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I notice those who feel strongly about tipping break into two camps, one of which is good at their job and makes decent money from tips, and one of which is bad
by merpnderp 8y ago
I notice those who feel strongly about tipping break into two camps, one of which is good at their job and makes decent money from tips, and one of which is bad at their job and makes far less money from tips.
And that second camp is always trying to get the first camp's money.
- okcando 8y agoWay to spoil the conversation with a false dichotomy. I'd guess that even if we accept that good servers make good tips and favor tipping and that bad servers make bad tips and don't favor tipping, most people who have an opinion on this issue are neither, because most people aren't servers. I'm not a server and I'm not in favor of tipping because of the psychological effect cited, which might as well be a bait and switch. Menu price being the bait and paying 20% over that the switch. Reduced perception of value equivalent to saying the market would adjust when consumers are informed of the true cost of the product. But never mind all that, industries must always grow, even if it's wasteful and the community taken as a whole is worse off for it. And evidently because some servers like tips. Aces.
- tropo 8y agoIf you take "good at their job" to mean "sexually attractive and flirtatious", sure. I'm not pleased that this is nearly a job requirement for waitstaff, but that is what tipping gets us.
- merpnderp 8y agoLaughably untrue. You can be ugly as sin as long as you are pleasant to be around and good at your job, you’ll still land the tips.