Once a mainstay of bars and crowded clubs, the tip jar has spread to restaurants, coffeehouses and ice cream parlors. If there’s a counter, there’s probably a glass jar stuffed with bills on ...

Cashiers and customers from around America have been comparing tip jars to see who had the wittiest, most innovative or most controversial display to convince customers to leave some cash behind.

Dear Annie: I was a little amused by the letter on tip jars. I operate a “food truck” (technically, it’s a trailer) and am a one-man band. I have worked alone for the past 10 years because ...

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But I do have a feeling that the kid who devised that tip jar strategy will be the Don Draper of the 2030s. I also have a feeling, the next time I go in that Dunkin’ Donuts the tip jars will be ...

He believes tip jars at counter-service restaurants are out of place. The Emily Post Institute —founded by the titular etiquette author in 1946 — offers a somewhat kinder evaluation of the ...