tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post455304718838155031..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: The Tipping PointUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-69571662410558211952007-05-18T02:42:00.000-07:002007-05-18T02:42:00.000-07:00I tend to be rather pragmatic when it comes to tip...I tend to be rather pragmatic when it comes to tipping. I look at where the bartender has the most discretion. For beers, he has none so I tip $1. For cocktails, he has very little discretion. If you want a quality martini you have to call out "Saphire martini" and you pay the premium in the form of the drink simply costing more. Therefore, I'll tip $1 for cocktails.<BR/><BR/>Mixed drinks are where you want to tip $2 or more because the bartender has a lot of discretion in the making of your mixed drink. He can make you a rum and coke that is almost all coke or he can fill it with so much rum that it is almost clear. Considering how much you pay, per ounce, for booze at a bar, it only makes sense to tip the extra dollar and get substantially more liquor in what is obstensively the same drink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-51179045646824404032007-05-16T04:46:00.000-07:002007-05-16T04:46:00.000-07:00The problem with the $2, $1, $1, $1 policy is that...The problem with the $2, $1, $1, $1 policy is that the initial two bucks creates an expectation that the next tip will be equally generous and you might even find the bartender is more pissed off that you've "cut" his expected tip by a whole dollar than if you had only tipped him $1 in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-32591450129191438292007-05-15T23:36:00.000-07:002007-05-15T23:36:00.000-07:00So, Glen.Do you tip only to get better service, or...So, Glen.<BR/><BR/>Do you tip only to get better service, or is it also because you think it's a good thing to do?<BR/><BR/>Would you tip at a restaurant where you never expected to return?<BR/><BR/>I ask because I use tipping as an example of behavior that people do because they think it's right, and it's encouraged by social pressure, even if it doesn't seem to have personal benefits in excess of its costs.<BR/><BR/>This comes up when people claim that the only way to finance the legitimate functions of government is through coercive taxation, rather than voluntary funding (because of free-rider problems, etc).Gilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905127825110313631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-69234879639316097592007-05-15T18:25:00.000-07:002007-05-15T18:25:00.000-07:00I can't read a discussion of tipping without think...I can't read a discussion of tipping without thinking of <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/2ae3q5<br/>" REL="nofollow">this</A> scene:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/2ae3q5Gilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905127825110313631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-43668909397484920132007-05-15T17:27:00.000-07:002007-05-15T17:27:00.000-07:00But why should the amount of the per-drink tip be ...But why should the amount of the per-drink tip be related to the price of the drink, rather than the complexity involved in serving it, which is the basis for the widespread and sensible distinction in tip between a beer and a cocktail? Your $6 beer in New York takes no more effort to serve than my $2.25 Budweiser in Alabama. Unless you're using drink prices as a proxy for general cost-of-living and income differences in the area, but that seems to open a whole 'nother can of worms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-48010453051353750902007-05-15T14:18:00.000-07:002007-05-15T14:18:00.000-07:00The whole "$1/$2" thing completely ignores the que...The whole "$1/$2" thing completely ignores the question of where people are drinking. $2 on a cocktail or $1 on a beer is far from outrageous in Manhattan, where your cocktail probably runs you $9 and your beer $5-$6.Jason Wojciechowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935366214824790506noreply@blogger.com