A neat trick to push back on tipping without looking cheap

I have finally found a good reason to pay with cash instead of debit or credit cards.

Paying with cash gives you a graceful way to avoid being railroaded into those pre-set tips used on payment terminals. You can still tip, but you decide how much. It might be as simple as saying, “keep the change.”

When I wrote about tipping in a recent newsletter, a couple of readers mentioned that they use cash to give themselves more control over tipping. And then I found an online list of reasons to...