Like a lot of Americans, I never went out of the country, so really had never given tipping a second thought besides laughing at Buscemi in Reservoir Dogs. Hav

Like a lot of Americans, I never went out of the country, so really had never given tipping a second thought besides laughing at Buscemi in Reservoir Dogs. Having been to Europe and Asia a few times in last few years, I've seen the other side now. And yeah, what we do is just strange, and I don't think it's helpful at all. The service still has the usual variation of suck vs. fine. The thing is that I feel like part of a problem. The truth is that even here I probably overtip (15-20% on -any- service, taxi, hair, whatever) mostly because I can't remember our tipping rules on all the various things you're supposed to tip for, and because trying to do calculations on the fly are a burden. It's either "the couple of bucks in my pocket" for stuff like carrying bags or "20% on the final bill" for almost anything else because that's what's easy to figure out quickly in my head. Further, I don't carry cash anymore for the most part, so I'm constantly shorting delivery people, service professionals, all that, because I can't add the tip to the final bill but don't have currency. So really wish we'd back off of it. I'd happily just bump up the portion of my payment on a number of things by 15%+ if that's what it took to compensate people fairly without my having to try to remember what's right. Then I could tip for actual exemplary service instead of just feeling mildly confused (or screwed) all the time.