I dont think tipping should be even be a thing. If a restaurant values good service than I believe it's the restaurant's responsibility to pay fair wages, not the customer, just like all other businesses
Instead, the restaurant owners are living in heaven with the tipping economy: they effectively reduce their labor cost by 80-90% compared to every other business/small business in America. And they have created a narrative where it's not their fault that the waitresses don't make enough, it's the CUSTOMER'S fault if waitresses are not making enough.
Can you possibly get a crazier la la land than that? Nope.
Instead, the restaurant owners are living in heaven with the tipping economy: they effectively reduce their labor cost by 80-90% compared to every other business/small business in America. And they have created a narrative where it's not their fault that the waitresses don't make enough, it's the CUSTOMER'S fault if waitresses are not making enough.
Can you possibly get a crazier la la land than that? Nope.