The author of this article needs to travel a bit. > what if we were to magically make tipping disappear? Tipping is nonexistent in most of Europe, and guess

The author of this article needs to travel a bit. > what if we were to magically make tipping disappear? Tipping is nonexistent in most of Europe, and guess what: the service absolutely sucks as a consequence. Why would waiters go out of their way to please you? They don't make more money doing so. So your orders take forever, waiters never smile or even show any kind of a pleasant attitude. It's a terrible experience all around. Tipping is awkward and the fact that the prices you see are never the prices you pay is annoying, but it has upsides.