[Emu]

So like there's this Japanese restaurant here that I absolutely love. It's a small place that serves mostly sushi and the food is great and I adore the atmosphere. My girlfriend and I eat there at least once a week, and have done so for the past 3 months or so. We go in there today and as I'm going to pay the manager tells me that if I don't start leaving tips that she's going to have to add a service charge to my bill.

This is bullshit on several levels.

1.) In at least 2 dozen times attending the place, I think that perhaps once or twice I have not left a tip. And this has only been because I didn't have any small-bill cash on me. There's a jar on the sushi bar used for tips, and I always make certain that the sushi chefs see me leave the tip, and they always say "thank you" when I do so. I've worked in a restaurant before and I know how important tips are. Plus, the service has always been great and I like the place, so I tip.

2.) I'm pretty sure charging a service fee to eat at a fucking restaurant is damn close to being illegal.

3.) The manager attempted to explain to me how tips work as if I'm retarded, then proceeded to condescend to me, telling me "You American people know how tips are supposed to work." Apparently she seems to have thought that tipping is a requirement rather than a courtesy.

So yeah, fuck. Probably won't be eating there again, as much as I hate to say that.