Stingy millennials strike again

Published July 16, 2021 3:00am ET



As a millennial, I’ll admit: My generation is bad at a lot of things. We’re bad at saving money, settling down, and knowing when to shut up. And it turns out we’re also really bad at tipping.

A new study conducted by CreditCard.com found that young people are still the worst tippers in the country. Even throughout the coronavirus pandemic, when restaurants and their workers were struggling to stay afloat, millennials (ages 25-40) and Generation Zers (ages 18-24) chose to be stingy. Only 58% of millennials said they regularly tipped at sit-down restaurants this past year, compared to 88% of baby boomers. About 44% of young people said they tipped food delivery employees, and only 17% tipped coffee shop baristas.

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