To Tip or Not to Tip™
“Generosity or guilt? The ritual reveals who we are.” Satire of tipping fatigue.
To Tip or Not to Tip™ dissects tipping as one of globalization’s most awkward rituals. Part travel companion, part operator playbook, part cultural essay, it maps tipping’s mutations from Tudor taverns to touchscreen guilt. With archetypes, myth-busters, and a 90-Day Operator Playbook, it reframes gratuity not as trivia but as a signal system—generosity, resentment, dignity, or shame—ready to be redesigned.