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> reinforced the hierarchy between mostly white, male restaurant customers and their servers, often women and minorities Sounds weird. It used to be a big faux
by TomMarius 8y ago
> reinforced the hierarchy between mostly white, male restaurant customers and their servers, often women and minorities
Sounds weird. It used to be a big faux pas to have non-male non-white waiters and still is sometimes in some kind of restaurants.
- improbable22 8y agoIndeed. I think it goes back much further too. Restaurants are basically a 200 year-old technology, but rich people dining well when visiting each others' country houses goes back a lot further. And I believe it was the custom that, on departing, a visitor would tip the host's servants. It's my impression that this is where the custom came from (but not an expert opinion).