RE: Tipping Culture Creeps into Japan
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haha I know. But in this case, it is the American tipping system that's coming in. No other country uses tips this way. So there is some justification to the people being angry at America. The restaurant owners don't help by specifying that American tourists were the ones demanding it.
the expectation is what drives me crazy.
Yeah that's exactly it : that it's become expected. I don't think anyone complains about tipping in Europe, exactly because it's totally optional. If you want to tip big, go for it, but if you want to tip zero, no one is going to give you the stink eye. And the server gives you the same treatment either way. But when it becomes expected... that's the kind of thing that leaves a sour taste in your mouth and makes you not want to tip just on principle.
I understand what you are saying, but when Russia lobs missiles at Ukraine people don't get mad at Germany because they pioneered missile technology.