The Sociology of Tipping- Why do we tip?


In America today, it has become a practice to tip our waiters and bartenders every time we go out.
Although tipping is not mandatory, most people do it and it has become a social norm. This is linked
to the fact that tips are also a large part of the income of these employees. If you ask anyone the
question- What is the reason you tip? A large number of people would respond saying that they tip
for the good service, however, this is not the case because when people were asked how much they
tipped and how they would rate the service, it was found that there was very little correlation between
the two at all. According to Michael Lynn, a professor at Cornell University, there are five main motives
behind why people tip- to help the server, to show off, to get future service, to avoid disapproval, and
out of a sense of duty. Professor Lynn found that tipping was more common in outgoing, extroverted
countries. This is reasonable simply because a more outgoing person is more likely to tip. When
people see other people tip, they feel the social pressure to do so themselves. Now whenever we
go out, most of us feel obligated to leave a tip, no matter what your motives behind it are.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/why-do-we-tip

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