> [Tipping] spread from Europe to the US, where employers like railcar operator Pullman Co. greatly expanded its use after the Civil War, to minimize wages paid

> [Tipping] spread from Europe to the US, where employers like railcar operator Pullman Co. greatly expanded its use after the Civil War, to minimize wages paid to newly freed slaves. Tipping has become even more widespread in the US since the pandemic, intensifying a debate over when to tip and how much, and over minimum-wage laws that allow employers to pay tipped workers as little as $2.13 an hour. It's much better to simply pay people properly in the first place. Then there's no need for tipping.