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Old 06-07-2025, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
A lot of posters are saying that they do tip generously. But I find it difficult to believe that many people are actually happy with the current tipping tradition. If restaurants eliminated tipping altogether, I think most people would applaud that decision. But this will never happen because the restaurants are the ones who benefit most from tipping, not the customers or the servers.
Yes, they benefit so much that this happens:

17% fail in the first year, according to UC Berkeley. About 80% of restaurants fail within the first five years.
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