| In the U.S. it has become "mandatory" that you give a tip at restaurants, regardless of the quality of the service. You might vary the amount of the tip, but you always leave something. At this point, the "tip" has become a "tax", and the server does not do anything special to merit the tip. There is no difference between a "no tipping" and an "always tip" policy: neither encourages the server to perform a better job.
However, if the service is truly terrible, you should leave one penny as the tip, to show your opinion. If you leave no tip, the server might simply conclude that you forgot to leave a tip. |
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