I disagree with you. If a business expects for you to pay the service help then they need to bill you for whatever amount is due. Figure the amount of the tip due and add it to the bill. Better yet, they should pay their employees a reasonable wage, post a ‘no tipping allowed’ sign and be done with it. If that means that the cost of the meal is higher than currently listed on the menus, so be it.
Marty, I agree. There are plenty of things that SHOULD BE a certain way but aren’t. I didn’t make the rules. The fact is, if you don’t tip your server properly, they are not only earning less than minimum wage while working for YOU, but they also must pay taxes on the money you should have paid to them. Every night the server has to claim their tips with the employer who then taxes them and reports them to the IRS. If you stiff your server, their taxable income goes down based on their number of hours worked and sends a red flag to the IRS that someone is not claiming their tips, and the server has NO WAY of proving some jack@ss stiffed them. They must overpay their taxes. It’s just not right. If you can’t pay your server, don’t get served. It’s easy!