Afaik, in Europe there is no person who "owns" the tip. It goes into a centralized pot that is shared by all the employees. Especially because most payments ar

Afaik, in Europe there is no person who "owns" the tip. It goes into a centralized pot that is shared by all the employees. Especially because most payments are by card (where I live), the tip first ends up with the restaurant itself anyway, not individual waiters.