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Originally Posted by Regorium
Seriously can one person that thinks like this actually give a good answer for us on the other side? I'm really curious to see where the psychological difference is.
I've answered the other side and explained it several times. Can someone please just tell us why you feel that 16% mandatory tipping is so much different than raising the prices 16% across the board?
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While practically, It's the same thing, psychologically it's different. People go into a restaurant and see the cost of an item as $19 plus hospitality charge they might not be too upset but they see the same item as $22.04 it doesn't look as ok. I think it also reduces Earls ability to raise prices later.
I hated this when i first heard it, but it's grown on me. Especially knowing that wait staff will now legally make no less than minimum wage and Earls saying they discourage tipping on top of the 16%.
To be honest though, with the way the economy has been and with costs likely going up significantly more in the next couple of years, I have been and will likely continue to eat out less and less. When i do, I will feel less obligated to tip, at Earls or anywhere else I go.