Formalized tipping is dumb. Restaurants and bars are far more efficient if they raise prices a little, pay their staff appropriately, and say no to tipping.
Look at Uber. You used to "have to" tip your taxi driver. Uber told their drivers, make sure the drivers know they don't have to tip. If someone insists, then obviously take it to not be rude. But they don't have to. I drove for Uber briefly. I got some tips, some really good tips. I mostly didn't get any. It worked out great.
More often now, I don't tip my Uber/Lyft driver. But when they stand out, I tip them.
That's how it should be.
Look at Uber. You used to "have to" tip your taxi driver. Uber told their drivers, make sure the drivers know they don't have to tip. If someone insists, then obviously take it to not be rude. But they don't have to. I drove for Uber briefly. I got some tips, some really good tips. I mostly didn't get any. It worked out great.
More often now, I don't tip my Uber/Lyft driver. But when they stand out, I tip them.
That's how it should be.
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