Tipping is really a shrewd form of compensation contrived by cheap-skate restraint owners to coerce patrons to make up for the restaurant’s refusal to pay a living wage. Sometimes they get the State to go along with them.


On the patron's part, tipping has virtually nothing to do with the quality of service and everything to do with projecting one’s values in the form of a gratuity.

If the patron is cheap they will never tip much and rationalize their decision upon a perception of the waitstaff doing poor work. In fact tipper’s relentless cheapness is the only issue.

If the patron is generous, they will rationalize that the waiter (or more often waitress) needs the money. They will tip too much, often in a vain attempt at seeking approval. Waitstaff, obviously love this kind of customer.

If the waiter or waitress is very attractive, they will probably receive more in tips from all but the cheapest (or most attractive) patrons, compared to someone of average or even average good looks. It is a fact of the human condition that we will tend to give more to attractive people. It’s due to hijacked Darwinian-like motivations and why so many attractive people are wait-staff.

Add to this, all kinds of dynamics. If for example, there is a guy and a girl at a table and the guy checks out the waitress, the girl will always find some petty fault and suggest tipping less. If the reverse is true (a girl checks out a waiter or vice-versa), the guy will usually tip more.

So tipping is all about projecting your values upon the innocent duties of waitstaff. I suppose if you were a true existentialists you’d relay to the waiter or waitress that life is meaningless or you are just too anxiety ridden to offer a tip; and after all, it was their duty.

In turn, this raises the question if existentialism is truly all about anxiety and meaninglessness or merely using that is a veiled excuse for being cheap….

On the resturant owner's part, mandatory gratuities are all about the restaurant owner trying to force the patrons to compensate for the owner’s cheap nature. Ironically, sometimes they get the State to go along with their fascist goals.

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