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This finding is news to me, and I wonder if the actual data support the researchers' conclusion. People generally have a preferred finding already in mind when when they set out to do an experiment, and are never entirely unbiased about their conclusions. They might well have set out to show that coffee shops hold women customers up ...
Posted to The Undercover Economist by thimk on November 13, 2007
Coffee: Who tips more and more often, M or W?
The memoir ''The Immortal Class: Bicycle Messengers and The Cult of Human Power'' by Travis Culley, a bicycle messenger delivered a fascinating ethnographic analysis: as a bike messenger, he could count on taxicabs with a single man passenger to be aggressive and speedy (and thus anticipate cut-offs and passing) and taxicabs with a single woman ...
Posted to The Undercover Economist by k1976 on November 11, 2007