1 minute ago, StoneDoor said:

Many Americans say Europe because they have no idea what the names of the individual countries are. 

Do you know all American states? I have a hard time locating and naming them. It goes both ways I guess...

 

50 minutes ago, Gulf76 said:

Nah, then we would we end up with subpar service like in Europe. Been to Europe more times than I can count, and restaurant service is generally very poor!

That's quite a short-sighted view, lol.

This topic is drifting a bit from flight simulation though, see what you did @scotchegg? 🙃

 

12 minutes ago, Rimshot said:

Do you know all American states? I have a hard time locating and naming them. It goes both ways I guess...

 

Yes. But if I had to make a list, I might miss a few.

And for most states, I know exactly where they are within the US. 

Impressive 👍 I certainly can't name them all, let alone locate them.

20 minutes ago, St Mawgan said:

You are not obligated indeed but in my experience, best not go back to the same diner tomorrow if you didn't leave a tip today. 

 Like in Starbucks or groceries store a screen offers you to tip? You always tip and afraid to come back next time?

Ultimately, it makes no difference to me (not that I am looking to purchase anything from them anyway). As others said, if you want to add a "tip" do so. If not, no worries. In all honesty, I think that if it was intentional to put in that option, they should have used the term, "donate" instead of "tip". That's probably more accurate and it might not draw in the same amount of criticism that it is currently getting.

35 minutes ago, StoneDoor said:

Many Americans say Europe because they have no idea what the names of the individual countries are. 

Trying to follow you logic...And when you say Africa is because you don't know names of all African countries?  LOL

3 minutes ago, Rimshot said:

Impressive 👍 I certainly can't name them all, let alone locate them.

Of course, flying around the world helps to learn global geography...

1 minute ago, sd_flyer said:

Trying to follow you logic...And when you say Africa is because you don't know names of all African countries?  LOL

I don't say "Africa" unless I'm talking about the entire continent. Otherwise I use the name of the country.

6 minutes ago, StoneDoor said:

I don't say "Africa" unless I'm talking about the entire continent. Otherwise I use the name of the country.

So it is wrong to say European because you don't say so, and therefore,   Americans should use  "European" because they can't name any country in Europe?  Are there fallacies of appeal to believe and hasty generalization on display? LOL 

This thread is so pointless. Tipping is an option on that e-commerce platform, and they left it on. Who cares? Only AVSIM. 

13 minutes ago, sd_flyer said:

So it is wrong to say European because you don't say so, and therefore,   Americans should use  "European" because they can't name any country in Europe?  Are there fallacies of appeal to believe and hasty generalization on display? LOL 

It is wrong because a restaurant is Sweden is not the same as a restaurant in France or in Greece. It is dumb to think you can judge restaurants all over Europe just by what you have seen in one or two countries.

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8 hours ago, scotchegg said:

Not looking to buy anything from them currently, but if this is indeed correct, not sure I ever will again…

https://www.reddit.com/r/flightsim/s/QEfXISO6en

I was also surprised to see it. IIRC, it’s the first time in this milieu. And I, too, find it somewhat off-putting.

However, it had no effect on my decision to buy, nor will it affect a future purchase decision. 

The “tip” I gave them was buying at full price - something I almost never do. 

14 minutes ago, sd_flyer said:

hasty generalization on display? 

The hastly generalization is thinking restaurants all over Europe are the same.

16 minutes ago, StoneDoor said:

The hastly generalization is thinking restaurants all over Europe are the same.

Who is thinking that? LOL

47 minutes ago, StoneDoor said:

The hastly generalization is thinking restaurants all over Europe are the same.

Well, he did say he's "been all over Europe"...