If the argument is that tipping keeps their prices low (costs/wages), aren’t you just ending up paying the same price anyways in the end? Like, why all this extra BS?
Just pay decent wages, set fair prices, and make no more tipping “the norm” instead.
Eventually they would. When the cashier at the yoghurt shop mentioned realizes that they can get paid more at some other shop / restaurant, the owner would realize they have to pay more to get employees.
Unfortunately, this would be a slow process.
The article is talking about the proliferation of tipping. It is certainly _not_ assumed or agreed upon that all the places asking for tips should be receiving them. Furthermore, even the places that traditionally expect tips have never actually had an agreed upon amount.
So no people are certainly not being robbed when they aren't paid something that people never agreed to pay them.
Or, if you'd like, point out exactly (meaning quote) what statement I made which is contradicted by that comment.
"People say that again and again but at the end of the day, unless everyone collectively stops tipping, or the government intervenes nothing will change. And since the government won't make any progress the only thing consumers can do is withhold their tip."
This is what I'm taking issue with:
"And since the government won't make any progress the only thing consumers can do is withhold their tip."