Tipping has gotten out of control for many Americans. Even drive-thru coffee involves awkwardness and moral uncertainty as customers paying by credit card must decide—often as an employee looks on—how much to tip, if anything. Many have taken to social media to complain about “guilt-tipping.”
But there’s no need for the guilt trip, says Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer. “If you’re just taking out food, and it was just a transaction—I give you money, you give me a cup of coffee—I don’t think there’s any obligation to tip whatsoever,” Meyer said today on CNBC’s Squawk Box.
