Re: Corruption
Hweilant, in my opinion that's very subjective.
By tipping on a service you are recognising that it's been very well delivered. I often give a tip in places where I'm probably unlikely to return, because it is outside of my usual route. So that's hardly a bribe since the service has already been delivered to me. Most of the time it is a simple keep-the-change tip where you may add some extra coins.
Clearly, I'm not going to tip when the service has been bad. But I don't return to the place either.
One thing that I found disturbing in England, where "tips" at restaurants were included in the bill in the form of a 14-17 % (I don't remember exactly), as if this was an official charge. The English did not question this. Yet the service was awful more often than not. So I used to request that the tip was removed from the bill more often than not.
Most shocking, I found out that restaurant owners there paid a miserable money to the waiters, but they still accepted the jobs because of the tips.
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