The following topic is about gender, and the research question is ‘does a waiter or a waitress in Central London feel any discrimination/mistreatment against because of their gender?’ This is an important issue because it is obvious that sometimes male customers tend to exceed their boundaries with the opposite sex staff and the same goes for female customers in various ways. For instance, customers could either treat the waiters with respect or with complete disrespect. According to an article from the Mashable UK it shows that ‘women servers are much more likely to get tipped if they live up to the stereotype of the friendly, desirable, biddable waitress.’ (Dupere, 2015). In addition, it seems like female waitresses who act a certain way to satisfy their customers they will be treated better. However, if females do not act a certain way, then they will not be treated with respect. Therefore, it would be interesting to research this topic in depth and see whether waiters and waitresses do get tipped and treated differently depending on their gender. On the contrary, this article from the US shows that ‘male servers consistently make more money in tips than female servers’ (McGaw, 2014). On the other hand, this shows that some believe that its men who get …show more content…
In order to answer the question observing their actions will very significant because it will be witnessed and recorded. The key variable of interest is going to be female and male waiters in Central London restaurants. These are my key variables because the topic is about gender therefore; they will be the ones being tested. Their behavior with the customers will be evaluated as well as the way the customers treat them and see whether their gender plays a vital