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Copycat waitresses get bigger tips

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Mimicked diners are more generous to staff and others.

Waitresses who copy their customers' behaviour get substantially bigger tips than those who don't, Dutch psychologists have discovered1.

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  1. van Baaren, R. B., Holland, R.W., Steenaert, B. & van Knippenberg, A. Mimicry for money: behavioral consequences of imitation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 393 - 398, (2003).

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  2. Van Baaren, R. B., Holland, R.W., Kawakami, K. & van Knippenberg, A. Mimicry and pro-social behavior. Psychological Science, in the press, (2003).

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Whitfield, J. Copycat waitresses get bigger tips. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news030630-8

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