I’ve formed up some positions from reading this thread. One might be a bit on the radical side…
Servers get paid below minimum wage, something like $2.50 an hour (and probably no health benefits, 401k etc, and they must share their tips with other people. IMO, this means that the servers are not ‘employees’ per se. They are like an independent contractor being allowed to work a restaurant for tips. I think this means that it is ethical for the server to treat customers differently depending on the perceived tip. There must be some minimum standard or the restaurant will no longer contract his/her services but, IMO, the server is behaving ethically in trying to maximize tip revenue.
Gotta disagree with this. If I just wanted to enjoy a meal, I would cook at home. Receiving wonderful service from a knowledgable, friendly server is as important to me as the quality of the food. Eating out at a lovely restauant is a total experience for me. It pleases me to leave a great tip to a great server regardless of whether the food was outstanding or not.
Wow,I actullay got replies to a posting I made. Thanx!
Humm…well as far as sexism goes I prety much fugured that. My beleifs were that male waite at Female table=female waiter at male table. And of course it’s about attractiveness too. If the guy looks like somone off “days of our lives” no problems, but if it’s a 300 lb cross between Bernie mac and Cedric the Entertainer (such as myself), then a different story
Intresting no one has mentioned the enthic stuff. I would love to hear more of the sexim comments as it is all very intresting, but it seems people have something to say about tipping when it comes to enthicity, there just afriad to. If it makes you feel any better I beling to a “minority” group myself, so don’t feel afraid to post. In fact it might be insightful.
Reason I asked about enthic stuff is because when I sued to be a bag boy at a supermarket (which of course tips aren’t expected,but usually given) I noticed that some people were getting tipped more than others. I’ll elaborate if you will!
CanvasShoes: Humm…prehaps they feel thretned for some reason. I’m not saying that you would give them any reason to be personality wise, but I have noticed that as well when I eat out at resturants. If it’s like a BIG family (kids,grandpaents,uncles,ect) then dosen’t really matter about the watiers sex or enthicity (depending on where you are however) But if it’s like Wife/Husband/Kid or couple on a date then yea sometimes I have noticed hostility.But turnabout is fair lay. I imangine if a couple is out and the waiter is a guy, the boyfriend/husband/partner might be hostile as well.
People aren’t afraid to go into how certain ethnic groups tend to tip as a whole because of you they just don’t wanna deal with the inevitable flamings one is bound to get when mentioning any generalization of races. We’ve got quite a few knee jerkers here you see.
Little disclaimers first. This was first pointed out to me by my friend Bert who works at a famous Japanese resturant out here in SoCal. Bert is of Chinese decent. I am somewhat fluent in Japanese and engaged to an Asian and have plenty of asian roommates.
But Bert and I have both noticed that Asians are bad tippers. (He says Chinese are the worst). However, as I’ve been working, more and more Asians start tipping.
Also, Asians are more likely to come in in huge groups and run up $100 bills at once.
“A study was done at Cornell University and it covered the ethnic differences in tipping. Studies showed that Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, overall tipped less than Whites. This research however also concluded that many of the reasons to poor tipping were based on discriminatory practices and the fact that those in lower income brackets regardless of race, tend to tip less than those with more disposable income.”
I’d have to argue with the income factor in tipping.
In my experience, I always recieved better tips from working class families/people then men and women in buisness suits and nice clothes. I always figured it was because there was a greater chance of the working class people/families knowing what it’s like to work for tips.
LOL,well I’m far more likely to like the man with the personality than the looks. More fun and entertaining to dine out than with some pretty boy who thinks he’s “all that”.
