★58. Th ere is something very wrong about the custom of tipping. When we go to a store, we don’t decide what a product is worth and pay what we please; we pay the price or we leave. Prices in coff ee bars and restaurants should be raised, waiters should be paid a decent wage, and the words “no tipping” should be clearly visible on menus and at counters. Most of the following selections were taken from letters to the editors of newspapers and magazines. Identify any fallacies that may be committed, giving a brief explanation for your answer. Th en, if a fallacy is identifi ed, discuss the possible factors that led the arguer to commit the fallacy.

(George Jochnowitz)