Why Are Christians Such Bad Tippers?
Karen Swallow Prior, Christianity Today
A theological defense of paying servers their 15 percent… or more.
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Dan Merica, CNN
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops does not support the Obama administration’s revised proposal for providing insurance coverage for contraception, saying it falls short of addressing concerns about religious freedom.
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Andrew DeMillo and Michael Stratford, Associated Press
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*Are* Christians in general bad tippers, compared to other diners? It makes a great anecdote, of course, but I doubt that a systematic study is possible.
Personally I think that the whole tipping system is unkind to everybody involved. Why should it be up to the customer to add some basically arbitrary amount to their bill? Why should the waiter’s compensation be so precariously tied to what individual customers decide to do in this ambiguous situation? Why should management be so completely absolved from judging waiter performance and compensating them fairly? Why should the customer be put in the uncomfortable position of having to do a theoretical performance review on the waiter every time they dine out, even though there is lots of social pressure to not actually reduce the tip for poor performance?
(Obligatory disclaimer: I tip well)