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Visiting the US soon - do I really have to tip?
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Yes, you do have to tip. Maybe not if it's Chipotle or a place like that. But if someone is waiting your table you have to tip. Yes tipping culture is stupid. No, nothing has changed in the US. They do not have a living without tips, so refusing to tip cuts into their living expenses after they have courteously served you your food. It's rude
trouble is that by tipping you are enforcing tipping culture, giving the employers an excuse to underpay. You can't win...
Yeah, but you can change that by going to the rare places that have a no tipping policy. Don't just refuse to tip servers knowing that that's the only way they get paid.
Tipping culture comes from minimum wage laws. Laws need to change before culture could change.