A Waikiki restaurant fed up with foreign tourists who don’t tip has come up with an unusual solution. The fine print on the menu at Keoni by Keo’s reads, “A 15 percent gratuity will be added to your check for parties of six or more and for non-English speaking guests.” The restaurant says they’re trying to help out its waiters, who pay taxes even on tips they don’t receive. But is it discrimination? The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission thinks so. “Discrimination based on language is ancestry discrimination,” said Bill Hoshijo, the commission’s executive director. The commission could make inquiries into the practice.

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