In Brasil we have something that we call "the 10%". It's a custom to add 10% of the total amount on the check (some places "suggest" 15%).
It's not mandatory to do so, but if you don't it's either because you really didn't like the service or you are just being rude.
I don't think it makes a lot of sense because we don't tip the waiter directly. It's added to the check and we pay the full amount and I know for a fact that a lot of places take a huge cut of that tip that is supposedly for the waiters, as their base wages are not that high.
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I think that's nice. In the US, some people tip and others don't. In the nicer places, its almost expected that you tip but you can tip less if you don't like the service. But in the lower-end places, people just don't tip sometimes.
In the US, if the waiters don't get enough to match the minimum wage, the manager/owner is expected to pay the others. But if tips are good, the manager can avoid paying out that portion.
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That's an interesting system.
What I don't like about what we have here is that sometimes the waiters end up with a very low portion of the "tips".
But yea, in lower-end places it's not as usual here either
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