Why tip? Reasons given for largesse, %responding

The provided diagram enumerates common reasons for tipping in the U. S and Israel in 2010. Overall, there was a variety of motives behind funding waiters, the most popular of which being the social standard. It is also worth noting that fears of facing consequences associated with the refusal to tip were few and far between, indicating that customers were under no pressure to offer largesse. Observing closely the graph, a majority of individuals in both countries (over 80% in America and almost 60% in Israel) believed that supporting waiters was the norm in society. Similarly, expressing gratitude was also a notable factor for this behavior, with well above 60% citizens in both nations having this mindset. However, a disparity in data started to emerge as more than 60% of U. S customers gave away cash to help waiters in need, which doubled that of Israel. The same can be said for the avoidance of guilt and embarrassment as precisely 60% and around 42% of Americans had these respective feelings, as opposed to Israel’s roughly 15% and slightly over 20% consecutively. Finally, threats to tip, especially consequential poor services and waiters’ dissatisfaction were the least common motives in two areas. In particular, the former yielded about 17% in America and merely 2% in Israel, while the latter registered barely 3% and virtually 0% in two countries of the same order.