Bunny Trail: Tipping

[stolen_tea]

This is a rather long and convoluted set of links, but I thought it would be nice to put it all in one place.

Comments

[anonymous]

Hmph. I'm having trouble getting past the fact that he's referring to his business as a "non-tipping model" when in fact what it is is a "forced tipping model." (I get that there may be legitimate legal reasons why a business needs to apportion the bill using a tip model, but the fact remains that the result is not that I DON'T tip but that I am FORCED to tip, so it seems like the correct neutral term would be "fixed tip".) I mean

sigh

[contrariety]

Oh Livejournal, I love it when you randomly log me out. That was me, anyway.

[eub]

Are all non-all-inclusive prices equally pernicious, or is there something in particular about tips?

I would really rather see advertised prices be accurate, too. But I think that a fixed-size surcharge for table service is strictly better than tipping, by quite a bit, for the reasons described. Also, if most restaurants had a similar size, it would make a stepping stone to folding it in to all-in prices.

[contrariety]

I do, indeed, dislike all non-inclusive prices. :)

[randomdreams]

That's an interesting line of reasoning. I'm going to have to think about it for a while.

[stolen_tea]

I found it quite intriguing, too.

Wow

[mryt_maat]

This is super fascinating.

Re: Wow

[stolen_tea]

Yeah. :)

[thewronghands]

Thanks for the link -- I read that series of posts and it has seriously given me food for thought.

[stolen_tea]

Ah, I see this has already convinced you, in that you did not tip me for bringing you food for thought. ;P

[mimerki]

I've thought about this off-and-on since you posted it