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Originally Posted by 4X4
You've clearly never left the continent. NA is pretty much the only place that tips. It seems to work just fine everywhere else on Earth. But yeah, call me cheap. That must be the reason I don't like the concept. It could not have anything to do with all of the obvious reasons such as simplicity of transactions, staff getting paid a normal wage, and taxes being paid.
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Have you? Because in first-world countries that don't have tipping, eating out is more expensive. In the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, people don't go out to eat nearly as often as they do in North America. Part of that is everything is more expensive - rent, food, labour. Part of it is because the tip is built into the bill.
I'm fine with doing away with tipping. But the only people who will pay less under a no-tipping model are the people who are currently tipping very generously.