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Originally Posted by Artemis
What about fast food joints where you sit down: people flipping burgers and frying chicken also work hard to serve never-ending queues of customers who are often in a hurry. Where do you draw the line: service, politeness, attention, looks, speed, food presentation ?
Other question: what if you know that in the European restaurant you're visiting the waiter/waitress is not allowed by his/her boss to keep tips. It's not uncommon in Europe that tips line the pockets of (some) restaurant owners, rather than those of the underpaid waiters/waitresses. But you don't know that in advance. In principle, registered waiters/waitresses are entitled to guaranteed minimum wages and social security protection (accident-at-work, unemployment, sickness, pension rights, etc.). But quite a number of waiters/waitresses are not registered by restaurant owners, which is illegal (restaurant owners risk
substantial penalties if they get caught by the tax and social security authorities).
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I'm gonna be frank here and say it's not my problem to figure out the minutia.
If it's a serviced sit down restaurant then sure i'll add a tip. Anywhere or anything else then by default I am not tipping.