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Tipping: A Conspiracy Afoot?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Patient Zero of Tipping

The practice of tipping was not established here. It was popularized on Pullman cars for these specific people who were working as porters. Tipping preyed on the desperation of the have-nots while at the same time it preyed on what I would call the have-a-littles, the emergent middle class.

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