The History of Tipping: When America Made It a Crime

Why do we tip? It started as a bribe in English manor houses, got hauled into court in America, survived an all-out war to ban it, and now it's on every screen you tap. This is the strange, 400-year history of tipping, and how a feudal debt became a global crisis. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intoduction 1:42 Ch 1 · Drink Money 2:35 Ch 2 · The Gauntlet in the Hall 4:41 Ch 3 · The Footmen's Riot 6:30 Ch 4 · The Gilded Age Import 7:31 Ch 5 · The War on the Tip 9:36 Ch 6 · The Men Called George 11:37 Ch 7 · How the Ban Died 13:01 Ch 8 · The $2.13 Trap 14:31 Ch 9 · The Road Not Taken 15:43 Ch 10 · The Screen 17:02 Ch 11 · Full Circle Odd But Why: the weird history behind everyday things. Subscribe for more. #history #tipping #oddbutwhy #american #americanhistory #restaurant