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Old Oct 21, 2008 | 11:34 pm
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Originally Posted by EasternTraveler
2. Why do people forget that tips until about 20 years ago were 10% then they started saying 15%, then 18% and now 20% or MORE?
When was it ever 10% in the USA? When I was a kid in the 1960s, it was certainly 15%...20 years ago (1988) it was also 15% (as a standard tip).

I've been tipping 15%(minimum)-20% my whole life (even when I was a kid in the third grade, and had to grab lunch at a counter once in a while).
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