I know most people in america are used to it, but don't you feel weird tipping?

@JimboSaturn is it that ingrained?

@popmol Absolutely!

@JimboSaturn its such a weird system though!

@popmol I agree. When I was in Europe, I found it hard not to tip but I does make way more sense to just pay people decent wages.

However, I did find the service not as good in Europe I assume because there was no tip incentive.

@JimboSaturn well whenever i saw shows with food in america its like ooh yeah i'll go sit next to you ask you what you need , give you my name, have a lovely conversation. but their job is to bring you food take your order and take the dishes away when you're done!

it just feels weird having them act all friendly because they want money as a tip. feels kinda slavery to me! you better act nice because i'm a dick and dislike tipping but i have a lot of money so the tip could be big! now go fetch! dance monkey dance!

also people say they would nto tip if the food was bad or cold or whatever but that has nothing to do with the servers anyway!
plus i heard pricer over there in restaurants aren't cheaper which you would think if they barely need to pay loan as people expect tips why not make it way cheaper?
if i had to pay my waiter her wage than i'd want some 2 euro pizza not a 12 euro one!

@popmol I totally agree. In fact, I feel uncomfortable when servers are overly friendly; it does feel fake and like slavery. Now in Canada, servers must earn minimum wage like everyone else so theoretically, tips shouldn't be needed.

I have only not tipped a server once in my life and that was because she simply was not serving me. I would never punish the service for bad food.

And yes the savings in labour due to the lower wages are never passed to the customer of course. Greed.

@JimboSaturn its a good start, now it just needs to stick and change people over time!

good but others do! i'm like she did all she could! but no the cooks problem is her problem now! its like the secretary for the doctor she'll get all the problems!
but yeah if she doesn't do her job theres should be no pay!

it baffles me in the land of the free they are always free to be in slavery and die. because people want guns to kill others and everyone needs to be free to exploit but any rules protecting someone from harm is taking away the harm from the others people action and that woudl take away freedom! its all kinda fucked!

you canadians are just stuck next to them!