Journal matthewcharlesgoeden's Journal: The Slippery Slope of Tipping
My friends harass me because I refuse to tip the barber?! Personally, I don't like tipping any entity that either (1) sets their own prices (barber), or (2) doesn't directly affect the product (pizza delivery guy). I know I am ignoring "preventive tipping" -- tipping to prevent he pizza guy from spitting on your pizza the next time -- but what other substantive differences to you draw between the people you tip and the people you don't tip? Where do you draw the line? Should I tip the checker at the grocery store? Should I tip my doctor after he checks my prostate? Who should I tip?