2026

Tipping was once a token of appreciation—now it’s a psychological trap. In today’s America, digital screens demand 30% before service is even delivered, while billion-dollar corporations dodge wage responsibility and guilt-trip customers into paying workers. This deep dive unpacks the rise of “guilt tipping,” wage theft, corporate greed, and the global spread of this broken model. Who really benefits? Not the workers. Not you. It’s time to expose the system hiding behind that swivel screen.