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Originally posted by $5 submissions
Okay, since this is a hot topic:
Why do we tip some restaurant workers and not others?
McDonalds' people don't get tipped... but sit down restaurants do.
Anybody have a coherent theory behind this social phenomenon?
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McDonalds workers get paid minimum wage or higher, but wait staff are paid much lower, usually around $3 per hour ($3.15 I think?) I believe I heard that the tipping phenomenon started as a way to thank people for performing an extra service. McDonalds makes you walk up to the counter and order your food, carry it to the table yourself, come back to the counter for drink refills, etc. And you have to clean your own table off. But in sit-down establishments someone does it for you. The tip is a thank-you for the extra service.
