For restaurant goers, tipping used to feel simple: leave a little extra to thank the server for good service and move on with your day. But in much of North America, that once straightforward gesture has slowly turned into a source of anxiety, resentment, and public judgment.
That tension exploded across Reddit after a Toronto-based server posted a brutally honest confession about north American tipping culture, claiming many waitstaff privately mock customers who leave anything less than 20%.
