As has been mentioned already, for cruises leaving from certain European countries, as well as Australia and New Zealand, the cruise lines have been forced to roll the gratuities into the base fare to counter the proclivity of your brothermen removing them. You have read all the comments on this thread, so YOU DO KNOW how this works since it has already been carefully explained. That you continue to ignore those explanations by STILL commenting that the staff must be working for nothing baffles me.