Who (and how much) to tip this holiday season
Shopportunist By Shannon Fromma, Times Union on December 15, 2020 at 12:08 PM ‘Tis the season to tip. It’s perpetually perplexing and can be as financially confounding as filing taxes, but tipping is considered customary, especially around the holidays. But whose stocking do we stuff and with how much? Thanks to a lack of written rules and standards, confusion abounds. But there are plenty of opinions and implied pressure. It’s enough to leave your tinsel in a twist. We can thank our ancestors for all this added stress. Several theories exist as to how the custom began....