This chapter explores the essential tipping practices travelers should know when visiting America. It provides insightful tips on who to tip and appropriate amounts, all delivered with a humorous touch to help avoid common faux pas.
Skilled immigrants bring more than just their expertise to job markets. But governments miss opportunities to attract them—or make them feel entirely unwelcome. In America it seems like the standard tip fraction just keeps going up and up (11:36). Where will it end? And as part of our “schools briefs” primer on AI, we answer your questions, starting with facial recognition (18:28).
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