It exists, so therefore it is out of control.
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This is why when I'm in the west end I like Tokyo Diner. Signs everywhere saying not to tip and they don't add a service charge.
Are there other places like this?
The answer is don't. If you all are smart, you'll start a "zero tip" movement and put an end to this nonsense before you end up like we are in the US. Some jackasses will attempt to frame the argument as about the workers. It's not. Business will abuse basic human kindness to turn this into a way to offer less pay and benefits. If employees want more pay (or anything for that matter), they should be organizing to claim it from their employer, not trying to get their fellow working people to make salary decisions. Please believe that tipping has no pleasant end for anyone but the wealthy.
12.5% standard? I'd ask to get that off the bill immediately. Average service gets no tip, above average max 5% and good gets 10%, which happens very rarely. Most of the time the bill is just rounded up. 12.5% out of the gate is flippin' bonkers.
I've pretty much always tipped in restaurants unless the experience was bad, so I don't mind having the service charge added to the bill. It makes it easier not having to calculate it and not having to carry cash. If I was really disatisfied with the meal I'd be perfectly ok with asking to remove the charge.
We've always tipped in restaurants.
a small amount usually in cash thought, not the 20%+ that they are often asking for on the till.
Why don't you when you vacation in Spain, then?