Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for August 11, 2011
August 10, 2011
August 12, 2011
Transcript:
hamhock: Whose idea was tipping, anyway? hamhock: just charge me more and then pay the waiter more! why's it gotta be up to me? I mean, if I tipped a cop or a politician or a firefighter it would be called a bribe! hamhock: So, why am I expected to tip a waiter? Ralston: Think of it as bribing them not to spit in your drink.
I live in Japan where tipping is simply not done. You just do not do it. Nobody does. Like the pig says, service charges are included in the food-drink prices. I like it that way.