The “tip” culture needs to be eliminated.
They changed the meaning of what a tip is supposed to be for.
I tend to agree. Harder to do with delivery services, but they barely tip in Europe there is 15% built into the price for the staff. Some people do tip extra if the service is good, but it’s usually a small amount and less about the money than as a signal that they did offer good service and good food.
With delivery services, like the grubhub and uber ears type stuff, the app company takes money from the restaurant and the customer. It’s obscene if you think about it though I admit I don’t know how difficult it is to run such an app. So generally I use the apps to order for pick up, or if I do have to order delivery (rarely ever do, I’d rather eat sardines and crackers or canned soup which I stock up on when they are on sale) I will tend to overtip because it’s probably a bit of a pain to drive, wait, deliver, drive, wait, deliver. It’s a job but I don’t think they make much for the work they do. The app companies treat them as commodities and can decide which drivers get the bigger better orders.
The no tax on tips might change everything in the service business if the IRS will implement that rule. Restaurants sometimes pay below the minimum wage and count on the tip to compensate the difference. It’s all screwed up and in principle I’m not a fan of minimum wage either, but it exists. Anyway the whole idea is Too Insure Proper Service or something like that. It shouldn’t be automatic or expected. Either build it into the price, pay a wage that will retain good workers and attract repeat customers, or teach people to be nice to each other - both the customer and the server. I’ve had some very horrible days, but never took it out on a waitress. Usually I’ll tip more on a bad day trying to pay it forward or reverse my luck.