Gil Faver wrote:

>> And that, dear friends, is why I don't go to any sort of restaurant.
>> The worst ones are under occupation by unwashed barbarian hordes, and the
>> better ones expect their patrons to pay the staff directly so the
>> management won't have to do so through wages.
>> I want a restaurant that pays its staff well, and which posts a sign
>> clearly stating "Please don't tip".
>> Far more honest that way, I say.
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> I agree. It was such a pleasure in Italy, where the menu price included
> both tax and tip.

Yet would you agree that the total price probably is the same in the end
assuming you're tipping appropriately for good service? It just removes
from the customer the burden of figuring it out, and perhaps for the
waitstaff removes any incentive to do more than the minimum?