Most Americans consider themselves “great tippers,” but many fail to put their money where their mouth is, a new survey suggests.
Despite their self-proclaimed generosity, many fail to leave tips for bartenders, food delivery drivers, taxi drivers, hotel workers — or indeed anyone but waiters and waitresses in restaurants.
The scale of this “tipping gap” was revealed in the latest “Financial Etiquette” survey by the investment bank TD Ameritrade, and it’s bigger than you might imagine — unless you actually work in the service industry.
Four people in five, or 81%, of those surveyed gave themselves top ratings for tipping widely and generously.
But just 54% said they tipped food delivery drivers, like pizza guys.
