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host, I've worked as a waitress here in the UK for many years (only stopping recently when I moved), and I'd just like to say that I'd never been full aware of the elaborate tipping system you have in America as you detailed a few posts up. I'd like to suggest that it's very possible that many visitors to America simply aren't aware of the complexities of the system. Hell, it sounds to me like many Americans aren't fully aware of the intricacies of the tipping system.
I know you say foreigners should research American culture visiting, but American culture is one of the most publicised around the world through the media, movies etc, and a lot of what many people know about America and its values and cultural systems is learnt through the media. Naturally we assume everything we need to know is there. Strangely, tipping isn't covered a lot (or if it is, it assumes the viewer already knows about it).
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