In reality, service workers in Chinese are paid average wages so they don't need to be tipped, while the Western hemisphere pays service workers under minimum wage (on average of $2 an hour) so tipping is necessary. Also, fun fact, it's against the law to tip in a Chinese airport!
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.