[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]
Well it's like this. If we get rid of tips, and expect the servers to provide close to the same level of service, they're ultimately gonna have to be bringing home close to the money that they're making now. Otherwise they wouldn't have a reason to bust their asses for more money, and they could just quit and find an easier job that pays just as much. Generally speaking with most things, if you want quality you're gonna have to pay for it. If we want excellent servers to have the same level of quality, SOMEONE is more or less gonna have to pay them for it. The only question is WHO.
Alternatively, in order to keep menu prices from going up too much, increased server wages could come from reducing the restaurant's profits. Of course, it's easy to see that that's a bad idea. Unless this restaurant is making INSANE profits (most restaurants don't), this would be a bad idea. There's a reason why so restaurants close down within the first two years. Generally speaking, restaurants are NOT a high-profit business, and the costs to operate can be quite high. Paying servers more by cutting into profits simply isn't an option.DJ_Lae
There are some countries (New Zealand off the top of my head) that don't tip. I don't think tips are accepted in Japan either. Restaurants do fine there.
If someone wants to find an easier job elsewhere, that's up to them. If a restaurant cannot afford to compensate for staff wages without resorting to tips, shuffling their expenses, or increasing menu prices, then they don't deserve to be in business in the first place.
It's just an awkward proposition because tipping has become so prevalent that it would be extremely hard to change now.
All I know is that tipping in Japan is an insult to the waiter
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