I love my job as a podcast editor. I get to listen to podcasts every day and get paid for it, and my clients are absolutely wonderful, as many podcasters often are.

One of my clients, Catherine, is the producer for Solo Travel Talk with Astrid Clements of AstridTravel.com. Every episode I listen to, I find out about travel destinations that all end up going on my bucket list.

But when I edited a particular episode, answering questions about today’s topic as it pertains to different parts of the world, I was fascinated to find out that it was more than what I assumed was a way of saying thank you to a restaurant server.

You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Tipping.

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Media:

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Sources:

• 'It's the Legacy of Slavery': Here's the Troubling History Behind Tipping Practices in the U.S. - Time
• Sharecropping - PBS
• Debunking myths: the real origins of ‘posh’ and ‘tip’ - Oxford Dictionaries
• When Tipping Was Considered Deeply Un-American - NPR
• With the holidays upon us, is it time to end tipping? - The Conversation
• The Racist, Twisted History of Tipping - Mother Jones
• A Brief History of Tipping - TripSavvy
• I dare you to read this and still feel good about tipping - The Washington Post
• Danny Meyer's anti-tipping policy is nothing new — 6 states once banned the practice - Business Insider
• 9 Amazing Tipping Stories - Mental Floss
• American tipping is rooted in slavery—and it still hurts workers today - Ford Foundation
• BAD GRATITUDES: WORKING FOR TIPS SINCE MEDIEVAL SERFDOM - The Asterisk Today
• After 24 Years Pushing Pizza, Waitress Phyllis Penzo Gets a Tip to Remember: $3 Million - People
• Holiday Tipping Checklist - Real Simple
• Etiquette 101: Your Guide to Tipping Around the World - Conde Nast
• A Longtime Concierge On Hotel Tipping, Online Reviews, and More - Conde Nast

Referenced

• Episode 097: Keep the Change - Tipping While Traveling - Solo Travel Talk