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I went to a religious university and there was a certain ethics class everybody was required to take. A discussion topic one day was about how to advertise you
by kylehotchkiss 4y ago
I went to a religious university and there was a certain ethics class everybody was required to take. A discussion topic one day was about how to advertise you were a member of this faith while out and about, and the topic of tipping came up. The lecture pretty much worked out like you should be tipping big! People don't treat waiters so well after the religious service ends! At least 20% to share the good news:tm: with them! Oddly, this same class never took the same effort to address how to advertise to any other class of people.
I get this sounds like a random aside, but tipping is something that religious communities at least try to connect to people with (which surprisingly includes patrons who leave $0 tip and a "here's a tip, your pathway to %afterlife%" business card). If there was a push to make it not the social norm, I could see churches crusading to keep it a part of our culture forever.
Maybe it'd be OK to outlaw it.
- godelski 4y agoI'm just ambivalent about making it illegal and prefer to not make things illegal. But I think your story supports the bribery aspect that I'm bringing up. That definitely isn't right.
- maerF0x0 4y agoThis actually happened because Christians (maybe other religions too?) got a reputation for being bad tippers. IDK, maybe it was something about already giving 10% before tax to God to take care of orphans and widows, but seeing their pastor and politician in highend cars and suits? IDK. So as a counter to that reputation pastors began to admonish folks to tip well, to show them the love of Jesus as 20%.
- Dylan16807 4y agoAs far as bad reputation, don't forget all the fake-money evangelizing pamphlets.
- maerF0x0 4y agoI don't know what these are, can you please expand?
- Dylan16807 4y agoThis kind of thing: https://www.businessinsider.com/20-tip-bible-pamphlet-2015-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/20-tip-bible-pamphlet-2015-1...