Is tipping out of control? We want Utah diners to give us their thoughts.

This article is excerpted from the Utah Eats newsletter, compiled by Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune’s food and drink reporter. To get the full newsletter in your inbox every Wednesday, become a subscriber by going to sltrib.com/newsletters .

Hello, Eaters! Lately, it seems like everyone is talking about tipping. Here in Utah, I recently saw a local Reddit thread titled “Tipping is out of control.” The New York Times discussed tipping in a recent episode of their podcast “The Daily” .

The topic has even entered the 2024 presidential race, with both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump calling for tips not to be taxed . Since the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve felt the increasing pressure to tip more, and in more places. I see tip screens everywhere, even at every food stand I visited at the Utah State Fair last week.

I’m planning to write a story about this topic, but first, I want to hear what you Eaters think. If you have just a couple of minutes, do me a favor and fill out this Google form , at bit.ly/4ds36pr .

It will help give me a jumping-off point for the story. I want to know where the line is for you. When you’re confronted with a tip screen, do you always tip, no matter what? Do you not tip for takeout? When you visit a full-service restaurant and receive good service, do you tip 20%, 30%, or even 40%? Also, in Toast’s Restaurant Trends Report for the second quarter of 2023, it said that Utah is among the 10 worst states w.