Originally Posted by
codex57
Tipping is predicated on service positions and to induce service people to give you additional attention beyond the bare minimum. Bribing is for gov't agents who are supposed to be neutral, but a bribe will induce them to do things you want which may not be legal.
Yes, I know, and I was being slightly flippant.
Nevertheless, the parallels are interesting, I think...
And I still don't understand why one shouldn't expect people in the service industry to perform their jobs well, without expecting extra money for doing so, and why one shouldn't also expect that their employers should pay them a living wage accordingly — which, of course, the customer would ultimately pay: so it's not a question of my wanting to pay less as the customer, it's a question of the whole rationale behind the process.
Anyway, it's little things like this that make travel interesting, I guess.
