> Quality works deems a quality tip no matter what.
Yep, I agree with you fully there.
And also with the natural corollary:
Work that is not quality - does not deserve it.
So, leaving out the idea of tips as a bonus for extra service, that leaves us
with the classic justification for mandatory minimum tipping :
- that service staff are institutionally underpaid, and the "service charge"
is required from the customer to bring them up to a fair wage.
Although I'm unhappy with the cause (managers underpaying staff) I find the
argument justifiable.
If it was widely believed that all wait staff were paid $40 per hour no matter
what, do you think it would change attitudes to and amounts of compulsory
tipping?
I think it would make a difference. In talking about tips, you do need to
take into account the base wage being earned.
Which is why I tip less at overpriced places than I do in dives.
To the OP then:
Yes, I think that the hourly amount a worker gets would directly influence
their entitlement to compulsory, fixed-percentage 'tips'.
.dan.