Are You Being Prompted To Tip 20%? Consumers Grapple With Tip Inflation – The Globe and Mail When Alexander Koury took his cats to get groomed a few weeks ago, he got a bit of a shock at the checkout counter. The Phoenix financial planner brought his five-year-old orange tabbies Frankie and Scotch in for bathing, clipping and shaving, which cost $150. But then the payment system asked whether he wanted to tack on a healthy tip: Either 20, 25 or 30 per cent. “Ridiculous,” says Mr. Koury, 36, who…
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