Now it is. It used to be restricted to people who have you customized attention like servers in restaurants, bellhops, valets, etc.; people who dealt with your body like hairdressers, nail tech, and waxers (and tattoo artists, probably; they also are giving you custom service); and sometimes service people for your home like housekeepers and landscapers. But now, people have put an electronic tip request for literally every transaction, like grabbing a muffin from a convenience store.
I've never really understood even those professions needed tips. I get that the bellhop provides you a customised service and that the hairdresser has to get really close to you to do their job. But in both instances they can't actually provide the service they're hired to so without doing that, so I don't understand why that should make a tip necessary. It's not like they went above and beyond and did more than what they were already getting paid to do.
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u/InspectorOrdinary321 8h ago
Now it is. It used to be restricted to people who have you customized attention like servers in restaurants, bellhops, valets, etc.; people who dealt with your body like hairdressers, nail tech, and waxers (and tattoo artists, probably; they also are giving you custom service); and sometimes service people for your home like housekeepers and landscapers. But now, people have put an electronic tip request for literally every transaction, like grabbing a muffin from a convenience store.