Tipping in the service industry

[CapnAwesome]

There are good arguments on both sides of the tipping debate, but can we all at least agree that the state of tipping in America is mostly caused by owners not paying their workers adequate wages?

No, of course not.

Because other countries, say Spain and most southern european, pay less for minimum wage and don't have tipping. So how do you explain that?

Not to mention in most states they can pay tipped employees less as long as their tips total up more than the minimum. So that's a problem with the government's minimum wage laws, not tipping.

So obviously tipping is a cultural thing. Also part of the reason you normally get better service in the US.

I get tips at my job, but if I didn't I wouldn't work there. I'd do something else that pays more.

You can make tons of money as a good waiter in California, Oregon or Washington where they stack a high minimum wage on top of tips.