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I just wanna know how everyone thinks is acceptable to tip for a product that you did not even receive yet. How do I know if it’s even good? Can I take my tip back if it’s not?

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I don't think it's acceptable, and I don't tip if I pay before I eat. Ironically, I also don't adjust the amount I tip at sit-down restaurants based on how the service was. I refuse to allow tipping to expand beyond where it was customary when I was growing up. There should be less tipping, not more. It should be outlawed entirely.

Just today a waitress offered my kid to taste a few different things before we committed to what he would eat. It was an example of amazing service.

Are you saying you wouldn't reward someone like that with a few extra bucks?

American tiping culture is a form legal discrimination, were customer tip less for workers of different races, religions, genders, sexual orientation.

Only a minority do that. Most people tip based on service not racism.

This is common in other countries outside of the US that do not demand tips, even western ones? When I was at a kebab shop in Germany, the owner offered my family to trial new sauces and falafel he was experimenting with, before we committed to our order.

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