The impatient taps of the person behind you annoyed because the coffee barista is taking longer to get your venti iced black coffee ready. Your break is almost at its end as the barista rushes to hand you your coffee. You stop for a second staring at the box labeled ‘tips’ debating whether to leave a tip or not, of course you don’t and just walk away as the person behind you sneers and slips a five-dollar bill in the tip jar. For what is the reason for tipping, isn’t the person just doing their job, it is what they are paid for. Michael Lewis in his article, “The Case Against Tipping,” published in 1997 in the New York Times Magazine, takes on the controversy of tipping. Using structure and personal anecdotes about tipping, and different tones.
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In the article, he goes in remembering an experience he had at a coffee shop (along with many others) and how he understands that people tend to expect a tip for the smallest task that last less than a couple seconds. Always leaving a small amount of the single wage you earn to the person who earns their solid weekly wage. Lewis also says, “On the one hand, you do grasp the notion that people who serve you are more likely to do it well and promptly if they believe they will be rewarded for it” (par. 2). By using his personal anecdotes, Lewis hopes to link with the readers through the situation the reader may have experienced before making his argument more relatable to the reader. This supports his argument against tipping, by which tipping isn’t really needed when you pay your full bill either …show more content…
When Lewis begins his article, he starts off with this comment, “No lawful behavior in the marketplace is as disturbing to me as the growing appeals for gratuities” (par.1). At the very beginning he states where he stands in the argument. Lewis then uses personal anecdotes to the reader connect to his argument in hopes that they have had a similar experience in his very first paragraph. Because most of his examples are personal testimonies, but they serve as logical evidence with emotional appeal. Which give him more of an appealing argument to the
In the article, he goes in remembering an experience he had at a coffee shop (along with many others) and how he understands that people tend to expect a tip for the smallest task that last less than a couple seconds. Always leaving a small amount of the single wage you earn to the person who earns their solid weekly wage. Lewis also says, “On the one hand, you do grasp the notion that people who serve you are more likely to do it well and promptly if they believe they will be rewarded for it” (par. 2). By using his personal anecdotes, Lewis hopes to link with the readers through the situation the reader may have experienced before making his argument more relatable to the reader. This supports his argument against tipping, by which tipping isn’t really needed when you pay your full bill either …show more content…
When Lewis begins his article, he starts off with this comment, “No lawful behavior in the marketplace is as disturbing to me as the growing appeals for gratuities” (par.1). At the very beginning he states where he stands in the argument. Lewis then uses personal anecdotes to the reader connect to his argument in hopes that they have had a similar experience in his very first paragraph. Because most of his examples are personal testimonies, but they serve as logical evidence with emotional appeal. Which give him more of an appealing argument to the