My problem is how he just blithely includes all American men in describing this mindset. I don't know if this is to assuage the author's guilt about thinking this way in the past or what. I mean, clearly the dynamic in question does exist, no question (Hooters). But some of us are able to get laid in spite of, not because of, the size of our wallets.
Anyway. I like the idea that because servers are no longer "performing" for tips, their behavior and appearance is more truly representative. Not to mention cutting off at the knees this gross rich losers who obsess over who they can buy and impress with their money.
"“This isn’t about money,” the man would say.
He’d be the one person in a thousand, or in ten thousand, who’d get angry about our fixed service charge"
Anyway. I like the idea that because servers are no longer "performing" for tips, their behavior and appearance is more truly representative. Not to mention cutting off at the knees this gross rich losers who obsess over who they can buy and impress with their money.