Pretty good Downtown Grand offer

The tippinc culture is just delaying one thing: The collaps.  If I go to a Starbucks Café in the morning and pay something around 6.50-7.50 for my caramello latte, why should I through 1-2 dollars into the tip box because the Starbucks Company decided to pay lousy wages to the "baristas" or whatever they call them? McDonald's doesn't have such tip boxes, but Starbucks has it. Why is that? Can you justify why a McDonalds worker deserves less tips than a Starbucks barista? Sorry, but it's a joke what's going on here.

Sorry, but am I missing something here? 7.50 for a cup of coffee to me already seems to be a high price for something that's not even worth 1 dollar in production. I could give you endless examples why I don't like the system. But I still pay my tips because I know it's part of your (questionable) culture.  When I go to a steak house and the bottle of wine adds about 40 per cent of the total tab, can you explain to me why I must pay 20 per cent of the price of the wine as tip because it's your "tradition". The opening work time of an expensive or cheap wine bottle is about the same, but the tipping cost is higher. Makes no sense to me. It makes sense to America, but not to the rest of the world. Sorry. 

You do you, Boris.  You decide whether you want to tip or not.  It is well within your rights as an individual to make the decision based on your income, your beliefs and whether or not you feel the service you were provided, warrants a tip.  My mom, who is German, born and raised in the Rhineland, has the same attitude that you have.  She is very hesitant at times to tip, especially if the product or service that was provided wasn't very good.  It's her right and her money.     Be well. 

You should consider reading the book, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

It was written by someone who worked with the CIA.