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Absolutely agreed. Unfortunately it's at the point in the US that some businesses can legally pay waiting staff below normal minimum wage, as long as tips they receive push them over - otherwise they have to make up the difference though. Meaning there is a big incentive for the business to aggressively push tipping, as you are not just improving some waiter's wages, you are very directly replacing the business' obligation to do so.
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I'd agree with how annoying tipping in the US is and a lot of places do take the piss.
I know people who I work with who, whilst eating out in the US, were clearly deemed to have not tipped enough and when preparing expenses back in the UK found that the amount of tip processed on their card was different to the amount they'd put on the bill.
I've been followed out of restaurants when I've forgotten to put a tip on. I've been to places where the recommended tip amount on the receipt starts at 25% and goes up to 40%.
Tipping isn't even indicative of good service in the US, a tip is expected even if they're shit. A system where people just do the job well for their salary is far more preferable than one where arbitrary business areas get tipped and others don't.