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Originally Posted by wittynickname
While I agree that the tipping system is flawed--all of those people who are saying employers should just pay their servers/bartenders/whatever more, rather than relying on tipping--you realize that those employers would just charge YOU more for the food/drinks/whatever, right?
You're going to get the money taken from your pocket, one way or another. If you don't want to pay, and tip, stay home and make your own meals/drinks/etc.
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This is my precise argument every single time someone tells me that they shouldn't have to tip. You get charged 15 bucks for your plate of food under the assumption you will tip if you get good service. If you'd rather the employer pay, say 12/hour to their servers, then your plate of food might now cost 17.50.
However, now you have no ability to control how much you tip based on the service, and the incentive for the server to do an exceptional job is now lost.