“When someone goes above and beyond to assist you, or you have a complex order, or maybe it's someplace that you frequent, then yes, of course, go ahead and give a tip of $1 to $2. But if it was just somebody pulling out a bagel from the back, and putting it in a bag and giving it to you, and that was it, then no you don't need to tip,” says Jules Martinez Hirst, founder of Etiquette Consulting Inc. Photo by Shutterstock.
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