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>Service quality affects tip amount very little (~1%), but what does affect it race, age, and gender. No shit. There isn't much objective meritocracy in work
by FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>Service quality affects tip amount very little (~1%), but what does affect it race, age, and gender.
No shit. There isn't much objective meritocracy in work involving human interaction. Even Mythbusters proved bigger breasts gets you bigger tips.
- simbolit 3y agoPerhaps I am old-fashioned, but "proved" is a strong word for a two-day experiment of a single waitress with no control of outside variables.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoWell yeah, they were an entertainment show, not a research institute but I doubt you'll find anyone refuting their find though. It's a known fact better looking people get treated better by their fellow clothed apes in all walks of life, including and especially, service industry work.
- simbolit 3y agoI am not objecting to the finding or the show, I am objecting to the casual use of "prove" where something has merely been plausibly suggested.
- AlbertCory 3y agoCorrect. Things can be disproved by a counterexample, but not proved. A theory that "tips are always determined only by service quality" is indeed disproved by Myth Busters. But that's not what he said.