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Why We Are Tipping Less · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: I'm still standing, which reminds me of a dad joke
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  Speaker 1: It does, right? It stresses you out a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: It's time to wake them up.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, sorry.
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  Speaker 3: We weren't planning on doing this, but what were we
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  Speaker 3: going to do?
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  Speaker 1: I forgot.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we were going to talk about how our dining
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  Speaker 2: habits have changed because of the economy. Yeah, seriously. They have.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, it's tough.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's very relatable. I know Eric and I,
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  Speaker 2: it's made a big difference for us.
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  Speaker 1: You used to eat out more, right? Yeah. And now
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  Speaker 1: you kind of pulled back?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. And from delivery service, big time. Like we
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  Speaker 2: go pick it up.
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  Speaker 1: Pick it up, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: We have to. So yeah, Pop Menu did a survey, 67%
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  Speaker 2: of Americans spending less on restaurants than we did just
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  Speaker 2: a year ago. So a year ago, we were spending
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  Speaker 2: an average of $ 100 a week. on restaurants and uh
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  Speaker 2: now we are down oh we we are we were
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  Speaker 2: at 115 a year ago now we're at 100 a
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  Speaker 2: week um a lot of us dinner is the meal
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  Speaker 2: that we're skipping the most for some it's lunch and
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  Speaker 2: breakfast diners are also making changes to the way they
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  Speaker 2: dine out to make it more affordable people are opting
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  Speaker 2: just for water instead of ordering a beverage to save
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  Speaker 2: some money well.
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  Speaker 3: I gotta tell you i mean everybody every place is
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  Speaker 3: different but here in the city you go to a
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  Speaker 3: bar just for a drink and that drink could be
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  Speaker 3: 25 30 dollars i know you can't even go to
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  Speaker 3: like a nice bar and have a drink before your
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  Speaker 3: meal and then boom you're in the.
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  Speaker 2: Hole already you're already yep um we are ordering appetizers
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  Speaker 2: instead of a full meal oh that's all you have
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  Speaker 2: yes okay and cutting back on alcohol is a big thing.
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  Speaker 3: We've been doing that with our kids by the way
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  Speaker 3: We'll get a kid, like say, like for example, we
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  Speaker 3: went to Texas Roadhouse in Pennsylvania a couple of weeks
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  Speaker 3: ago and the kids never eat all their food.
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  Speaker 1: So we got a kid's meal and they shared it. Yep.
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  Speaker 1: Because even the kid's meal was too big for one.
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  Speaker 2: It makes sense.
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  Speaker 3: And yeah, I think I had two sliders. So Miles,
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  Speaker 3: you have a slider. Naomi has a slider.
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  Speaker 1: Split the fries. Save some money there.
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  Speaker 2: And they're good.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: So cutting back on alcohol, which doesn't apply to your kids,
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  Speaker 2: of course. But 40% of diners are saying they're, tipping
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  Speaker 2: less than they were a year ago.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we've talked about this a lot. I know.
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  Speaker 1: Tipping comes up everywhere now. Even when you're picking up,
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  Speaker 1: they flip that iPad around.
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  Speaker 2: I know. That's the thing.
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  Speaker 1: Tipping fatigue is real.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I don't tip less at a restaurant, right?
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  Speaker 1: Because... I still do 20%. Yeah, at least. I never
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  Speaker 1: go below unless it's really bad. At least.
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  Speaker 2: I do at least 20%, usually more. But it's the
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  Speaker 2: big dilemma is when they slide that iPad and they're
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  Speaker 2: watching you. And you walked in And I only got
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  Speaker 2: a coffee.
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  Speaker 1: And you only got a coffee.
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  Speaker 2: Can I please just not? But I feel like if
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  Speaker 2: I hit no tip, there's a change in attitude right away. Like,
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  Speaker 2: you know?
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  Speaker 1: Right. Sometimes.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what to do.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes they'll flip it around and they get like distracted
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  Speaker 3: by their boss or whatever.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: They'll turn around.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, good.
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  Speaker 1: And I'll be like, yeah, no tip.
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  Speaker 2: Boom.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: Like, I don't mean to be like that, but you can't.
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  Speaker 2: There you go. But yeah, can't. You can't tip the
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  Speaker 2: whole world. It gets hard.
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  Speaker 1: Just a tip.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of us are going for restaurants that are
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  Speaker 2: more affordable, that have meal options, special deals. We're using
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  Speaker 2: coupons without shame.
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  Speaker 1: Three o'clock dinners, too. Blue plate specials.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, blue plate specials. Love those. Some of us are
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  Speaker 2: choosing restaurants with loyalty programs. This is just the changing habits.
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  Speaker 1: How are you doing it, folks? If you can give
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  Speaker 1: us a text. You know, we love text.
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  Speaker 3: You can call 1-800-222-1067. But you know what? No one
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  Speaker 3: likes to pick up the phone and talk anymore. We're
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  Speaker 3: too busy. Just text.
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  Speaker 1: 4-4-3-6-3. Are you going out still? Are you dialing it back?
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  Speaker 1: How are you managing? Because it is tough times right now.
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  Speaker 2: It is.
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  Speaker 1: All right, you have the headlines coming up, Christine.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you said nobody picks up the phone cubby, but
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  Speaker 2: apparently somebody does, and scientists are studying. Depending on which
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  Speaker 2: ear you hold your phone up to says a lot
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  Speaker 2: about your personality.
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  Speaker 1: Let's find out.