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bother you the most? And are you sure they're attributable to tipping as a practice? Do we know whether they also exist in other regions where a tipping remains customary in spite of higher wages?
I do disagree with you strongly tho about it being a good thing if tipping in general just faded away (tho obv I'm biased on this point lol) and establishments raising prices (you don't honestly believe those price increases end up in workers' pockets do you? lol).
I'm thinking service fees/mandatory gratuities are probably the only middle ground for pro-tipping and anti-tipping folks, as you allude to. But I also think wage theft would probably increase under such circumstances tbh. Corps always find a way. Tipping workers directly will always be the supreme method imho (if it's allowed). I also worked places where servicestaff managed their own tip pool (eg. contribute 10%-15% of one's tips in a shift), so that other support staff (eg. hostesses, bussers, cooks, etc) who didn't receive tips directly from patrons but obv still contributed to their experience earned part of the tips too. That was dope lol