![]() However, customers have the same choice not to tip someone who is already being paid a full salary. Unlike the quote above, I think it’s completely American! It’s simple capitalism – they have nothing to lose by putting it out there. ![]() You can’t even boycott places with tip jars anymore, because you’d die of hunger! But then I had a revelation. I used to be really annoyed by all these tip jars, silently making be feel bad for not tipping. Why on earth would I pay more than they are asking for their product? Doing so strikes me as positively un-American. Perhaps it is the scientist in me, but I try to reason the situation out like this: I call in my order to the Chinese restaurant. I have yet to be shamed (if this is the right word) into casting my coin into the tip jar fountain. I was buying some snacks from a local convenience store today, and lo and behold, a tip jar! You want me to tip you for… what, taking my money and giving me change exceptionally well? Coincidentally, I just ran across this Christian Science Monitor article titled What’s up with all those tip jars? which ranted about the same thing:
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