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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by exbayern
No, they cannot. Disneyland Paris is in France, not the US, therefore that it is impossible
I can't speak for France, but I've been in plenty of other countries where tipping is not conventional, and where most restaurants will not have a tip line, where a few restaurants (generally American exports) will have a tip line on their charge slip.

So it's certainly possible. Whether it's advisable or not is another matter; I don't know whether Disneyland Paris is enough of its own thing vs. an intentional exporting of the "American experience" that it's appropriate.

While I don't usually agree with closing threads, I do agree that it may be time to acknowledge that tipping will not end, and that this thread very clearly demonstrates why.
This thread has never really been about "how to end tipping" as a place to complain about it; it's a practice worthy of complaint, and it's interesting, if a little silly, to see people try to defend it.
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