The tipping system still baffles me (and I never know when I am supposed to tip or not .. )
From what I gathered, it comes from the prohibition as a way to supplement hotels and restaurants personnel wages (since they were making less in that context).
Why it persisted to nowadays and has been extended to many service works baffles me to no end.
Taxes are also added at checkout when you buy e.g. groceries, so it seems pretty cultural to have a very opaque 'what you pay' system.
We have also obfuscated what you make. Combined its very strange.
You could tell someone they get a new job paying $30/hour and you are selling them this house for $10/hour. After everything is said and done, those numbers could be the same... what?
The tipping system still baffles me (and I never know when I am supposed to tip or not .. )
From what I gathered, it comes from the prohibition as a way to supplement hotels and restaurants personnel wages (since they were making less in that context).
Why it persisted to nowadays and has been extended to many service works baffles me to no end.
Taxes are also added at checkout when you buy e.g. groceries, so it seems pretty cultural to have a very opaque 'what you pay' system.