Larger Breasts Pay Off For Waitresses: Cornell Study

A Cornell professor's study of "perceived sexiness" and physical attributes of waitresses has confirmed that bigger breasts bring bigger tips.

The Cornell Daily Sun reports:

[Marketing and Tourism Professor Michael Lynn's] results indicate that evolutionary instinct trumps the ideals many patrons profess. Though most customers say they reward service, Lynn reports that quality of service has less than a 2-percent effect on the actual tip.

Instead, he found that waitresses with larger bra sizes received higher tips -- as did women with blonde hair and slender bodies.

While this may seem self-evident to some, Lynn said that "it's always important to test what seems like obvious cultural wisdom."

Lynn said his findings could aid businesses in hiring decisions, as restaurants "might very well" desire to employ waitresses who have more earning potential.

What do you think?

Comments

[GraphicMatt]

11:05 AM on 05/10/2010

I have just one word for this article: DUHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[farmilyman]

06:50 AM on 05/10/2010

......and to think, I was stuck studying math when I could have been studying this instead.

[realitytrumpsbull]

12:05 AM on 05/10/2010

You mean, you mean...SEX SELLS?!?!?!? And, they needed a Cornell study to tell them that. I have a better idea, why not have the folks at Cornell start working the problem on oil dependency/alternatives, or otherwise doing something to earn their salaries?

[JonnyTruant]

03:22 PM on 05/09/2010

Um... restaurants are already more likely to hire women with greater 'earning potential.' It's not exactly a new concept, but now we have the scientific study to support what we already know.

[BebeLush]

08:58 PM on 05/08/2010

They needed a study to figure this out?

[olddognewtrick]

07:14 PM on 05/08/2010

Bigger tips for bigger...

[darter22]

10:07 AM on 05/08/2010

After many years of restaurant dining and boob observation, I concur with this study.

[knerd]

04:59 AM on 05/08/2010

I can see why this phenomenon might happen at a milk bar, but people who go out to drink usually find a restaur---

...Oh... Uh, never mind.

[gimmeabreak444]

02:24 AM on 05/08/2010

good thing to know that college money is used for such studies.

[knerd]

05:01 AM on 05/08/2010

It's also good to know which bar or restaurant you might spend more money at.

[veritas88]

02:06 AM on 05/08/2010

there was a Seinfeld episode about this....

[henrypapillon]

12:47 AM on 05/08/2010

Next up: do good looking girls with big boobs get more dates?

[henrypapillon]

12:45 AM on 05/08/2010

Who would have thought of that. ?

[mediamarv]

07:39 PM on 05/07/2010

Now that is the kind of research I would have loved to do while in college... and I bet they got paid for it too.

[Palaver]

09:02 PM on 05/07/2010

Studying breasts is what gets you into Cornell. But if you want to get into Harvard, you've got to be a _____-man.

[nickclone]

06:53 PM on 05/07/2010

Is this why I've blown so much money at Hooters?

[Palaver]

05:46 PM on 05/07/2010

Excuse me, can I have some milk in my coffee?