A woman on TikTok has added fuel to the fire around America’s tipping culture by claiming that a Ben & Jerry’s cashier got frustrated when she didn’t tip for a $2 ice cream cone.

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The TikToker, who goes by the username @poorandhungry_, says she visited her local Ben & Jerry’s to get a “fresh, warm [waffle] cone” — and nothing else. The cone cost $2 and when she went to pay, the tip screen came up.

“I didn’t say this out loud, but in my head I was like: ‘I’m not tipping you on a cone. You literally just offered me a cone,’” she explains in a TikTok, which had 1.8 million views as of May 23. “The percentages were insane. I was like: ‘I’m not tipping you $1 on a $2 cone that you just handed to me.’”

When the woman hit no tip, the cashier allegedly made an upset hand gesture before turning away in frustration. The perplexed TikToker recollects: “On no planet is that ever appropriate, even if I got $100 worth of ice cream and I don’t tip.”

The video sparked a debate about tipping culture in the U.S., with many viewers sharing comments in support of the clip’s caption: “Those tip screens are OUT OF...

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