Waitress reveals why customers leave the account turned upside down

In some countries, such as Japan, it is not compulsory, as it can be perceived as rude. However, in the U.S., tipping is an institution and is deeply etched in their culture, primarily, for employees working in hotels, restaurants, hair salons, but also in valets. CORVERSE Moreover, the minimum hour wage in the US is $7.25 an hour (6.73 euros), which means that an employee’s monthly salary, minus taxes, is not enough to cover the month’s costs due to the high cost of living. In a video uploaded on TikTok, Saydie (@realslimsaydie) who works as a waitress at a restaurant in Arizona, wanted to reveal why customers tend to leave the bill upside down on the table. Saydie implies in her video that either the client left a low tip and wanted to avoid embarrassment, or simply tried to hide the money, placing the bill with the front face down. ADVERSION “Is someone else so afraid when the bill is turned down?” asks Saydie. “They left the account upside down. You know what that means,” he adds. “Let’s see if I’m right. I haven’t looked at him yet.” Counting backwards Saydie eventually revealed that the client left the $15 tip for a $93 account, corresponding to about 15%. “Neither bad nor good,” she commented. The video has exceeded 1 million views, causing a variety of comments. Some users say the amount for tipping was satisfactory, while others disagree. However, inflation in the USA has caused price increases in many products, particularly after 2021. The tip is usually based on a specific percentage (usually 15% – 20%) depending on the amount of the final account. During the pandemic, several began to leave more money than usual, to mainly support waiters and employees in delivery services. However, in the following years, several businesses supplied tablets and digital systems with predefined amounts of tips, resulting in customers feeling a kind of pressure on the increasing amount to be left to the waiter or restaurant, in addition to the final account for the services offered, resulting in the term “tipflation” being born.