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'It's ridiculous': Why some Canadian youth feel ready to tap out of tipping culture (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)

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[-] slykethephoxenix@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

In most of the world, you pay what you see on the shelf.

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

In Japan, we don't have tip, but we do have "table charge" which is kind of bullshit. At least the service is generally 100x better than in Canada.

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Nothing bullshit about a table charge. Happens in italy as well (coperto).

it's upfront, and it's a small, reasonable charge. It'a not some bullshit, guilt-trip guessing game at the end of the night when they hand you the credit card machine

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

It's the fact that they AREN'T upfront about it a lot of times that bothers me. Not the table charge itself. I wasn't clear about that, sorry.

[-] slykethephoxenix@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

I have never had a restaurant ask for a table charge in Japan. I've stayed in Tokyo and Osaka a fair bit (months) and have visited Nagano, Nagoya, Kyoto and some smaller cities in between.

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

Not sure why I got downvoted, but I've been living here for 15 years and it definitely exists. Most of the time, you don't even notice it because they just charge you with out telling. You might see it in the corner of the menu. Google テーブルチャージ or お通し代.