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I'm guessing you mean handheld showers like the ones on a bracket on the wall, and then you can remove them. I think it's mostly in newer construction. I've see

by caw 14y ago

I'm guessing you mean handheld showers like the ones on a bracket on the wall, and then you can remove them. I think it's mostly in newer construction. I've seen a few hotels with them. It's really not a big deal for the affixed one, so long as the shower head is above your head. In my current apartment, the shower head is about where my face is, so you have to squat down under the shower to wash your hair. I'm average height too, not NBA player height. I agree tipping is a strange practice. If you tip too little you're stingy, if you tip nothing you're making a point. I've stopped tipping for some things that are just kind of ridiculous (I went and picked up a call ahead order the other day, no I'm not tipping you). The percentage makes sense in this context: In a nicer restaurant, you expect better service as a baseline. So at the $100 steak restaurant, the waiter is pulling your chair out for you, etc. But at the $10 steak place, it's not quite the same level of service. You're tipping off the total experience rather than the individual dishes if that makes sense.

dagw 14y ago
In a nicer restaurant, you expect better service as a baseline. Don't nicer restaurants also pay higher wages since they want to attract more qualified people?
- caw 14y ago
  I'm not sure. I know the wages are compensated like this: if your server wage + tips doesn't equal the standard minimum wage, then the employer has to make up the difference to get you to minimum wage. Since the tips are higher in nicer restaurants, you'd net much more at the same server wage + tips than at a chain restaurant. I'm not sure they pay more, or if the promise of more tips is sufficient. There's probably is an increase as you go from $10 pp to $100pp meals, but I don't know if at the top end you're making the normal minimum wage yet.
- kibwen 14y ago
  For chefs, almost certainly. For waiters (i.e. the ones relying on tips), well, not so much. The expectation appears to be that nicer restaurants will be frequented by relatively wealthy patrons who are perhaps more willing to tip gratuitously for exceptional service. This keeps waiters on their best behavior without having to pay them a higher wage up-front. Source: friend who works as a waiter at the most decadent restaurant in town.
  - maxerickson 14y ago
    The waitstaff often have to/are expected to tip out the kitchen and bar.
    - kibwen 14y ago
      Right, I should have clarified. Good head chefs are scarce. In a high-class restaurant, their pay should be comfortable with or without tips. The rest of the kitchen staff might rely on tips (though I'm not sure if it's legal to pay them less than minimum wage like waiters), but relative to the waiter they each have little interaction with the customer and hence comparatively little ability to influence the tip.

by caw 14y ago

dagw 14y ago

In a nicer restaurant, you expect better service as a baseline. Don't nicer restaurants also pay higher wages since they want to attract more qualified people?

caw 14y ago
I'm not sure. I know the wages are compensated like this: if your server wage + tips doesn't equal the standard minimum wage, then the employer has to make up the difference to get you to minimum wage. Since the tips are higher in nicer restaurants, you'd net much more at the same server wage + tips than at a chain restaurant. I'm not sure they pay more, or if the promise of more tips is sufficient. There's probably is an increase as you go from $10 pp to $100pp meals, but I don't know if at the top end you're making the normal minimum wage yet.
kibwen 14y ago
For chefs, almost certainly. For waiters (i.e. the ones relying on tips), well, not so much. The expectation appears to be that nicer restaurants will be frequented by relatively wealthy patrons who are perhaps more willing to tip gratuitously for exceptional service. This keeps waiters on their best behavior without having to pay them a higher wage up-front. Source: friend who works as a waiter at the most decadent restaurant in town.
- maxerickson 14y ago
  The waitstaff often have to/are expected to tip out the kitchen and bar.
  - kibwen 14y ago
    Right, I should have clarified. Good head chefs are scarce. In a high-class restaurant, their pay should be comfortable with or without tips. The rest of the kitchen staff might rely on tips (though I'm not sure if it's legal to pay them less than minimum wage like waiters), but relative to the waiter they each have little interaction with the customer and hence comparatively little ability to influence the tip.