Tipping backlash begins: Average gratuity dropped by 7% last month, as Americans tire of being nagged by despised screens at unlikely locations including BRIDAL BOUTIQUES

“Tipflation” may have reached its tipping point as new data shows Americans are cutting back on tips due to frustration from being bombarded with tips about tipping.

Data from payroll provider Gusto shows tips for non-restaurant and hospitality service workers are down seven percent from last year, it said. Wall Street Magazine.

As of November, these workers earned an average of $1.28 an hour in tips, down from the $1.38 an hour they earned a year earlier.

Nearly three-quarters of Americans say, according to a poll conducted by Pew Research Center.

Touch screens in taxis and cafes now offer tips of 20, 25 percent or even more.

The data shows tips for non-restaurant and hospitality service workers are down seven percent from last year.

Americans have become disillusioned with rollover screens. An options trader was outraged when an Alaska restaurant offered to tip him 100 percent.

According to The Wall Street Journal, A Little Something White, a bridal salon in Connecticut, encourages brides-to-be to leave a tip, and to decline they must enter a given amount and enter a zero on the screen.

As an extreme example, a trader was outraged when a restaurant in Alaska asked him to tip 100 percent.

People have taken to social media to satire their frustrations with prompt screens popping up everywhere.

A TikTok user named Molly posted a video of someone asking to pet her dog and then offering to leave a tip after scratching her dog’s head.

Video caption: “Tipping culture is getting out of control.”

Another user named Kevin posted a TikTok of a person thanking a US service member for his service, and then the service member showed him a screen of tips with the caption: “Tips greatly appreciated.”

iPad and tablet checkout screens have seen widespread adoption during the pandemic, as retailers stopped accepting cash over concerns that bills could spread Covid-19 germs.

Now people feel like they are being asked to tip large amounts for every transaction everywhere. People have reached their limit, and data shows that Americans are reducing the amount they tip.

iPad and tablet checkout screens have surged during the pandemic as retailers stopped accepting cash over fears that bills could spread Covid-19 germs.

Jasper Gabay told DailyMail.com: “There is extra pressure. They literally have the iPad right in front of you, eight inches away from you, it’s just crazy,” he said.

“You kind of have to tip when you have that kind of pressure. It’s strange to feel the pressure you feel today.

“Everything is already more expensive, then you add tips,” said Sharon Sheets, an Atlanta resident who said high tipping rates are more than just a New York City problem.

“Anything you have to pay, including rent, should be the responsibility of the owners paying for the servers.”

Now even service industry workers have told DailyMail.com they agree that terrible iPad checkout screens are putting too much pressure on customers to tip in cafes and convenience stores.

US employee Izzy Goossen of Australian café chain Bluestone Lane said: “I feel like it puts pressure on you in a way. I think when it comes to cash tips or change tips, I think it’s up to you, you know, whether you want to take it out of your wallet or not.”

A Pew Research poll of 12,000 American adults found that 40 percent of adults oppose the recommended tipping amount.

They also found that most Americans said they tip 15 percent or less for an average meal at a sit-down restaurant.

Customers in New York are getting some reprieve from having to tip as food delivery giants UberEats and DoorDash no longer require customers in New York to tip – thanks to new minimum wage laws in the Big Apple.

One area where Americans don’t cut back on their tips is during the holiday season and end-of-year tips.

Financial services company Bankrate A survey of 2,413 American adults found that tips for housekeepers, child care providers, landscapers, mail carriers and other professionals will increase by 15 percent this holiday season compared to last year.

More than half of Americans who hire housekeepers plan to tip them this holiday season, the highest percentage of any service.