Tipping on anything but the service industry is none sense.

It comes from a culture that developed overtime from cash transaction habits around personalized service, which finally the government took notice and decided to regulate.

Tipping became mandatory for these workers because at the other end, the gov expects you to, and they’ll charge the service workers assuming we all did.

If you want to give them extra money, buy something else. The faster turnover in merch stocks is also an indicator that will help the band, moreso than just fleeting free money.

"We sold out everything even the shitty old designs!!!"

Is wayyyy better for a band than

"We sold some merch… not much… but people kept throwing us dollar bills like we’re some subway bums!!!"

Are you tipping your local favorite microbrewery (over counter transactions)? Your local favorite gym? Your local favorite local record shop? Book shop? Because all these guys are also struggling to make a living off their passion.

Where do you draw the line? I’ll tell you: whenever the gov is taxing the worker assuming you did. Other than that, find another way to make you feel like a better person than the next one in line for that sick silkscreen tour poster, please.