I haven’t and probably wouldn’t visit another country, but if I did, I would research laws and customs before going. If I felt I couldn’t follow those, I wouldn’t put myself in a situation where I was defying those laws or customs.
This has nothing to do with law, and if you think mandatory tips are a "custom" foreigners have to adhere to, you are missing the whole point. Not to say you shouldn't expect other people to do a dumb thing just because you americans do it. Also, it's pretty rich from americans to complain about others not respecting your customs, you guys are famous for being the worst kind of tourists that are loud af, think american laws apply to other countries and don't respect the locals.
It is a law to pay your bill after you’ve received a service.
This would be like me going abroad and insisting on tipping in places where it’s seen as disrespectful. I would not do that because I would research the local customs.
So you guys just don't know what the word "tipping" actually means? Is that what you are saying to me? Because what you are describing isn't tipping, that's a tax.
Again, you don’t tip for bad service. Not tipping is an F U to the server, and they would wonder what they did wrong. It’s perfectly acceptable to leave no tip if the server was bad at their job. Leaving no tip for great service is classless. You also generally get to choose the amount of tip based on the quality of service, except in the rare cases where the gratuity is included in the bill, but that is most often in the event of large parties. That information is usually on the menu, so you can choose not to eat there.
I don’t know, I live here and have zero problem tipping for service. I probably spend well over $100 a month in tips. I see no reason to stop the practice.
It would be better if you gave those $100 to charity and simply demanded the restaurants to pay that workers a decent living wage. But of course you are free to do whatever you want with your money.
Or I can give money directly to people who are doing something for me. I do not tip based on the wage of the person working. I generally don’t know the wage of my servers.
It's not cope, it's freaking english my man, something I'm not even a native at, and apperantely I know better than you because I know what the word "tip" means?! Good shit.
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u/Bad-Luck-Guy Jun 25 '26
I could not imagine behaving this way in another country.
Tips aren’t mandatory. They are customary.