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Old 07-15-2025, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 View Post
Car wash. Different prices based on the value of the car you drive? Same principle. Price your meal based on the clothes you chose to wear? Same principle.
If tipping isn't really for service, what IS is it for?? (hint ; it serves the same purpose as a "thank you" card you sent to Grandma for the Christmas sweater she sent you as a child.)
You are one of the few who continues to insist tipping is not for the service received.

Different prices based on the car I drive? Yes, different car wash choices based on the value I put on the car I drive and the service I expect from the car wash. I would make a different choice for my new Audi than I would for my ten year old Toyota and I would expect to pay different prices.

Price a meal based on the clothes you wear? Not the same at all. Though I might expect to pay more for the nicer clothes than for the more casual clothes.

At a more expensive restaurant I expect a higher quality of food as well as a higher quality of service. I expect the chef has had more training or more experience and therefore deserves more compensation. I expect the servers to have more training or more experience and therefore deserve a higher compensation. I may be more critical in my tipping decision at the more expensive restaurant due to those expectations.
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