Is it tacky to ask, "Do you want any change?" [View all]

[Jeebo]

Pizza delivery drivers, waiters and waitresses at restaurants, and others are asking that question sometimes. It's only been in the last few years that I've been hearing that question. It's a way for the waitperson or pizza delivery driver to ask you for a tip. I think it's tacky. I have thought so since the first time I ever heard the question asked, and every time since. I'm fine with tipping people. Most of them are poor or lower-middle class, or college students trying to get through school, so they all need the money, and that's why I always tip at least 15 percent, usually 20 to 25 percent. But I think it's tacky to actually ask for a tip, even if it is in an oblique way like this. What do y'all think?

— Ron