Where it stands: We’re leaving tips much more frequently, in part because a lot more transactions are prompting us to — sometimes before the service we’re tipping for has been completed.

By the numbers: Overall, gratuities are up, according to experts and data provided to Axios by digital payments company Square.

Immediately before the pandemic, people tipped on about 63% of in-person credit-card transactions that provided an option to tip, according to Square. By August 2021, they were tipping on about 66% of such payments.