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> The odd thing is how specific to restaurants it is, and only a handful of other industries. I believe that generally it's in industries that directly replace
by lazyasciiart 4y ago
> The odd thing is how specific to restaurants it is, and only a handful of other industries.
I believe that generally it's in industries that directly replaced personal servants: people who cook and serve your food, carry your things around, make your bed, do your hair, chauffeur you around. I'm not sure why tipping happens in those jobs though.
- ghaff 4y agoI think you've sort of answered your own question. Servants used to be sort of an extension to the household and they tended to be given some extra money at Christmas if nothing else. Now that a lot of this sort of thing is time-sliced, it mostly got shifted to an ongoing gratuity. I do give my monthly housekeeper something at Christmas and I've seen other contexts where there's the expectation of contributing to a Christmas bonus for staff as well.
- nwah1 4y agoTrue, that is the common theme. Personal servants being distinct from your lawyer or your doctor or therapist. If tipping were good and respectable and promoting better market dynamics or service... then it would actually be more important in the medical field. If I get better food service by tipping, then I definitely want better medical service by tipping.