Everyone: “I would tip you, but I only have a card…”
Server: Smiles and says, “Thank you so much for your service — !”
The fact is, we as a society carry less change, less cash, and as a result tip less. The effects are beginning to surface, as services are now delivered and performed at a lower standard because the norm has rapidly evolved from cash tips, to no tips at all. There is a simple solution in our modern technical society. A solution that will allow customers to simply tap their device and transfer a tip digitally.
Albert Einstein once did not have money to tip, and instead he wrote a note to the service man. While staying at Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel, a courier came to the door to make a delivery. The courier either refused a tip or Einstein had no small change, but Einstein wanted to give the messenger something nonetheless.
So on a piece of hotel stationery, Einstein wrote in German his theory of happiness:
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.”
On a second sheet, he wrote another message: “Where there’s a will there’s a way.”
He told the bellhop to save the notes — they just might be valuable in the future.
In an auction in Jerusalem in October 2017, the note on happiness sold to an anonymous European bidder for $1.56 million. The second note fetched $240,000.
TheTipTap.app allows customers to send digital coins to a recipient via NFC. A default coin and amount can be specified in advance, and then once ready to tip — simply touch your device to the TipTap branded NFC chip and approve the transfer. Tips can be made using nearly any coin available in the market today. Who knows, receiving a few tips in Satoshis or Tron today may just get you to 1.56 million USD in the future!
