<story><title>The 144 Million Dollar Button</title><url>http://notes.unwieldy.net/post/22958656041/the-144-146-165-button</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yummyfajitas</author><text>Tipping creates an incentive for service staff to do a good job. If you do a great job of keeping customers happy, you get paid more money.&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s a much tighter feedback loop than &quot;if you suck, maybe your manager eventually notices, then complains to you, then fires you.&quot;</text></item><item><author>lunarscape</author><text>I don&apos;t see the need to tip either as I live in a country with a decent minimum wage. I worked in a bar as a student and tips were rare. As a result I see tipping as some kind of failure by businesses. If employees are paid fairly and the service is always good why should customers tip? (Honest question)</text></item><item><author>ticks</author><text>Not being from the States I really don&apos;t like tipping, I guess at least with this system it gets rid of the variables, like is tipping expected? How much is acceptable? etc.&lt;p&gt;To me, tipping is just a sign that a business isn&apos;t charging enough for the service.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>todsul</author><text>I can&apos;t help but think tipping in the US is a false economy. Having arrived a couple of months ago, I&apos;ve felt obliged to tip to subsidize wages rather than reward good service. I&apos;ve been told off for not tipping enough rather than asked what was wrong with the service.</text></comment>
<story><title>The 144 Million Dollar Button</title><url>http://notes.unwieldy.net/post/22958656041/the-144-146-165-button</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yummyfajitas</author><text>Tipping creates an incentive for service staff to do a good job. If you do a great job of keeping customers happy, you get paid more money.&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s a much tighter feedback loop than &quot;if you suck, maybe your manager eventually notices, then complains to you, then fires you.&quot;</text></item><item><author>lunarscape</author><text>I don&apos;t see the need to tip either as I live in a country with a decent minimum wage. I worked in a bar as a student and tips were rare. As a result I see tipping as some kind of failure by businesses. If employees are paid fairly and the service is always good why should customers tip? (Honest question)</text></item><item><author>ticks</author><text>Not being from the States I really don&apos;t like tipping, I guess at least with this system it gets rid of the variables, like is tipping expected? How much is acceptable? etc.&lt;p&gt;To me, tipping is just a sign that a business isn&apos;t charging enough for the service.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tobias3</author><text>I would unconsciously give feedback for the whole experience, because I&apos;m not able to discern who benefits from my tip, and what I&apos;m really tipping. So the waitress gets punished for the bad food and atmosphere and the taxi driver for a horrible credit card interface.</text></comment>