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Originally Posted by zedius
Yeah, tipping is getting ridiculous. Why should a certain select few people get tips? Does anyone tip their nurse or dentist?
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tipping is reserved for those who "serve" you and earn wages of misery. for some tipping is a way to assert their superiority; for others it's a sort of working class solidarity. i can tell you that working for 2 months as a waiter made me a bigger tipper, because i understand what shit people have to put up with in order to make their money. in that sense countries with a fixed service charge, like france, give the professional waiters a greater dignity than their american counterparts. and hair people in hair salons would make shit money if it weren't for the tips. it's sort of a free enterprise method that bonds them to your service in exchange for a higher reward. like doggie treats. am i awake yet?