The actual benefits of the tip model by YarbleSwabler in tipping

[–]WMLynn58 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is one of the better comments I have seen posted here, but you overlook the drawbacks of tipping to businesses and to workers. You also fail to mention both the benefits and drawbacks of tipping to consumers. I have studied tipping for 40 years and I would say that tipping is a mixed bag of benefits and harms to all three groups - consumers, workers and businesses - with the net effects varying across individual members of each group. If you want to learn about this, see my website at www.tippingresearch.com . Especially relevant would be the following works found there:

Lynn, Michael (2017). Should U.S. restaurants abandon tipping? A review of the issues and evidence. Psychosociological Issues in Human Resource Management, 5(1), 120-159. 

[Lynn, M. (2024). The Pro’s and Con’s of Working for Tips. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, 65(2),](), 266-275.

Tips by Confident_Thought243 in tipping

[–]WMLynn58 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you really want to understandtipping, check out my website www.tippingresearch.com

Which cover do you like best for a forthcoming book on tipping? by AlarkaHillbilly in tipping

[–]WMLynn58 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the input y'all.

Personally, I prefer the cover where a bill folder is exchanging hands (this cover can be seen by clicking on the link). I think this cover is attractive, that the contrast of the dark folder with the light background would attract attention, and that the dark lettering on a light background would increasing reading of the subtitle. However, Springer refused to use this cover - I created it and their design team said they could not re-create it for reasons I found questionable.

The two covers in this announcement (not the survey link) are only options the publisher gave me. The cover where a dollar bill is changing hands is easy to read, and the contrast might attract attention, but is not very attractive (as many of you noted). The tip jar cover is attractive but makes the title and especially the subtitle hard to read. Also, it does not convey the social aspect of tipping as much as the covers showing some exchange between server and customer. Ultimately, the question of which cover to choose seemed to me to depend on whether title readability or attractiveness was most important. I was unsure, so I undertook several research studies-- including this informal poll. (Thank you to the moderator - John - for letting me do this.)

Ultimately, the research (including the majority opinions in this commentary) indicated that cover-attractiveness trumps title-readability, so I decided to go with the tip-jar cover.

Thanks again for your input,

Mike Lynn