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Its a practice that has leeched out of the US like a disease. Fee for service. Run your restaurant, drive your cab- build your costs and your margin into the price you are going to charge.
I especially love restuarant bills in US that come with a service charge built in, and then the customer is expected to tip over that. I had a waitress screaming at me once in Connecticut once because I tipped 10%. It was an $1100 bill- which already included a 10% "service charge". Just farking extortion. With that, I removed the 10%. All hell broke loose.
Another time, while quietly drinking Guiness in a bar in Redondo Beach, my Irish and I colleague were accosted by a waitress because we were failing to "tip the bar". "Its customary", she says. "Ah well, when in Rome" I say. "Oh, you're Roman?" she says. Dear god.
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