Why is this only in sit-down restarurant settings, though? It's like there's some invisible force trying to over-compensate waitstaff or something.
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Wait staff in sit-down restaurants are paid at a rate that is considerably less than Minimum Wage. It's expected that they'll make up for it in tips. Supposedly the savings are passed along to the customer, over what they'd have to pay if wait staff were actually paid a living wage.