A woman has sparked a heated debate online after refusing to tip at a bridal store.
While tipping is common across the globe, there is no question that it has a bigger presence in the US.
We've heard some pretty wild tipping stories across the US in the past year, including delivery driver who was fired for his response to an underwhelming tip.
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Now, a bride-to-be has claimed she was asked to leave a tip when purchasing her wedding dress.
TikTok user Ina Josipović (@inajosipovic) shared her experience in the bridal store to the popular video platform and it quickly went viral.
"Can we talk about tipping culture and the weirdest place that you’ve ever been asked to tip really quick?" Ina began the video.
"I went shopping for my wedding dress a week and a half ago, and I ended up finding my dress at the first store that I went to.
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"And I’m not joking, when I went to go pay, they flipped their little iPad around and asked for a tip.
"When I tell you I full on froze, I just… I stood there and I think they saw the blood leave my body."
The TikToker continued: "I did not expect to have to tip buying a wedding dress. So I just kind of stood there.
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"And luckily, I speak a different language, and my best friend bought a wedding dress at a different store sometime last year, so in a different language I looked at her and I said, ‘Hey, did you tip when you bought your wedding dress?’
"And she was like, ‘No’. And then I was like, ‘Did they ask you to tip?’ And she said no."
Iva then explained how she stood there trying to work out how much of a tip she should give, adding that customers were not expected to leave additional tips when she worked in retail.
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"Nobody was tipping me at a retail store. I don’t know. Tipping is kind of weird lately," she concluded the TikTok.
Many have flocked to the comments section of the video to voice their opinions on the latest tipping discussion.
"The tipping culture in the US is out of control. I’m always a good tipper at the hair and nail salons and restaurants," one person wrote.
"I am on the no-tip plan for most things nowadays other than waitstaff, salons, and misc helpful people. Tipping is out of control. I’m ok saying no," a second added.
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Someone else commented: "This is probably a setting from their payment processor. It should be turned off though, because that's crazy."
While one user argued: "Customer service should get tips."
Iva later provided her followers an update, writing: "You guys I already bought the dress and I did tip [crying face emoji]."
What do you think?
Callum Jones