Balloon Animals
by: Michael Floyd
More then ever before, I have seen the rise in
restaurants providing table side entertainment.
While you wait to be seated, or for your meal to
come, you can be entertained by a skilled magician
or a fancy balloon animal.
This is
wonderful. It provides the restaurant with a
bit more time to get everything ready, it
helps pass the time for the customers and
the performers usually gets a nice tip.
As you have
probably guessed by now, I am a performer. I
twist balloon animals and cartoon parodies.
They are quite wonderful. But I can’t help
but wonder why I am tipped the same for a
one balloon dog as I am for a 12 balloon
monster truck that takes considerable amount
of time. I understand that there are some
who are only skilled enough to make a
balloon dog. I think that there should be a
difference in what he is tipped and what I
am tipped.
What
determines what someone is tipped? Is it the
amount of skill they have at their craft? Is
it how fervently they worked to please you?
Or is it simply the lowest amount that you
think you can get away with?
Well for those
whose policy is the latter, I have bad news
for you. Poor tipping leads to Balloon
Flatulence.
