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Those serving you when you dine out are noticing a big change in this tight economy.
As gas prices go up, tips are going down. In one Salt Lake City restaurant, they're going down by as much as 50 percent.
"Around here, at Squatters, we're used to getting 18 to 20 percent tips. But now we're actually starting to see more of a 10 percent tip," one server said.
But one regular customer says, "Don't look at me. I tip the same. I do. I tip the same."
Waitresses, waiters and bartenders don't blame the penny-pinching on a cheap summertime crowd.
"All the servers, just even this last weekend, we're just going, 'What is going on?'" the waitress said.
She says all they can do is hope for change, including more change on the table. One veteran waitress says she's never seen it this bad.
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