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The Ridiculous Racist Origin of Tipping, Part One: A Gratuitous History of Gratuity

2026-09-01 · 36 min · 7 entities

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What's the best meal you've ever had at a restaurant? If it was in the United States, odds are you paid your tab -- and then added an extra fee on top of that. While tipping didn't originate in the USA, the States have the world's most prevalent (and infamous) tipping culture. And ever since the Civil War, it's been a hot-button issue: Should you tip? If so, whom, and how much? In the first part of this severely biased two-part series, Ben, Noel, and Max dive into the debate... and learn the disturbing origin of American tipping along the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.