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Originally Posted by silent_jay
It's a tip, people don't have to know to tip anything, they don't have to accept anything, a tip is at the discretion of the diner, not the server, we've proved this in the other thread you started, 15-20% is the acceptable tip, or the norm.
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Show me the post where you "proved" Canadians and other foreigners tip an average of 15 to 20 percent. I <a href="http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=130889">posted an article</a> on a website with a Canadian URL that stated that credit card transactions in Canada indicated that 78 percent of Canadians tipped 'the norm" there....15 percent. It doesn't indicate that the rest tip at a higher percentage.
The posting by six TFP members who say they live in Canada and tip "15 to 20 percent" is not "proof", compared to credit card data combined with anecdotal remarks by others on that thread and on the internet at large.
I posted an article that says that the average tip in my market is 19 percent.
Remarks and articles abound on the internet and in print referring to US patrons as above average tippers. I've invited you or anyone else to post references of Canadian or other foreign tipping practices.
"Proof" would have to rise to a point, if it is to seriously challenge my contentions, to where it at least equaled what I posted to support my opinions. If you think you've done that on the other thread, I guess that the author of the joke, "what is the difference between a Canadian and a canoe?" owes you an apology, or Canadian tipping habits deteriorate when they travel out of Canada.