked her for a minimum 75% extra for a beatification procedure. She detailed the gratuitous gratuity in a TikTok video with over 230,000 views.
“Tipping culture in the United States has gotten out of control,” lamented content creator Gaby LaCorte while describing the apparent highway robbery request.
According to the video, the mother-of-two had gone to the unnamed cosmetologist for an eyebrow wax, which reportedly cost her $21.
However, things took a turn when she went to leave a tip on the iPad and saw that the tip amounts ranged from 75% to 100%.
This meant that she’d be forking over a minimum of $36.75 in total unless she selected the “custom” tip option.
“Is she ok?” spluttered LaCorte, referring to the cosmetologist.
The influencer said the tip screen rubbed her the “wrong way” as she feels like many people likely clicked on the 75% option out of habit because it usually says 15%.
“That really bothered me, I’m not going back to her,” declared LaCorte.
The gratuity choices also raised eyebrows in the comment section with one incredulous viewer exclaiming, “I wouldn’t know what to say, my jaw would be on the floor.”
“$21 just for eyebrows waxing/threading is another robbery too,” spluttered another.
Others shared their own tales of getting propositioned for ridiculous tips at unlikely places, from concert merchandise stands to a yogurt shop where they selected their own yogurt.
This incident is part of the ongoing “guilt tipping” trend, in which patrons are pressured to leave extra money at pizzerias, coffee shops, fast-food joints and other places with minimal customer service.
Some even get asked to tip at self-service kiosks.
