The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America

The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America

The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in AmericaTipping is the modern form of...
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Author: Scott, William R. (William Rufus),1886-
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The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America

The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America

¥2,164 ¥1,081

The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America

¥2,164 ¥1,081
Author: Scott, William R. (William Rufus),1886-
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America

Tipping is the modern form of Flunkyism. Flunkyism may be defined as a willingness to be servile for a consideration. It is democracy's deadly foe. The two ideas cannot live together except in a false peace. The tendency always is for one to sap the vitality of the other. The full significance of the foregoing figures[8] is realized in the further knowledge that these 5,000,000 persons with itching palms are fully 10 per cent of our entire industrial population; for the number of persons engaged in gainful occupations in this country is less than 50,000,000. Whether this constitutes a problem for moralists, economists and statesmen depends upon the ethical appraisement of tipping. If tipping is moral, the interest is reduced to the economic phasewhether the remuneration thus given is normal or abnormal. If tipping is immoral, the fact that 5,000,000 Americans practice it constitutes a problem of first rate importance. Accurate statistics are not obtainable, but conservative estimates place the amount of money given in one year by the American people in tips, or gratuities, at a figure somewhere between $200,000,000 and $500,000,000! ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 33170
Author: Scott, William R. (William Rufus)
Release Date: Jul 15, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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