ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT OUT
THERE, TIPPING ñ WHEN YOU ARE TIPPING, YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY A
RACIST PERVERT, IS WHAT I GLEANED FROM THIS STORY.
ACCORDING TO A PROFESSOR NAMED MICHAEL LYNN, AND A PROFESSOR
NAMED ZACHARY BREWSTER, THEY DID AN INVESTIGATION TO SEE HOW
PEOPLE TIP, AND WHAT AFFECTS THOSE TIPS.
THE SHORT OF IT IS, TIPS VARIED WITH AGE IN A
NEGATIVE QUADRATIC RELATIONSHIP, INCREASED WITH BREAST SIZE,
INCREASED WITH HAVING BLONDE HAIR, AND DECREASED WITH
BODY SIZE.
THERE IT IS.
WONDERING WHY THEY PUT IT ON THIS CARD, AND WHERE IS
THAT FROM?
NOT ONLY WILL THAT LEAD YOU TO MORE TIPPING, IT WILL GET YOU
TO READ THIS ARTICLE.
THAT IS WHY THEY PUT THIS PICTURE.
PUTTING ASIDE ALL QUADRANGLES, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS,
IF YOU ARE OLDER YOU ARE GOING TO GET LESS OF A TIP.
IF YOU
ARE YOUNGER YOU ARE GOING TO GET A BIGGER TIP.
IF YOU HAVE SMALL
BREASTS, SMALLER TIP, IF YOU HAVE BIG BREASTS, BIGGER TIP.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, IF YOU ARE BLONDE, ON AVERAGE YOU WILL GET
LARGER TIPS THAN NON-BLONDES.
ALL THIS IS DOING IS MEASURING
US, ALL OF US.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT IS PUTTING A JUDGMENT ON IT.
WE
CAN PUT THE JUDGMENT ON IT, BUT
THEY ARE LIKE, LOOK, IT'S A FACT.
THE OTHER THING THEY
FOUND OUT IS, SERVICE HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
SERVICE WAS ON AVERAGE THE SAME, WELL,
THEY TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT IN THE STUDY.
SERVICE DID NOT
AFFECT THE TIP NUMBER AT ALT.
WHAT AFFECTED IT IS, DO YOU HAVE BIG TITS OR NOT?
AMAZING RIGHT?
I WORK AT A CAF…
RIGHT NOW, AND I HAVE TO SAY,
READING THIS STORY, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE WITH HOW I HAVE
BEEN LIVING LATELY.
OBVIOUSLY NOT BLONDE, I AM ROCKING A SPORTS BRA AT ALL
POINTS IN MY LIFE.
PRETTY MUCH JUST SCRAPING BY AND HAVING A GOOD TIME, BUT
MAYBE FOOD SERVICE IS NOT THE BEST INDUSTRY FOR ME TO
MAKE A LIVING IN THEN.
IíD BE IN THE EXACT SAME BOAT.
EVERYONE AT THIS TABLE WOULD FAIL.
MY TITS ARE GETTING BIGGER OVERTIME.
FOR ME, IT IS A MIXED BAG.
I AM OVERWEIGHT, WHICH MEANS
SMALLER TIPS, BUT BECAUSE I'M
OVERWEIGHT I HAVE BIGGER TITS, BIGGER TIPS.
ISN'T IT SAD TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON THIS PANEL RIGHT
NOW, THAT CHARM DOESN'T FACTOR INTO IT.
I'M SO CHARMING WITH
THE GUESTS, AND NOW I AM LIKE, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO DO THAT.
THERE'S AN ARGUMENT, PEOPLE HAVE READ THIS STUDY AND THIS
ARGUMENT SAYING, WHY DON'T WE JUST GET RID OF THE TIPPING
PROCESS ALTOGETHER?
PAY PEOPLE A HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE TO MAKE THE
JOB MORE COMPETITIVE, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE GRAVITATE TOWARDS
THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY BECAUSE THEY
CAN MAKE BIG TIPS.
WHAT IF WE JUST PAY PEOPLE MORE AND DON'T
BRING TIPS INTO IT?
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT IF YOU DO THAT
YOU WILL BRING FINANCIAL RUIN, BECAUSE A HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE
MEANS COMPANIES NEED TO PUT OUT
MORE MONEY.
BUT, ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE, MOO CLUCK MOO IS A
FAST FOOD RESTAURANT IN THE
DETROIT SUBURBS, AND IT PAYS ITS EMPLOYEES FIFTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR,
AND BUSINESS HAS BEEN THRIVING, DESPITE A LARGE TURNOVER.
SO YOU SEE THIS COMPANY DID NOT
GO OUT OF BUSINESS.
DANNY
MEYER, CEO OF UNION HOSPITALITY IN NEW YORK, THEY RUN THIRTEEN
RESTAURANTS.
HE'S WON SOMETHING
LIKE 26 AWARDS.
HE SAYS THAT IT'S RIDICULOUS, TIPS DON'T
REWARD PEOPLE ON SERVICE, THEY PUNISH PEOPLE BASED ON NOT BEING
HOT.
DANNY MEYER SAYS, THEY ARE ALL GETTING THIS, SO WE SHOULD BE FAIR
ABOUT IT AND GIVE A BETTER WAGE.
THERE'S ONE OTHER THING THAT IS
SUPER IMPORTANT, IT IS RACE.
WE TALKED ABOUT BLONDE, WE TALKED
ABOUT WEIGHT AND ALL THAT STUFF.
THE RESEARCHERS ALSO SAY THAT
IT TURNS OUT ñ I HOPE YOU'RE
SITTING DOWN ñ BLACK WAITERS GET LESS TIPS THAN WHITE WAITERS AND
WAITRESSES AS WELL.
OF COURSE!
ON FOX NEWS THEY WOULD BE LIKE,
HOW DARE YOU INSINUATE THAT?
WE ALREADY ELECTED BARACK OBAMA.
BUT BEFORE YOU GET ALL UPSET, LISTEN TO WHAT THE RESEARCHERS
SAID.
THEY SAID, "OUR RESULTS INDICATE THAT BOTH BLACK AND
WHITE RESTAURANT CUSTOMERS DISCRIMINATE AGAINST BLACK
SERVERS BY TIPPING THEM LESS THAN THEIR WHITE COWORKERS."
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING
ON THE SHOW FOR SO LONG.
IT ISN'T LIKE THERE'S A GUY IN
MISSISSIPPI OR TEXAS, WHEREVER, I'M GONNA GO DOWN THERE AND FIND
A BLACK WAITER AND TIP THEM LESS.
NO, NOBODY MAKES THAT
ACTIVE DECISION.
THE STEREOTYPES AND THE RACISM
LINGERS IN THE BACK OF ALL OF OUR HEADS, TO THE POINT WHERE
BLACK PEOPLE TIP WHITE WAITERS
MORE THAN A TIP BLACK WAITERS.
RACIST BLACK PEOPLE.
OUR POINT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS.
IT’S A FACT,
THEY DO NOT LOOK FOR PEOPLE'S OPINION.
THEY FIGURE OUT THIS
FACT.
WE ARE SAYING, IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IT, YOU MIGHT JUST
BE ABLE
TO HELP FIX IT.
IT IS WORTH FIXING.