Originally Posted by
Often1
People come up with excuses for being cheap all of the time. Here in the USA we tip, it's expected and it's built into the salary structure. Elsewhere, service is either included or added on automatically.
Plain and simple, it's expected, the employee is being paid as though he's being tipped and, if you can afford a cup of coffee, you can afford an extra 50 cents for the barista.
But that comes back to the question someone posed earlier - if you tip at Starbucks, why don't you tip at Burger King? They are both doing the same job, serving you food / drink while you stand and wait for it, and then take it away, or drink/eat at the table in store. I don't see how it can be either included or added on automatically when the Burger King staff make minimum wage.