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Default No tipping policies

On 8/14/2016 3:56 PM, Roy wrote:
> On Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 3:22:24 PM UTC-6, graham wrote:
>> No-tipping policies at US restaurants prompt delight €“ and disaster
>>
>> https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...fects-portland
>>
>> http://tiny.cc/ng4ydy
>>
>> Note the following point in the article:
>> "According to research by Michael Lynn, professor of consumer behaviour
>> and marketing at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration,
>> most people tip not based on service, but *because they feel guilty and
>> obliged*. He also found that 53% of customers liked the idea of higher
>> menu prices where tipping is not permitted."

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> So with this new policy if adopted country-wide results in poor service or crappy food we can just get to pay a built-in tip, like it or not. Could mean fewer customers or certainly more discrimination as to where we dine.
> In theory things should be better for the workers but I'm fairly suspicious that this is just a money grab.I guess I've been out in the world too long and have become more suspicious of business-men and their motives.
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So you are happy with a waitress in a short skirt and big tits earning a
lot more that the cooks who actually prepare the food?