Few topics are more divisive than the subject of tipping. How much should we tip? Whom should we tip? And, most of all, should we even be tipping at all?
Over at Esquire, Elizabeth Gunnison Dunn points out six reasons we should get rid of the tipping system, including the fact that tipping is not only confusing but the percentage basis doesn't make sense.
Sadly, for many people tips are a sort of wage:
When you leave a bad tip, you are docking a person's wages. This may either be because you're confused about what's expected or because you're an asshole, and you really believe that your sea bass arriving lukewarm is justly punishable by making it a little harder for the guy who brought it to you to pay his rent.
Some think tipping encourages better service. What do you think? Should we eliminate tipping?
Why Tipping Should Be Outlawed | Esquire