Cheapskates, like a few above and the customer in the story, have their, oh so original, ideer that businesses ought to pay waitresses and valet parking attendants sufficient wages so that they would not have to rely on tips. As I said, how original! Take it to the United Nations, because in the United States tipping is an established custom, and a good citizen in any society observes established customs, and doesn’t excuse his petty self interest and greed by pretending to be a revolutionary rebel when disregarding such minor in the end customs. Contemptible, is the word I have for those who stiff waitresses and other low wage employees. Not only do you stiff them, you rob them of the earnings they might have received if a decent human being sat at their table. Stay home and plot your revolutionary plans of tipping free society!
Amen, brother. Contemptible is absolutely the right word for these non-tipping philosopher-revolutionary slobs.