Originally Posted by
Himeno
I don’t like the idea of tipping at all. It isn’t the customer’s job to pay the staff, it is the employers.
All tipping does is create an entitlement which leads to many people in those jobs doing shoddy work and then demanding a tip. I’ll tip someone if the service deserves it. If the service is just ‘average’ then to bad, no tip for you.
I don't think tipping creates any such entitlement - I think it actually encourages better service. My experience is that wait staff service is better in tipping cultures than it is in non or lower tipping cultures. This is not universally true (Japan is a notable exception) but it's been my experience more often than not.