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The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America is by William R. Scott. The contents list chapters headed Flunkyism in America, The Economics of Tipping, The Ethics of Tipping, Laws Against Tipping and Samuel Gompers on Tipping. The text says the right to give tips is not inalienable and is not grounded on personal liberty.
The text says that in 1801 President Jefferson decided that the United States could tolerate no longer the system of tribute enforced by the Barbary States along the shores of the Mediterranean, and that by 1805 naval forces had brought the pirates to their knees. The text says the goal of a reform in tipping is to make one payment, that one to the employer, to cover every expense of the patron. The text says a large part of the $200,000,000 or more given annually by Americans in gratuities is sheer waste because it is given for absolutely nothing in return.
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- Author
- William R. Scott
- Reading time
- About 2 hours
- Pages
- 92
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Sociology
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