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In the case of fast food restaurants there were never any tips to begin with. That proves that it is possible to get rid of tipping altogether at low-end restau

• dragonwriter 10y ago
  No, its proof that there is a distinct class of restaurants where tipping was never a convention; it doesn't say anything about the ease or difficulty of getting rid of it where it has been a convention. Culture is path-dependent.
  • continuations 10y ago
    > No, its proof that there is a distinct class of restaurants where tipping was never a convention The existence of such a class of (low end) restaurants without tipping proves that it is possible to get rid of tipping altogether at low-end restaurants. Which is exactly what I said. > it doesn't say anything about the ease or difficulty of getting rid of it where it has been a convention. This is besides the point. I didn't say anything about the ease or difficulty of getting rid of tipping.
    • dragonwriter 10y ago
      > The existence of such a class of (low end) restaurants without tipping proves that it is possible to get rid of tipping altogether at low-end restaurants. No, it proves that there is a class of low-end restaurants (and "fast food" is not coextensive with "low end" restaurants, its a subset of them) where there is no tipping to get rid of, not that it is possible to get rid of tipping in any of the places where it exists.
      • continuations 10y ago
        No, I said it is possible to get rid of tipping at low-end restaurants, i.e. it's possible to have low end restaurants without tipping. Do such low-end restaurants exists? Yes they do. Fast food restaurants are examples of such restaurants.