[nelsonic]

Indeed, people working in services in Japan people are paid significantly better than in the US/UK so tips aren't required. Also the culture is totally different and I prefer it that way too.

But using Japan as an example for this is like a red herring. The US/UK is not Japan. Just lookup "Cheating culture in Japan": https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/5cnmy8/cheating_cult... would that work in US/UK? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (hint: no!)

[A_D_E_P_T]

> people working in services in Japan people are paid significantly better than in the US/UK

lol, no. They're paid less, on average.

https://www.erieri.com/salary/job/waiter-waitress/japan

https://www.talent.com/salary?job=waiter

At worst, it's comparable. You could make a complicated argument that costs of living in Japan are lower so on pseudo-PPP terms they're paid better, but this is by no means clear.

> Japan as an example for this is like a red herring. The US/UK is not Japan. Just lookup "Cheating culture in Japan"

The red herring is raising totally unrelated behavior from a Reddit post.

In truth, most of Asia's tipping culture is much like Japan's. China's 1.4B denizens don't tip. I'm in Croatia and nobody tips here, either. It's only expected of tourists.

[nelsonic]

And the OP is related to the UK where tipping is normal and often expected.