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Sadik Hossain

‘This should not be legal’: Iowa man never tips at his regular restaurant. Then he opens his receipt and finds an $11 surprise

A TikTok creator from Iowa, known as @captain.t.roll3, recently posted a video claiming that a local restaurant charged him an $11.16 fee for being a regular non-tipper. The video has gained over 3.4 million views and sparked a heated debate online about tipping culture in the United States.

In the TikTok video, the creator says, “So I come to this restaurant pretty often, and I never leave a tip,” and then points out a charge on his receipt, adding, “But I noticed on my receipt this time, they charged me an $11.16 non-tipper fee.” He described the situation as “insane,” noting that the charge was roughly 10% of his total bill.

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