@CultureDesk@luciedigitalni They seem to in almost every other country that I have visited or read about. What makes restaurants in the U.S. different?
It seems to be more than just to do with whether or not the restaurant can stay in business or not, and deeper ideological drivers.
You get the best service in Japan where tipping is absolutely culturally frowned apon and not accepted.
You can get good service in the U.S. because the person serving you depends on those tips, but because of that, the service can be intrusive, and is often forced.
Tipping also trains a proportion of the customers to treat service staff like second class citizens - because they can get away with it.
Just pay the same non-service industry minimum wage. It's not enough to live on, but it is a start.