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When i travel in Australia and N. Zealand (and I will again soon) I'm only too happy to leave our insane tipping habits behind. It just seems right and civilized not to be pressured to tip all the time and wondering who and how much.
The only place, though, that tipping might be called for would be at restaurants where service in Oz and N.Z can be too casual and slow.
It should be the employer's responsibility to ensure that employees are paid a decent wage. The customer should not be expected to cover what the employer should.
Tipping should be a completely independent choice, rather than a choice primarily influenced by cultural pressure.
The tipping culture is one of the biggest reasons I dislike the US. Why should I have to pay the salaries of the restaurant's employees? Makes no sense. It also makes me kind of uneasy because I know the only reason people are nice to me is so that they can get a tip.
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