For the first impression post I selected option 2 with the Mythbusters to analyze the myth question of “Do waitresses get bigger tips when they have bigger breasts?”
During the video it had one woman wear three different sized bras to see if she would receive more tips as the size of her breasts increased. The experiment had the same woman wear the same outfit and arrive at the coffee shop at the same time of day for three days in a row with the same quality of service in each day. Based off of this experiment they kept several constants and the only change was the bra size in order to answer the question, do larger breasts equal larger tips?
The video accurately answered the question based off of the responses from the increased amount of tips received as the breast size increased. It had several different controlled variables which is necessary in order to find the outcome of a question. The constants included the customer service, outfit, person, and time in the same coffee shop.
The weaknesses surrounding the video assumed men would be the main contributor to the tips as the breast size increased. Not only would they be the ones focusing on in the study as demonstrated in the video, but one can infer that the Mythbusters assumed that men make more money in comparison to women as they were the larger ones focused on being able to tip. The issues surrounding this experiment implies that every man that walks into the coffee shop at the time this woman is working is a straight male. In January of 2017 there was an estimated of 10 million people who identified in the LGBTQ+ population and to assume every single man is going to tip solely based off of the breast size of a white female with larger breasts is impossible to know their motive. This is an inaccurate conclusion from this study and impossible to conclude that the reason they are tipping is because of the size of breasts and not because of other possible reasons. It not only assumes all men are straight but that all women who walked into the coffee shop at the time she worked are only lesbian or bisexual and attracted to her breasts, causing them to tip more.
Based off of the study it showed that women tipped 40% more with larger breast size whereas men tipped 30% more. This could lead to the question as to whether women tip more in general in comparison to men? Do women and men still tip regardless of the cashier? In order to conclude to whether or not breast size increased the tips, it would be necessary to answer the question of “Do women tip more than men?” along with “Do women and men still tip regardless of the cashier?” which could then have this draw the conclusion as to whether the breast size increased equated to more tips. Lastly, I find this study to be weak as they had three different days which accumulate different customers based off of the time of the week (different people will most likely come on Saturday than on a Monday). Not only this but if large breasts were the sole contributor of whether tips increase than the service of the cashier should be bad in order to focus on the why they are tipping more. In my opinion, if they tested every Monday at 12pm for one hour with low-effort service and still increased tips as the breast size increased, it would have a more accurate results from a more controlled experiment.
Loretta Gabrielle 