>there is tipping Europe where the tip is not needed to boost the wage to an acceptable level The internet gets the cause and effect on this backwards. Waitres

>there is tipping Europe where the tip is not needed to boost the wage to an acceptable level The internet gets the cause and effect on this backwards. Waitresses get paid 2 dollars an hour in much of the USA because they get tips. They don't get tips because they get 2 dollars an hour. You could pay waiters 60 dollars an hour and Americans would keep tipping.