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If you can afford a big tip, and social mechanisms shame you into giving it, then great! The restaurant makes a lot of profit.
If you can't, then the restaurant can still make a small profit off serving you anyway.
As for why it'd increase over time... maybe that's just an effect of people getting a bit richer, but the marginal cost of serving a meal not so much?
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If you can afford a big tip, and social mechanisms shame you into giving it, then great! The restaurant makes a lot of profit.
If you can't, then the restaurant can still make a small profit off serving you anyway.
As for why it'd increase over time... maybe that's just an effect of people getting a bit richer, but the marginal cost of serving a meal not so much?