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Kaius  ·  4202 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Elizabeth Gunnison Dunn: Why tipping should be outlawed

    I understand that Europeans especially, find the American standards of service to be intrusive, what with all the questions. However, the first time I went to a European country, I thought the service was pretty lackluster, to the point that I couldn't find anyone when I wanted to pay my bill. So, I guessed how much it was, put down the money (sans tip of course) and left.

Yep, you can find bad service anywhere, but to add to that, I didn't find the service in the US any better than the usual service we get here. Which made it hard to justify it as a separate thing I have to pay for :) That and the fact they made me work out 15% after a few beers.

Actually Im heading over there in a few weeks. I might tell the barman "Just stick X% on each beer I buy to make it easy for me, and just charge me that each time OK?". What kind of good service expects you to perform math calculations while drinking alcohol... :)