Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Tipping behavior and etiquette for the gig economy
Lyft has allowed tipping for years, but Uber didn’t give riders the option until 2017. It’s still unclear how much riders are expected to tip, if at all. So how does the gig economy affect social norms around tipping?
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLyft has allowed tipping for years, but Uber didn’t give riders the option until 2017. It’s still unclear how much riders are expected to tip, if at all. So how does the gig economy affect social norms around tipping? How often are drivers actually tipped? We ask a full-time Uber driver and an etiquette expert.
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5 of 5Why parents won’t vaccinate their kids against measles- 0:00Despite Trump’s zero tolerance policy, the number of migrants trying to cross the border has doubled
- 7:31How the measles outbreak is a quintessential political issue of our time
- 18:34Why are parents lying to investigators about their children's vaccinations?
- 26:50As Uber and Lyft go public, what’s their long term future?
- 35:57Tipping behavior and etiquette for the gig economyYou’re reading this