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warning26 | karma 4000 | avg karma 4.13 · 2023-01-20 10:12:22

What we really need to do to fix this is abolish tipping, but sadly most restaurant workers have some kind of tipping Stockholm syndrome.

“If I do well I’ll get lots of tips!”

No you won’t. Studies have shown that people tend to tip the same regardless of service. It’s a hidden fee, nothing more.

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amalgamated_inc | karma 512 | avg karma 0.99 · 2023-01-20 11:36:53

Tons of servers/waiters make WAY more with tips than they would in any other job they could get. It's not Stockholm syndrome for them.

pgwhalen | karma 1163 | avg karma 1.94 · 2023-01-20 11:58:16

In America, my experience is that tippers don’t like tipping, but tippees do.

It’s not the variability and inventive that makes tippees like it, it’s just the extra money. It may be a hidden fee, but it results in them making more overall.

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