Most European nations dont
Its an American thing to shaft your employees on wages
My latest revelation was a night out at a good burger and rib place they just opened by my house. Our former Babysitters son worked there, so we asked for him.
He served us, and I went to tip him 30% on a $150 bill on my card. He explained to me that its now basically SOCIALISM being practiced in restaurants. So I gave him cash instead thinking he would be at least able to keep 10% off the books
So what they do NOW is estimate a tip wage based on receipts. $100 bill, they estimate a $20 tip earned and pull it into a pot. Everyone tips are forced in, and the tips are disbursed EVENLY to all servers (Best and Worst) and bus boys. Sound fair??? Wait….it gets worse
On top of that BS, a certain demographic has a well earned stereotype to NOT tip at all. So when they stiff the server, the restaurant STILL calculates a “reasonable tip” and disburses it evenly. So now, they are essentially taking MORE then you even earned
I told him to quit and find a trade. Now I wont even go there to eat because Im not supporting that Socialist business model
However I will always tip 20% min for good service if I sit DOWN and expect to be served. Some unfortunately will sit down knowing the business model and stiff the worker which is typical of dirtbags
