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When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Carl-E:
Tips are for service.
Bribes are for people who have power over you.
Come too think of it, hairdressers, servers, taxi drivers... all have power over you. This isn't a tip culture, it's a bribery scheme!
The Seldom Killer:
lepetitfromage - Do Americans tip shop staff though?
Shoe shops come to mind as a high service shop retail environment. You'll be asking the staff to run back and forth from the stock area with various shoes in your size. They may make recommendations and in sports shoe shops will possibly even make an assessment of your foot/movement style That seems like potentially a lot more effort than waitressing at a chain diner. However, to the best of my knowledge, people don't tip shoe sales people. If you've ever done anything more than just pick a pair of shoes off the shelf and buy them, do you know how much your shoes sales person makes per hour? You can translate this to any number of shop staff situations.
I also find the notion of tipping a percentage of the cost of the food quite bizzare. Order a burger and a coke for $5 and you're tipping 75c to $1, order something off the specials menu with a juice and a side for $10 and you're tipping $1.50 to $2. Yet the waiter is doing almost exactly the same amount of work for you, so why are you paying more/less because of what you want to eat?
Papersatan:
We don't tip sales people, but the staff for high service items are usually paid on commission. (In department stores that would be shoes, jewelry, cosmetics and men's suits)
lepetitfromage:
--- Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 12 Sep 2013, 23:56 ---If you've ever done anything more than just pick a pair of shoes off the shelf and buy them, do you know how much your shoes sales person makes per hour?
--- End quote ---
I used to work at a shoe store, and made $8.50/hr. Not exactly the best paying job I've ever had :-P
Carl-E:
I don't think I've seen a full service shoe store in years... most of them have them all out and a bench or two for you to try them on yourself. the counter people will go in the back to look if you can't find something, then come back shaking their head...
Self service, the bane of service employment everywhere.
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