Originally Posted by
John Aldeborgh
The US and apparently Canada are not is step with the world. Tipping is not a good system, it doesn't exist in Asia and it's only very minimal in the EU. In these countries being a server is a profession and the workers are paid a market based salary.
Untrue. I spent most of the past decade living in Asia- mostly in Hong Kong - where a 10% service fee was standard. Servers there are paid relatively low wages and tipping was very routine (though not expected) in addition to the service fee. The big exception to all of this was Japan, however cultural norms are quite different there as everyone knows.