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Originally Posted by Gpsma
So, lets say, i go to a restaurant and order a burger and a coke. Someone next to me orders a filet mignon with a coke. So the smiley waitress delivers our orders.
The wonderful smiley waitress did nothing more in service to either of us. So we are both to tip her or him 20% of the check?
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Simple answer: Yes
Longer answer: Yes, because whether you know it or not, you want it that way. You want the smiley waiter who delivers the quality of service deserving of the 20% tip on the filet. If more customers chose not to tip then that smiley waitress that provided the good service might find somewhere else to work.
Still longer answer: Yes, because you really don't want to lose the service and whether you know it or not, you really don't want to pay the price that would come with a non-tipping restaurant. While you ordered only a burger and a coke, you ordered that from a restaurant that also serves filet mignon. It is likely that such a restaurant has a "filet mignon" quality of service, something better than you might find at a fast food restaurant. You like that quality of service and that's why you ordered a burger there rather than somewhere else. If you want that quality of service you have to have a level of compensation that attracts servers able and willing to provide it. If the restaurant chooses to go to non-tipping they will need to raise prices in order to continue to pay their servers. The price of the filet may go up 20% but that would make a very expensive steak outrageously expensive. Another alternative would be to raise the price of the filet a little less than 20% while raising the lower-priced items more than 20%. The good servers would continue to get the pay they deserve but the money would come from the price of the meals rather than tips. Every customer would pay more, probably about 22% more (the increased cost would come with increased sales tax) but your burger would likely increase even more than that.