Question

In most restaurants, waiters receive a large portion of their compensation through tips from customers. Generally, the size of the tip is decided by the customers. However, many restaurants receive a 15% tip for parties of eight or more. Using the concept from this chapter, discuss (a) why the practice of tipping has emerged as a major method of compensating the wait staff, (b) why the customer typically decide on the amount of the tip, and (c) why restaurants require tips from large parties

Answer 1

Answer:

a) tipping is seen as a reward for a good service provided. It is also a way of passing labor costs directly to the customer, which increases the restaurants' profits.

b) generally, most restaurant charge a fixed fee for tips. Maybe in the past customers could decide the tip, but that is not true now for most places. Although, customers are better judges of the service that they receive. By the way, the 15% is the minimum tip, customers can choose to increase that amount.

c) if the restaurants did not require tips, their labor costs would increase significantly.

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