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What seemed weird when I visited your country
GarandMarine:
There's also an edge of the whole "bribing them to get better service" bit. Hospitality's a big deal in Japan.
Method of Madness:
How is it bribing them to get better service? They don't get the money until after the service has already been provided (and they don't even know how much they'll get until then).
Barmymoo:
You're looking at this from an American perspective where tipping is the norm. Just try and be objective and accept that it isn't done in Japan.
Method of Madness:
No, I do accept that it isn't done (and trust me, I'm not complaining about not having to tip if I go there), I just don't get the explanation that it's "bribery for better service".
BeoPuppy:
They don't want it, great. Tipping is awfull anyway. It'd be much nicer if the income of members of the service industry was a living wage, anyway. Better to fix that than this stop-gap tipping thing.
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