That depends on what you mean by &quot;great service&quot;. As an Australian living in Japan, I was unfamiliar with tipping until a recent trip to the US. And the thing that surprised me even more than the bizarre idea of me having the power to underpay a worker despite them
doing a perfectly good job (that would be illegal in other countries), would be the idea of &quot;great service&quot;. Apparently in the US, great service consists of being nagged constantly to remind you that he server exists and needs a tip. Great sevice in Japan however means leave me the fuck alone and let me enjoy my meal in peace.