[Just another Joe]

Its still weird to dangle money in front of people so they will treat you better.

Wait staff already expect a tip. What's the difference letting them know up front that they get what they give?

[HairOfTheDog]

Just calling it as being weird to me.... If I were with you, I would be dreadfully embarrassed. For the people that are having to pander particularly. I don't like treating people that are serving me like that. They have a job, just like me. There are a few service industries where tipping is the norm, waiting tables and bartending just being two, the other main one for me being hairdressers... The good ones try dang hard to be good, the bad ones aren't gonna be better because you have dangled a treat before them... I bet you get the same service you would have gotten otherwise, you just made the good ones feel beneath you when they shouldn't be.