You ever notice how tipping prompts are literally everywhere now? I was at a coffee shop yesterday and got hit with the tip screen again. Just for coffee. It's getting ridiculous and apparently I'm not alone feeling this way.

There's this whole thing happening where people are just exhausted from the tipping culture. Like, we're seeing it most in certain states where customers are clearly fed up. California apparently has the lowest average tips at around 17.8%, followed by Washington at 18.3%. Connecticut and Massachusetts aren't far behind either. The interesting part is that these same states show the highest tipping fatigue scores - people are literally burned out.

The whole digital payment thing made it worse. Every store, every transaction, there's a tablet asking for a tip. Coffee shops, retail, you name it. People are confused about when they actually need to tip versus when it's just the business trying to squeeze extra money.

Here's the thing though - if you're at a full-service restaurant, it probably makes sense to still tip because those workers depend on it for most of their income. But for random places? You don't have to feel guilty saying no. Especially if the service was bad anyway.

I think this whole tipping fatigue thing is going to keep growing unless places dial it back. What's your take on this?