Which is a good point - as it gives illustration to mikeash's point in this same thread. This doesn’t make logical sense at all - but there are practices based

Which is a good point - as it gives illustration to mikeash's point in this same thread. This doesn’t make logical sense at all - but there are practices based on it. And in this case both the "a token of our appreciation" and "short tip" practices could been "meant", and were as a matter of fact taken as "meant" by the sender and receiver respectively.