Do You Tip Your Uber Drivers? Tipping In The U.S. Is Broken, New Study Shows

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Published October 28, 2019 at 11:52 AM CDT

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A tip jar sits on the counter at Zak the Baker in Miami. (Lynne Sladky/AP)

Data from Uber’s early tipping period published recently shows that 60% of riders never tipped at all. Drivers were tipped in just 16% of all rides.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Derek Thompson (@DKThomp), senior editor at The Atlantic, about what the Uber study tells us about tipping in general and the myth of meritocracy.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Do You Tip Your Uber Drivers? Tipping In The U.S. Is Broken, New Study Shows

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