It is possible, just increase prices by 20% and pay servers. Not that hard.
My whole point is that it's not reasonable not to take tips in the us today.
I can't imagine we want to change that. Allowing someone to give endless amounts of alcohol to a customer without any repercussions is rife with problems, and removing the ability for a customer to pay a vendor for services rendered would undo everything we know.
This is an absolutely bizarre take. The fact that bartenders have liability to not serve patrons absurd amounts of alcohol, has no bearing on what the transaction is "technically" between. If you really want to get down to brass tacks, I doubt the merchant account on the credit card machine is going to the bartender, nor is the revenue showing up on his tax returns. Moreover, bartending isn't the only profession where you take on liability. Doctors are liable for malpractice as well. Does that mean you should tip your doctors as well?
Again, this is a bizarre take. The fact the person is the proprietor of the business doesn't mean you're "tipping" them by mere virtue of patronizing their business. Taxi drivers also operate as independent businesses, but it's a stretch to call the mere fact of paying your bill (ie. without adding anything extra) "tipping".
Imagine I'm your server at a restaurant. You agree to pay the restaurant $20 for the service it rendered and, separately, me $3 for the service I rendered, the latter of which oft called a tip. I now have $3 in hand. What more am I going to get "on top"? I've never heard of such a thing.
Are you somehow confused in thinking that the restaurant is taking $23? That might be reasonably described as "on top", but doesn't happen, so would be nonsensical to discuss.
That's just a clever way of pretending that tipping is like buying banana from a grocery store, but there's a pretty big difference between the two, even if in both cases money is exchanged for services rendered. For one, the server has no ability to set a price and has to accept whatever he's offered, even if it's zero. That's not the case for nearly every other sort of transaction.
Nonsense. In most jurisdictions the server is given full reign over the sale of alcohol. They are well and truly free to reject your request for a drink and there is nothing the venue can do about it. If you are not willing to pay their price, they most definitely can halt service.
It is the cultural norm to assume that the customer will pay up in good faith, typically a percentage of the venue's take. Indeed, if you don't pay up they're probably not going to hunt you down. If most people stopped acting in good faith you might see things change, though. There is no obligation for the server to honour your alcoholic drink request.
That is not so much the case for other items. You are right there. The very same server rejecting the sale of a perfectly good meal because you won't pay them would be grounds for them being ejected from the venue, but not so is the case for alcohol. Servers are considered independent operators when alcohol is involved. Which is why an independent operator fee, known as a tip, is paid.
Hence why tipping originated around the sale of alcohol. Although you're right that would also apply to some medical doctor situations as they have the same right to reject service (although that may violate their ethics commitment, which does muddy the waters). The modern adaptation of throwing a bonus at the jug of oil you bought down at the auto shop, which may be your source of confusion, is something quite different. That's not really tipping, at least not in the historical sense.
Of course, tipping isn't required anywhere, and that includes the US. If you don't want to tip... don't?
"No hidden costs. Service included. No tips expected. What you seen on the menu is the real price"
I'd be inclined to choose such a place as a tourist from Europe, who's accustomed to tipping being optional.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/business/jcpenney-history/ind...
But for people who are currently not tipping or paying less than 20% it would be a price increase.
If the people not tipping or tipping less than 20% were evenly distributed across all age, income, and other demographic groups probably nobody else would care.
Unfortunately non-tipping and low tipping is not evenly distributed in the US. That would need to be taken into account.