Now if only they’d outright ban tipping.
Businesses should pay their employees, not the customer.
Tipping culture in the US is insane.
Businesses should pay their employees, not the customer.
Tipping culture in the US is insane.
That said, I’ll still take it (in restaurants) over a lack of tipping. It depends on the country, but in quite a few the wait staff are… significantly less motivated to actually serve you, to put it nicely. It’s no fun to run out of water and then wait ten minutes, realize they’re never coming and you haven’t even seen them to flag them down, and then either get up to find them or just continue eating without anything to drink.
I don't feel I get "good service" in most places in the USA, I get waitstaff interrupting my table all the time to check if we want to order more, it's quite grating. I just need waitstaff that are attentive when I'm looking for them to order, not to be pushed into ordering or rushing me out.
But we follow America to a tee with this sorta thing, and you’re some sort of heathen if you don’t pay at least 20% extra for the privilege of eating out.
Americans should raise service worker’s wages to a decent living salary.