Comments on: The tip-o-meter

By: danielj

danielj — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:00:43 +0000

You beat me to it Josh.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:48:53 +0000

I loved this article. Especially the points about how to prevent the needless “sucking up” on either side.

I can’t help but be reminded of this scene from “Reservoir Dogs” (WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE)…

[reluctantly I deleted this link because of the taking our Savior's name. However, steve buscemi makes some excellent points in the clip. (1) If the base salary is so low, they can quit. Thus (expanding on the argument) the market should readjust appropriately. (2) Working at McDonald's is hard work for low pay; who decided who should get tips and who not? (3) Why is someone's lack of preparation for a skilled occupation -- for example, learning how to type -- my problem?

How do we as a society change back? That is the question. TJH]

By: TJH

TJH — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:39:40 +0000

Florence King knew a waitress at a diner in the South of a half-century ago that felt insulted and hurt when she got her first tip. It seemed demeaning to her. She had the dignity of a job freely taken at an agreed-upon wage, that no more called for tipping than my work as an engineer would call for it. Partly, the spirit may have been influenced by the slave-time legacy. It was customary or at least often happened that guests at a fine dinner party would tip the attending Negroes. Indeed, after the war, Alexander Hamilton Stevens, now broke, had to borrow a couple hundred dollars (which would be several thousand in today’s equivalent) from one of his former slaves. Ponder that. And the loan was freely and trustingly made! Those two anecdotes give as much information about the South as reading a 300 page tome. That was a civilization. Ours is a concentration camp.

By: roho

roho — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:17:34 +0000

Tipping is BS!…..And the reason I say this is because “Employees” are the responsability of the “Employer” to negotiate the cost of doing business. (Not the consumers.) The service industry has lost touch with the reality that “They interveiwed and hired this person. Not me!”…….As a consumer, I made a decision to do business with “Joe’s Restaurant”, not “Sally The Bimbo” that started yesterday. Why should I reward her for doing her job? (Because her employer expects me to?)……Without Sally he can’t operate, and without the consumer he can’t operate. Yet, he expects me to cover his operating costs while he underpays her and simultaneously charges me $2.00 for a glass of tea?……….Tipping is BS!…..A bad business idea that’s ran it’s course.

By: s. e. hoffmeister

s. e. hoffmeister — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:19:15 +0000

Tim,

YES YES YES, I have always liked this idea when we went out to eat and discussed the idea. So now is the time to market produce hehehe..

s. hoffmeister