alt Hacker NewsThe person paying $700 for a bottle of wine at a restaurant (a bottle that would probably be less than half that price at retail) has no problem throwing an extra $100 on the bill for the server.
The person paying $700 for a bottle of wine at a restaurant (a bottle that would probably be less than half that price at retail) has no problem throwing an extra $100 on the bill for the server.
It doesn't make a lick of difference what a customer can afford but the fact is that the calculation would not take that into account. Neither the server, nor the business, should expect an extra $100 just for serving expensive liquor. The tipper should not feel compelled to throw on that extra because of some non-traditional method of calculation being forced via POS or their pre-printed receipt.
Extravagant tipping can be a real source of contention and trouble with the employer, too. There was a recent case where a "very generous patron" left something like $10,000 for a server, and she was subsequently fired, with litigation pending.
There are, in fact, many POS systems that will inhibit extravagant tipping. Unusual tipping patterns could be indicative of coercion, criminal activity, or money-laundering.
Generous, rich people can believe they're doing a magnanimous favor in throwing stacks of cash at a random, struggling server, but that is not the road to charity.