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So without tipping, going to a restaurant, you aren't paying the employee's salary? I can see how it can be confusing, the first few times you are in a tipping

So without tipping, going to a restaurant, you aren't paying the employee's salary? I can see how it can be confusing, the first few times you are in a tipping situation, coming from a non-tipping culture. But after that, what is the issue? If the tip is an onerous financial burden, then you shouldn't be eating out anyway. I mean, how many times are you going to grumble to yourself, "the bill says x but I gotta really pay 1.2x" before you just understand that's the way it is.

mnm1 8y ago
No, you completely misunderstood and jumped to the wrong conclusion. I have no problem tipping at restaurants in the US, and I tip well because I realize the US system and culture are broken. The problem is with this ridiculous system and culture spreading everywhere else, to other industries and to other cultures. And no, I'm not paying the employee's salary directly anywhere else. That's the employer's job. It's absurd to suggest otherwise.