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Tips give the server a motivation to get customers served and out the door faster: The chance to work more customers and thus acquire more tips. This is obviou

by IvyMike 13y ago

Tips give the server a motivation to get customers served and out the door faster: The chance to work more customers and thus acquire more tips. This is obviously good for the employer but may also be good for the consumer, if they are in a hurry.

rictic 13y ago
This is an empirical claim: namely that tipping results in better service. The evidence I have seen does not favor this hypothesis: http://freakonomics.com/2013/06/03/should-tipping-be-banned-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ http://freakonomics.com/2013/06/03/should-tipping-be-banned-...
- IvyMike 13y ago
  I don't see anything in that link or the transcript that actually addresses this point. (Note that I limited my claim to "faster service", not overall "better service" or "perception of better service".)
aphelion 13y ago
This seems like a good time to point out that every study of tipping I've come across fails to find this sort of incentive effect.
- skidoo 13y ago
  Unless you want to call it "bribery", under which circumstances it can have some potent effects.
  - signed0 13y ago
    The difference is that bribery usually involves an upfront payment. Maybe people should start tipping before their meal.
enneff 13y ago
The only difference I've noticed between service in North America and that in Australia is that I get iced water and the bill at the end really fast in North America. Everything else is more or less the same.