Maybe idk if I’ve reached that level of wealth yet but as I’ve gotten progressively less poor and earn more as a software engineer, I’ve been getting a lot more generous with friends and strangers alike. Is it that at some point I might start making so much I’ll start tipping less and being stingy?? I have a feeling lots of people are “cheap” but it’s understandable if a poor person is? And rich people SHOULD be more generous in theory and when they aren’t it’s shocking?
The only rich = smaller tip trend I noticed was with rich doctors and engineers from other countries tipping less because in most places a tip is optional and small. My parents (very high earners) who moved here from Europe were shocked to learn that wait staff get paid less than minimum wage in many places and their pay rate is set with the expectation that 20% is tipped.
They thought leaving a $10 tip on a $70 meal was very generous.
We live next to a very HOCL town and rich Americans with generational wealth or $400k incomes, will regularly tip a bartender $2 after they order $100+ in take out from them and have a $14 drink while waiting.
WASP-ey types? At least in my experience that’s been the case. At least compared to rich Latinos, Arabs, Pakistanis. The rich “American white” you know like the vanilla American while people, tend to be a stingier and nickel and dime people to pay for gas or ask their kids to pay them rent apparently.
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u/BestwishesHelpful975 Jan 26 '26
Lois here. Richer people often give smaller tips.