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Good post!

@tipu, tip! This server.

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I'd love to get this straight. 
Waiters don't get paid a salary?

Good post. I worked in a field where it's not customary to tip but received many anyways when I went above and beyond the normal call of duty. I always tip well and pass it forward to those "in the trenches." Another interesting point popped into my head though... I know a field where they can never seem to tell you what it will cost before the service is rendered and they just send you a bill a month or more later. This amount is pretty much what they decide it will be and can ruin your life.  Any guesses?

This is an interesting topic, I recently moved to Asia from the States. People view it completely differently here, people rarely tip, but when they do it's based on good-amazing service vs feeling obligated to tip for every meal. I think that the tipping wages part should be reviewed and give a standard wage, not forcing people to tip, and not making the waiter expecting a tip. A good video that I agree with is 
"Why Tipping Should Be Banned - Adam Ruins Everything"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_vivC7c_1k&frags=pl%2Cwn

lol. restaurants are not worth it.

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Coming from South Africa and having worked in the restaurant industry there I came to hate people who didn't tip.  Most restaurants in South Africa don't pay wages not even a basic minimum wage and they almost always used the tips that waitstaff get as an excuse not to pay a wage.  Everyone I worked with back then did their best to make money for the restaurant but a lot of the time it was in vein.  It's all really sad.

La curiosidad en Venezuela es que se paga con tarjeta por la falta de efectivo. Si quieres premiar a alguien en concreto le pides su número de cuenta y haces una transferencia, por lo general suele ser el 10% y si el servicio es de tu agrado se puede dejar mucho más.

Awesome post, thanks ;)

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I think we are all entitled to our own opinion. As for me, if I am happy with the service given then tip them, if I didn't receive any smile at all then, i'm sorry i would pass tipping.

I always tip
However, some establishments already calculate a tip(service charge) on the bill.
When I travel to Europe I always tip, even though it is not customary.
Caveat: This habit identifies you as an American.

you should get paid by the hour. you should get paid by your employer! You live and work in a country where such practice is common. Sad. 
I see tipping to be over and above the wages for good service, whether it is a waiter or a repairman, the mailman or the chimney sweep.  But all should get a living wage and don't rely on charity, because that is what your employer counts on, that you work for him for free, he charges  a high price for his food and then expects the customer to pay the staff wages on top of it!?  
Well, only in America, Trumpland, the greatest country in the world, so they say! I am happily living in a civilized country where employers pay their employees, and not make them beg for scraps! But then again, where I live, we have Unions!
But I know how it is, I worked in restaurants myself, lucky for me, not in a country like the US. And you did not even mention that the taxman is "estimating" what you earn in tips. You might just have to pay taxes on money you didn't even get. Yeah, the "Greatest Country in the World"!

Great post.
I am from the UK where tipping is not customary, due to the hourly wages, so when I moved to Canada understanding who I tip and how much to tip was tough. Do I tip a cab driver? Do I tip for take out?

I was always under the impression that you should start a server on 15% and increase or decrease the tip depending on the service you receive. *More/better work means more money.*
However, since moving in with a bartender I am now understanding that all servers should require a minimum 20% tip *(He will not stray from that but I will still reduce it if the service has been so bad and I cannot see a valid reason to sympathize with the server i.e busy night and short staffed)*

I also found out that tipping on the final bill is not always accurate as sometimes you are given a discount or are "comped" a drink *(If you are a regular maybe or they fixed an issue with your meal)* and a lot of people do not recognize that the discount reduces the final bill so the server is now reducing their tip too. 
I always try to look at what the bill would have been, before the discount, and tip on that sub-total as you will still be saving money from the discount.

Great post on a very delicate topic.

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Oh gosh..... I am about to say several things and I hope none of them sound incredibly stoopid, but some of it might.

First, there shouldn't be a job that depends on voluntary tips from other people.  Somehow this system may have made sense (or not) whenever someone first thought it up, but it seems amazingly insufficient now. Not that I know the answer for a solution short of you would get paid a fair hourly wage just like any other job.

Sometimes it may be a matter of misconception.  In a day long ago, a tip was more understood as "an extra for good service" meaning that if you didn't think you got good service, leaving a small tip or none conveyed that sentiment and was incentive for the wait person to make good effort.  As for today, it still matters to me about the level of service I am given.  If someone doesn't give me decent service, I am not as inclined to want to pay the same tip as I would if I got good service.  Yes.... I believe it is human nature in that regard.  I am not someone that looks for a reason not to give a fair tip..... but it still matters.

I do know good service is given sometimes that is not rewarded properly and that is unkind.  Unfortunately, the world doesn't seem to be getting kinder or less selfish.  Most restaurants I am aware of, would add an automatic gratuity if the party were as large as your friend's, to make sure something like that does not happen.

Although I'm not sure how, today it is possible that some people don't understand that the tips are the majority of what the wait person makes.  Unless someone knows someone in the industry or has just accidentally read about it, they may really not know.  Although it has been many years now, I remember being astounded at what a low hourly wage a waiter or waitress was paid not counting tips.  That never sounded right from day one to me and it still doesn't.

I have a friend in the industry who fortunately is blond, thin and bubbly, so in general, she makes a pretty good haul on tips in a chain steak house restaurant. That is the only reason I have been aware of this predicament.

One more thing.....  a wait person's tips needing to cover a bartender, hostess and busboy blows my mind.  There is a lot that does not seem right about that to me. I'm sure there is an inside view I don't know a bout, but that is entirely too many people's fingers in one person's tips. I hope one day there is a better way.