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Old 09-28-2009, 01:43 PM cruisin' chick is offline     #52 (permalink)
I remember reading somewhere that it could be an accounting thing. That having the passengers pay tips, instead of adding them directly to the fare and paying the staff that way, would be more complicated for the lines (along the lines of what Neal stated).

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