> (Naomi Darvell) wrote:
>
>Peter Aitken wrote:
>
>>Your reasoning should include the fact that wait staff at restaurants are
>>paid well below minimum wage with the expectation that tips will make up the
>>difference. Counter people are *not* paid below minimum wage. They (and all
>>workers) should be paid a decent wage, but it should come from the employer
>>and not as bribes from the customers.
>
>
>I certainly do tip wait staff much more. However, I also tip my manicurist
>and
>the guy who looks after my dog when I board her at the kennel. I have no idea
>how much either of them makes. It's not a bribe; it's my way of recognizing
>and perpetuating good personal service.

People may tip zero at places they're where not satisfied and intend to never
return (and generally do exactly that, although they'll never admit it), but
where one is a steady customer they do tip and for obvious reasons it behooves
them to do so... obviously if you are tipping to perpetuate recognition and
good service it IS a bribe, pure and simple... you'd be pretty stupid not to
tip your regular cosmotology and kennel staff, just as stupid not to tip at the
restaurants you regularly frequent. Tipping is a bribe, and nothing else...
it's so upon your return it ensures preferential treatment... no way you can
convince me a tip is like an anonymous donation to your favorite charity.


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