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Default tipping
Typically, restaurants automatically add gratuity to large tables of six people or more. Now at least one restaurant is automatically adding gratuity for parties regardless of size, according to the...
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A reader notices a self-serving nudge in restaurants
Thaler and Sunstein did not invent the idea of nudging, which has existed at least since Eden when the Serpent nudged Adam to take a bite of the apple. Individuals, companies, and governments often...
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Will Chicago’s sales tax hike have an effect on servers’ tips?
Eric Giandelone of Chicago poses the following question to Thaler and Sunstein (and to other Nudge blog readers) about the potential effects of the one percent sales tax increase from 9.25 percent to...
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A pile of $1s
Giandelone also points us to this old 3rd Rock from the Sun clip about tipping.
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Tipping follow-up: Oprah’s new advice
Reader Travis Walker says Oprah, ever aware of the slowing economy, has told her viewers to tip 10 percent in restaurants now instead of the usual 15 percent. Oprah’s Guide to Tipping, from the...
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Assorted links
1) The behavioral economics explanation for why more poker hands played means less money won. 2) Waiters who compliment customers get three percent bigger tips, on average. 3) Why were adjustable-rate...
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