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Originally Posted by Rainger99
I was in Europe last year and almost no Europeans tip. Or if they do, it is usually a euro or two.
That is because the tip is included in the price of the meal. The same with sales tax. If you go to a restaurant in Europe the price on the menu is the price of your meal. No 23% surcharge (15% tip plus 8% sales tax).
If Europe can do it, why can’t the USA?
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Servers in Europe make much less than servers in the USA. The tipping is much less, and the hourly pay is more, but not much more. Typical pay <$1700 euros/month (plus tips).
I think you certainly could do that in the USA, but I don't think it will happen. The likely effect would be that meal prices would rise (but by less than the full 15%), and server incomes would go down.