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Message: <blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 4295259" data-attributes="member: 277">IIRC, some businesses also have been known to keep portions of credit card tips to 'offset' the CC processing cost associated with the total amount paid. I do laugh a bit when people talk about the tipping culture as if it's just the way the world works. Many places outside of the US don't function the same way and the system works. And i imagine any place trying to get away from tipping in the US is working against established habits, both in terms of customer expectations and also employee retention. There are probably a lot of other reasons a place might fail (bad location, bad food, etc) that can be excused by blaming an attempt to move away from tipping, too.</blockquote>