Bigotry Vs Experience

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I dont feel that I need to prove myself in argumentation with ascan acutally, because if you have been here long enough, you would know that he is desperately searching for genetic differences between races so that he can have an argument for segregation/superiority. I've come to the point where everything that follows those arguments sounds so utterly ridiculous that it makes me laugh. I think oscuria and have a point however. It's what your parents teach you and really has nothing to do with race and little to do with gender, and possible A LOT to do with what you believe about or even if you know the tipping or the paying practices of individual restaurant chains.

Do back that up. My impression is that current trends tend away from blank slate views of human behavior. No one thinks that all behavior is genetic, but it is my impression that many of the behavioral differences between men and women are believed to be innate. Tabula Rasa is not held in high esteem anymore.

Not that I'm familiar with any gender instincts with regard to tipping...

The practice of paying gratuities for services is a worldwide custom. Tipping is found only in some professions, which suggests that it serves to increase the efficiency of specific kinds of exchanges. The literature accepts the view that monitoring of employees by customers appears to be the logical rationale for the practice of tipping. This can be seen in that gratuities are paid at the discretion of consumers after they receive the services for which they are paying. However, it does not explain why, given the voluntary aspect of tipping, rational people would not free-ride on the tipping of others. We found that both men and women free-ride in their tipping behavior. Yet, we also found that men are more influenced by social acceptance or approval in their tipping behavior than are women.

You may disagree with Me or Ascan's points, but Merr's argument was still totally invalid.


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hmm, I wasnt addressing you in my post. I dont feel that I need to prove myself in argumentation with ascan actually, because if you have been here long enough, you would know that he is desperately searching for genetic differences between races so that he can have an argument for segregation/superiority. I've come to the point where everything that follows those arguments sounds so utterly ridiculous that it makes me laugh. I think oscuria and the Chosen One have a point however. It's what your parents teach you and really has nothing to do with race and little to do with gender, and possibly A LOT to do with what you believe about or even if you know the tipping or the paying practices of individual restaurant chains. For example, my brother worked at Chili's as a teen and told us that they were only paid $2 per hour and the rest was made through tips. No one in the family knew that- no one in my family has worked in food service.

I would say delivery service is a whole other topic, because many people do not tip delivery men here. In fact where I live barely anyone does that, and my town is 90% white. The delivery boy told my dad that he makes his money off of tips, and my dad repsonded with "I didnt even realize that." It doesnt say to tip when you call in for a pizza, and most delivery people just leave without saying anything.

And it doesnt make a lot of sense on your part to say that people who dont have enough money to tip shouldnt be ordering out in the first place. What gives you the moral right to judge what they do with their money? I mean, if you want to say that then it's reasonable to say that there are better paying jobs out there, and it might benefit you to do that instead.

...if you have been here long enough, you would know that he is desperately searching for genetic differences between races so that he can have an argument for segregation/superiority...

Well, most male and female differences are genetic, obviously. I understand that if you carry out certain tests to measure various aspects of cognitive function, then the pattern of results will be distinct for each sex. Possibly that's related to hormones. It's not a huge leap from there to speculate that those diferences could play a role in behaviour, which may include the willingness to tip. You can say the same about various races. The problem is that most people are unwilling to consider things from that angle because they're brainwashed by the media and government in the name of "equality" to believe that sex and race are meaningless.

This theory might have had potential (politically correct or not) except that genetically most African Americans are as European in ancestry as they are African if not more so. We consider them black because even a hint of black pigmentation and other African physical features suggests blackness to us. Being an African American has as much to do with culture as it has to do with physical features.

What about if the waiter keeps ignoring you when you try to get their attention? I would consider that poor service.

In the US that is low, 18-20+% is normal these days for good sit down service. Delivery people would like to see 15%, though a good rule of thumb is at least the cost of 1 gallon of gas. $5 is usually good on any order up to about $40 too. The other pet peeve of delivery drivers is that any delivery charge on the order does not go to the driver! The store does that so that they don't have to raise menu prices, because they are scared of losing the cheapskate market, and customers often take the DC out of the driver's tip. They keep the delivery charge, and give the driver a pittance for gasoline and maintenance.

This theory might have had potential (politically correct or not) except that genetically most African Americans are as European in ancestry as they are African if not more so. We consider them black because even a hint of black pigmentation and other African physical features suggests blackness to us.