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Bigger Breast, Bigger Tips?
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How did you like your lunch? – asks kindly the waiter. I reply with nodding and sending a half-smile while my partner adds with his mouth full: “It was not so bad, although the fried chicken was pretty messed up!” I resolved with downcast eyes to give big tip to the waiter after the behavior of my partner. But why exactly do we give gratuity in the restaurant?
Obviously, the answer for the above question is that we are ready to give tips when we are content and satisfied with the services. But it’s more complicate as the above example suggested.
We usually give a tip as a compensation for the behavior of our partner or a picky family member or a moaning child. Gratuity also intends to compensate an awkward and embarrassing situation. However, psychological research showed that there are many other reasons for giving a tip such as if it is a habit, or it is expected to do so. Another reason is that we want to show how generous we are. Other studies highlighted that with bigger or smaller tip we’d like to influence the quality of services we think we deserve. Others believe that guests feel embarrassed that they are having fun while the waiters and waitresses are working, so they give bigger gratuity to them.
All in all, the phenomenon of tipping has several personal reasons but it really does matter how the waiter behaves. We prefer giving extra money to a kind, polite and smiling waiter as much as for those serves who pay attention to us but can also be undetected. These types of behavior and habit are being consciously rewarded. Furthermore, there are some psychological tricks that invisibly motivate us towards giving tips – summarized the Psychology Today Journal and a Cornell University Professor.
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