On: Amazon shortchanged drivers $61.7M in tips

[sokoloff]

Much of the enjoyment of the meal is predicated on good service though.

Were the dishes served appropriately together or was one person’s salad served 5 minutes after the others? Were the courses paced appropriately? Were the drinks continually available? Were the main dishes served hot and together?

I don’t need a server asking me every three minutes if everything is okay, but I do need them looking things over and ensuring that the things that would negatively affect any diner’s enjoyment are being silently taken care of.

[madeofpalk → sokoloff]

These issues/questions you posed I have not experienced a noticeable difference in the aggregate across countries.

There are good restaurants and bad restaurants in every country. I've found no correlation between what you've called service and tipping.

[sokoloff → madeofpalk]

I wasn't drawing a connection to tipping. I was responding to your claim that you "want good food" but "don't particularly care about the service". It's impossible to entirely separate those in my opinion.