On 2009-10-10 22:38:51 -0700, robert ratskywatsky
> said:

> Tipping. I was listening to an old 1940's radio show and they
> mentioned that the standard tip then was 10%. I hate the whole
> concept of tipping. It's like the optional dispensing of charity by a
> benevolent, or not benevolent as the case may be, master to the
> servants. The only time I ever worked for tips was when i drove a
> taxicab on the night shift in NYC while attending college. I hated
> the whole tipping business. I was working hard. Why did I have to
> depend upon charity? Tipping is not practiced in many countries, like
> Japan for instance.

What are some of the many other countries?
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