Re: PDT 2/2 : Why has tipping increased?
It really depends on the country. I speak to my friend who wait tables here in montreal and most tips range from 10-20% with 15% still the norm. Sales tax here is 15% so its pretty easy to just copy the taxes. Maybe that specific coincidence has prevented tip inflation from occurring.
In terms of a hypothesis on US tip inflation, id guess that its due to our culture becoming a more service driven economy and people realize the difficulty of a service job because they have experience in something somewhat similar. If you get a mechanic in the sixties who goes out to dinner he think that the idea that a waiter works really hard is funny, because he views all service jobs below his tough, real-job. Now there are less and less people like that around
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