We don't tip here in the UK either, if we do it's because of great service not because minimum wage isn't enough to cover the bills, I don't understand how the US government can allow this to happen? If the establishment can't pay a fair wage from the profits they make they shouldn't be in business, expecting people to pay for both their meal and then their service separately seems a little crazy that and that also someone could work their arse off and still not earn a fair wage to reflect the work they have put in, is food that cheap in the states that the restaurant owners can't afford to pay their staff that they couldn't function without?