Wednesday, May 26, 2010

It is All About the Incentives...

Behold the tip jar at the Beanery in Corvallis:


Though this doesn't overcome the free rider problem for brewed coffee, it does suggest that your espresso's milk might be a bit tepid if you are a cheapskate....

2 comments:

Dann Cutter said...

Its level does eliminate the 'deficiency of effective public quality assurance' however; Akerlof would be pleased.

(that is to say, I read this post on my iPhone at Beir One in Newport, and got sidetracked while following up on 'free rider' on google into a whole asymmetry discussion - $3 high end craft pints on wednesdays explains a lot of that)

arizona carpet cleaners said...

Does this mean that without a tip the employees leave the coffee cold? Not exactly a good way to bring back customers.








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