I stopped tipping. I dont feel ashamed about it at all.

My dad once pulled the "there goes 5% of her tip" when a waitress at a slammed-lunch-rush-on-a-Sunday restaurant forgot his precious iced tea. I excused myself and went to the ATM at the gas station next door to get $40 cash. When the bill came, he paid for us, and as she came to pick up the receipt I stopped her and handed the money over. Dad asked me why I did that and I told him it was a lesson for him. Manners... who fucking raised these boomers?

2022 is not that long ago lol.

The barista shakes his head in disgust

Its funny, because minimum wage laws are stagnant and tipped positions are even worse than the bottom rate. $2.35/hr to work in a position that's tipped.

I get it. Demanding 25% of the base price to pay your staff is a fucked way to do business. But if you're not going to pay them, their bosses don't seem interested in doing it either. Somebody's got to do it.