Read the article \"Getting and Making a Tip\" (pp. 295 in Readingsin Sociology). What are some of the strategies that waitressesemploy to earn a bigger tip? What are some ways in which waitressescan gain a tip from those who traditionally do not tip? What doesit mean for a waitress to get a poor tip? Which of the threesociological perspectives (structural functionalist, conflicttheory, symbolic interactionism) would best be used to analyze thisenvironment. Why ? For those of you who have been employed in theservice industry (not necessarily limited to waiters,can be medicalstaff, sales, etc.), do any of these strategies seem familiar? Giveexamples.
