Publicized low pay harms a caterer’s future earnings more than it helps

Evidence

A good review in the 411 should bring you lots of new clients. … No thanks, and whatever you do, don’t tell your friends what you paid me. — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs, 156

Categorization

• SEED: The “don’t tell what you paid me” reflex is a real, specific economic insight about price signaling.
• CANDY: Funny and universal: the dollar amount being publicized is the real risk, not the work quality.
• XREF: connects to: Compliments and praise do not reliably pay the rent — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs: A Guide to Making It in Show…, 133