Customers often feel pressured into giving a few more bucks as more businesses adopt tipping options at places people normally wouldn't tip. This trend has many Americans growing wary. 


According to a recent survey from Bankrate, 66% of Americans have a negative view of tipping.
Senior Industry Analyst of Bankrate Ted Rossman, believes businesses are using this practice as a way to increase employee wages amid inflation.

"I think tipping is this hidden surcharge where it's kind of a way to raise prices without acting like you're raising prices...in these unconventional settings," Rossman said. 

Settings like coffee shops, airports, even financial companies are requesting tips more often. This kind of tip-flation has people rethinking how much they give.

According to Bankrate, there has been a 10% decline in tipping for traditionally tipped workers like servers and bartenders.

Several restaurants employees in the Valley say tipping has been inconsistent over the past two years and they have been making less money.

Rossman says tip requests in many industries are going to be hard to avoid and predicts this tipping trend to will become more common.