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I wonder how many people simply can't enjoy their service experiences because of the worry about the gratuity at the end.
I certainly find this myself, particularly if the card machine is not set up for card tipping and I have no change.
I would enjoy it much more if the menu items were simply 20% more expensive, and perhaps the restaurant offered some sort of guarantee in the event of particularly poor service, but then there was no tipping.
Neil