Subject: Re: Tips on Tipping: gender difference? From: "J L Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 12:55:30 -0500 X-Message-Number: 8
Any literature on who leaves bigger tips? I've heard women do, but have no data to support this assertion. Any data on age? Race? etc.?
Jean Edwards
Well , Jean, as my dissertation chair is fond of saying, you need to narrow your question. There are many different tipping situations and scenarios. For example I recall years ago on Oprah (ok, so now you know) they mentioned how much people tipped hair dressers. I'd never heard of this (I guess that's because I'm testosterone enhanced--read folliclely challenged--and have not been to a barber since my undergrad days). I previously mentioned the various baggage handlers, then there are doormen (do women ever do this job?), baby-sitters, food and other delivery people, and let's not for those who receive the most and biggest tips, dancers and escorts.
So, before we can gather accurate data on "who leaves bigger tips" we need to confine the tipping arena an then determine if the dependent variable is the raw amount or a proportion of the basic cost of the service.
Just my thoughts (I didn't want to say my $0.02 because I was told that was an insult as a tip).
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