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I forget the names but various high-profile restaurants in the US have tried this, and abandoned it. I don't know whether the problem was with attracting capabl
by improbable22 8y ago
I forget the names but various high-profile restaurants in the US have tried this, and abandoned it. I don't know whether the problem was with attracting capable waiters, or the price scaring off customers, or just change making people uncomfortable.
But there seem to be two equilibria. Opening a restaurant in Paris and telling diners they should tip 20% because you aren't paying the waiters (oh and we left VAT off the menu, another 20%)... even if this were legal, I think you'd have great trouble attracting either customers or waiters.
- darkpuma 8y agoIn Paris the waiters would not have prior experience telling them it's possible to succeed financially under such a scheme in that market. Without the eagerness of waiters to adopt such a scheme, there would be no public support for it from the customers. I think maybe that's the part of the picture into the American tipping situation that Europeans and 1% Silicon Valley workers alike are missing. Most Americans who support tipping do so because they personally know a waiter who knows they make out like a bandit from the scheme. Europeans are less likely to be personally acquainted with an American waiter than your average American, as are wealthy tech workers on the spectrum.