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As pandemic customs change, customers wonder how much to tip

Portrait of Mackensy Lunsford Mackensy Lunsford
Asheville Citizen Times
Blue Mountain Pizza and Brew Pub serves up more than pizza with pastas, such as the baked spaghetti and salads on the menu.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – With restaurants aiming to stay staffed during a historic employment crisis, many that qualify are advertising themselves as "living wage." Others are adding automatic service charges to supplement wages and lure in staff with the promise of better pay. 

But the quick changes seem to be causing confusion. 

In early July, for example, a North Carolina, TikTok user, aka James Butler, @wellandsepticlife, asked his more than 1 million followers whether he should tip at North Carolina's Blue Mountain Pizza, certified by Just Economics as a "living wage employer."