The ethics of tipping. page 1
Cunt 3rd February 2012, 06:06 AM I have been of the position for some time now that tipping is unethical on the part of the restaurant owners.
Basically, they are leaving the job of paying their staff partly to assholes like me. Assholes who tip more based on cleavage, appearance, how fast the service is or other things which should not affect the wages of the person serving the food.
My country has laws against discrimination by sex, the willingness to press tits against a customers arm, or the inability to become three people at once (okay, I am not sure about that last)
Let me add right away for you servers out there, I tip. I understand that this is the system we have and holding that tip back is punishing the servers for the unethical behaviour of restauranteurs.
I just read an article from a member here which has me re-thinking that position (http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/11/artificial-intelligence). Maybe this kind of personal service will have to b...