Here’s the deal. This is a matter of free market capitalism. If there is no tipping it doesn’t take much thinking to understand that the price of the meal includes a component for payment of the server. Do you not see that? The wait staff can work elsewhere if they think they can do better there. Customers can eat elsewhere if they don’t like the prices or the restriction on their freedom to reward good service or punish bad service. The restaurant will change its system if it loses too many waiters or customers. Everyone is free to decide— that is the essence of conservatism.
Fair enough. However, this practice seems to me to be merely a method to stick it to the consumer. If you are fine with it, so be it. I have no doubt that the market will indeed dictate the failure of this experiment.