Daily Meh is an edited stream of consciousness, by Simen.

I must have been seventeen or eighteen when I worked one summer in a hotel run by my aunt. (…) There were certain things I didn’t like, such as tipping. I thought we should be paid more, and not have to have any tips. But when I proposed that to the boss, I got nothing but laughter. She told everybody, “Richard doesn’t want his tips, hee, hee, hee; he doesn’t want his tips, ha, ha, ha.” The world is full of this kind of dumb smart-alec who doesn’t understand anything.

Richard Feynman, as quoted in Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!

I never liked the idea of tips. I want to pay a business for a service or product; I don’t want to be responsible for the employees getting paid their due. That should be the company’s task to manage. The customer is there to make a purchase of some kind, not to manage anyone’s incomes.

Luckily, there’s not much of a culture for tipping in Norway, compared to other countries.