Is It Okay Not To Tip?

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Without knowing how much the surcharge is and what drinks it's being added to, and what kind of register/inventory system is used, it's hard to say what's really going on. From a bar owner's stand point, there are a lot of things that might incur a surcharge such as up selling different brands and some cocktails might get a surcharge due to complexity.  But, if the charges are sort of random, from only this one bartender, then there's a good chance the bartender is doing it to cover the fact that he's stealing. He might be giving away drinks to friends and then adding surcharges to people he thinks won't notice. His inventory would be screwed up but the money would work out so the boss might overlook it.  The way around it would be to only order things he can't manipulate when you see him working.