And the wait staff get paid more there. Derp.

Not necessarily, and they are treated much worse in other places

in a lot of countries in europe actually the tip is added to your bill already like france

I was thinking more in the Japan area

Waitresses get paid fine in Japan. Thet don't tip there because it's seen as disrespectful. Tips are even banned in some countries because it's considered rude. The waitresses are normally paid at least a liveable amount in these places though. There are countries where waitresses don't get tips or decent pay, but that's because there simply isn't enough money available there.

We don't usually tip here in Australia except for exceptional circumstances but waitresses get paid better here.

Most people don't care what the waitress makes, nor should they. It's not the customer's problem.

58 is it true in Australia if you tip your bartender it means you want to sleep with them? I heard that once, just curious.

You can insult in action (or inaction)!

Calling someone pretty is an insult now a days?

No, genius, refusing to tip them is. By not tipping your waitress you're basically saying "screw you, you suck and you don't deserve any money for the work you just did" so unless the service really was terrible and you honestly don't feel they deserved a tip, then yeah, that's a huge insult.

Americans and their tips... You folks could just raise minimum wage, or build up a decent social security system. But I guess I am barking up the wrong tree and will be downvoted into the depths of oblivion.

This sounds like a scene right from Les Misérables (1998 version).. They get frisky..

I know! At least OP got a complimentary napkin!

What the **** are you saying?

And what good would that do? She'd still have to bring you your food...

It's still rude even if you tell them upfront that you're going to be rude. I have issues with the concept of tipping myself but, in the UK or US, I would tip regardless.

If you told her off the bat that you don't tip.. the movie "Waiting" would pretty much sum up what would happen.

I had issues when I visited Japan because I'm used to tipping. Here in my end of Canada it's so hard to find wait staff that they pay them decently, but tips are still customary, makes a barely getting by sort of job a little more attractive.

So it's ok for servers to not to their job if the person doesn't tip? I don't think so.

If the patron doesn't tip, the server isn't getting paid a fair wage to do their job. So yes, it's perfectly ok for them to refuse to do it.

Give me some of those Trident Layers!

I think I saw a series of tutorial videos on how that might work while I was surfing the internet last night.

Seduction 101, starring Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull... oh wait...