Personally, I love it when a spa or restaurant automatically adds an 18% tip (as long as they tell me, of course- if they don't, that's another matter), since it saves me a little math, and also saves me some money, since I'd usually tip 20%.
If the service was really bad enough to affect the tip amount, I'd bring it up to the management. Otherwise, I'm more than happy to go with what's easiest for me. Of course, I'd love it if tipping became a thing of the past- for all the reasons mentioned in this thread, but that's not likely to happen.
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