Originally Posted by
JayhawkCO
I think if they restaurants completely eliminated tipping, and increased the price of food and beverage to compensate for their additional labor costs, service in restaurants would eventually degenerate to the point that we're currently seeing on the airlines. Of course you're still going to have the employees who do a superb job, but you're also going to increase the percentage of those who, quite frankly, don't give a damn.
This thread (along with most tipping threads on FT) totally cracks me up.
I'm not sure which part I found funnier "amateur diner" (vs professional diner?) or the thought that someone
has to have a cash incentive in order to do their job properly.
Do people in the restaurant/bar industry tip their doctors? Their dentists? their UPS or Fedex delivery people? I hope so!
