48. "This makes sense but why don't other countries' restaurants ..." In response to In response to 47 Tue Feb-02-21 10:51 AM by Brew
... have this problem ? As I noted in an earlier post, Italy and several other European countries' servicepeople don't depend on or even actively *discourage* tipping. Presumably all restaurants deal with a similar problem of perishable product and resulting high risk/costs.