Have we reached tipping fatigue? Bars to coffee shops to carryouts solicit consumers
People are used to tipping at restaurants and barber shops, but now they're being asked to tip at carry-outs, bakeries and coffee shops.
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People are used to tipping at restaurants and barber shops, but now they're being asked to tip at carry-outs, bakeries and coffee shops.
People are used to tipping at restaurants and barber shops, but now they're being asked to tip at carryouts, bakeries and coffee shops.
New Year’s Eve is the ultimate splurge night, as restaurant customers reminisce and rejoice over jumbo shrimp cocktail, surf-and-turf and a bottle of the finest bubby. But representatives of some central Ohio fine-dining establishments suspect COVID-19 may prompt many revelers to sit this one out and enjoy the occasion at home, especially since a statewide curfew will close restaurant doors long before the calendar turns. “We really don’t have any idea how many guests are going to want to go out on New Year’s Eve,” said Kamal Boulos, owner of the Refectory on Bethel Road, cons...