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0 pointstptacek3y ago0 comments

I don't follow. When you pay for a meal with the tip, you are paying the price for the services and goods.

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When I pay for a meal in Japan (often times with better, fresher ingredients, and prepared with more care) I pay for the meal and the service without a tip. It is the norm all over the world.

What makes the US so special that we have to provide charity on top of the price of the meal.

tptacekOP3y ago

As has been explained repeatedly, you're not providing charity; you are sharing some of the restaurant's labor cost. When you refuse to tip, you aren't withholding charity; you're refusing payment.

Why does Japan do this differently? Japan is a different place.

Zxian3y ago

The business transaction between me and a restaurant is for the food and service they provide. I pay the restaurant, the restaurant pays the labour.

Refusing to tip isn't refusing payment. If it were, I'd be illegal (i.e. theft). Labelling this as "sharing the labour cost" is precisely the problem at hand.

If I hand my pizza delivery driver a $5 bill, I intend it to be a bonus for the driver, not a subsidy for the business. I have zero incentive to pay the business any more than the prices they advertise.

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