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Jerry Seinfeld's Celebrity Tipping
- Jerry Seinfeld leaves extravagant celebrity tips to avoid being seen as cheap.
- The amount he tips influences how waitstaff perceive and tell stories about him.
The Complex Social Meaning of Tipping
- Tipping relies heavily on social storytelling and status signaling in the U.S.
- Many tip sizes vary due to personal, gender, or racial biases and are unrelated to service quality.
Steve Presfield on Learning to Tip
- Eleven-year-old Steve Presfield learned early that leaving a standard tip is expected because someone worked hard.
- His peer corrected him about tipping norms, illustrating tipping as a learned social practice.