> “Tipping should be based on exceptional service,” she says. “It’s not an entitlement.”
For sit-down restaurants, tipping is a cultural convention that was adopted long ago, and has been baked into pricing, wages, and sometimes even taxes.
Someone might make an argument that it'd be better to have a different cultural convention.
But simply ignoring the actual cultural convention would be a big deal, adversely affecting the livelihoods of many low-income people.
> “Tipping should be based on exceptional service,” she says. “It’s not an entitlement.”
For sit-down restaurants, tipping is a cultural convention that was adopted long ago, and has been baked into pricing, wages, and sometimes even taxes.
Someone might make an argument that it'd be better to have a different cultural convention.
But simply ignoring the actual cultural convention would be a big deal, adversely affecting the livelihoods of many low-income people.