Its jarring for a european when you visit the US and expect the workers to be compensated a living wage from the ticket/menu price, to find everyone hustling fo

Its jarring for a european when you visit the US and expect the workers to be compensated a living wage from the ticket/menu price, to find everyone hustling for tips and it being a weird expected thing because their actual wage is low (despite the prices being more aspirational than the food, often.) It also promotes poor hustling behaviour, whether thats non-owner taxi drivers driving like maniacs, or servers pestering every second with dreadful weak coffee you don't want, then expecting a tip.