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Posted at May 26, 2015, 11:05 pm: This thread has been inspired by two things: 1) Mr. Pink's argument against tipping waitresses at the beginning of Reservoir Dogs. 2) My observation of a tip box sitting on the ledge outside of a drive-thru window at a Starbucks. Mr. Pink's argument, if you're unfamiliar with it, is that he doesn't feel the need to tip waitresses simply because society says we should. They're already get paid to do their job. Fast-food restaurant workers also get paid minimum wage, but we don't feel the need to pay them (these are his arguments, not mine). Mr. White counters by claiming that the majority of waitresses in the country are single mothers who rely on their tips to make a living. Here is my argument/observation/question for you: We tip waitresses who perform a service for us while we eat. We don't tip fast-food employees who serve us from behind a counter. Yet, at places like Starbucks, Jamba Juice, Sandwich shops, Hot dog counters, delicatessen's, where we are being served from behind a counter, tip boxes/jars are prevelant. Why? What extra service are these employees doing that a fast-food employee isn't doing? Who gets these tips? Do they split it among ALL the employees that worked that day? There was a fast food restaurant in our town that served chicken (sort of like Kentucky Fried Chicken, but it was a local franchise). It closed and was empty for a few months. Starbucks came in, remodeled, and opened a few weeks ago. Starbucks kept the drive-thru service. When my wife and I went through the drive-thru today, we noticed a tip box on the ledge outside the drive-thru window. A few months ago, this was a fast-food chicken restaurant, but there was no tip box. Now it's a Starbucks, and there's a tip box. Why? And to boot, the service was much faster at the chicken place. I understand the choice to tip is a choice, but how did this trend develop to include certain places of business but exclude others? Will we start seeing tip boxes at our department stores? Hardware stores? Banks? Original of the message was taken from http://www.movieforums.com/community/ Replies:Starbuck's uses bovine growth hormone in it's milk.Kong has never jumped on the tipping bandwagon when it comes to coffee... Quote: Originally Posted by Kong The one thin... Quote: Originally Posted by sunfrog Starbuck'... Ahhh, all his pits have mutatuted into tips. Here's a story that doesn't mean anything. I haven't seen a tip bowl in any fast food outlets Oh silly me I don't... Quote: Originally Posted by nebbit Once while... I always try to base a tip on how the service was. Many years ago, I went to eat with my parents at the new Cracker Barre... Quote: Originally Posted by Sexy Celebrity Ma... here in australia tips are not "expected" so when they are g... At the last resturant I went to the service was horrible but I left a ... I wouldn't tip at a Starbucks. What I do not understand is when you get someone who gives you awful s... I always tip at restaurants, unless I am really furious, and I am a bi... this is fascinating, and i like to think about social habits and why w... I haven't really seen many tip jars. I HATE having to tip and i think its rude. Quote: Originally Posted by thmilin tipping... Other Topics of Movie Forums:War Of the Ancient Conquerors!!Coen Bros. vs. Wes Anderson Requiem for a Dream Soulmates: Romantic Notion or Immature Cop-Out? Spidey 3 Teaser Attached to Superman Returns Rare Deleted Star Wars Scene: 'Biggs Return' Australia's Top 100 Movies Word Association Making a movie, need help with the soundtrack... Hey I can review too! Which TV series' do you own on DVD? Party Poker, Party Casino? Best movie with "Grape" in the title? What If Movies.... Watchmen Movie Club - The Wrath Of Khan Missing MoFos Cannibal Holocaust / Justified Filmmaking? Billy Zane!!!! eh? Nacho Libre What's currently the most prized item in your DVD collection and why? Clerks II Test Your Common Knowledge PrometheusFG's Film Reviews The issue of censorship Everyone's Entertainment, It's all Relative Guess The Character Find 100 movies |