Originally Posted by
vesicle
"Automatic Gratuity?!?!"
In East and Central Europe tipping is not normally a custom but since tourists unwittingly do it they have become used to it and get pissy if as resident you don't tip...greed is funny.
You have to determine if it is really part of their salary before you make this kind of accusation of greed. I literally don't make ANY money other than tips, so it is not greed that drives my need for tips. It is my WHOLE income. That might not be the case in Europe, but in other locales, it is a different custom.
Chris