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Old Dec 9, 2009, 8:35 am
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alex0683de
 
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I think the problem that most people have with tipping as it's practiced in the US is the total disconnect of the current situation with what the idea started as in the first place.

In most countries on Earth where tipping is practiced, a tip is a small consideration or reward for good service, whereas the bulk of employee's earnings come from their wages. The idea of tips is to inspire people to deliver a better service in the hopes of getting more money of out the same job (sort of like performance-based bonuses in employment contracts).

The fact that the US has allowed people in service industries to be paid a pittance and have their income almost entirely dependent on tips, is, in my opinion, a grotesque perversion of what tipping used to be about.
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