Quote Originally Posted by spoonitnow View Post
I'm personally in favor of removing tipping completely and relying on managers and owners like you've mentioned. I think that this would be a better system than allowing customers to influence it with the size of their tips since tip sizes are usually based on a wide range of things instead of the level of service (much like you indicated with your earlier post).
Seems to work perfectly fine in NZ (not tipping as a pretty much standard, I mean) and has the added bonus that any rapport with the wait staff doesn't feel so much like using an escort service.