I really don't have any problem with paying people more, but I hate that its mandated by a govt that doesn't have to do the paying...
I think a lot of people who work for tips end up with the government estimating them for tax purposes; a friend who worked in a hair salon over a dozen years ago said they were starting to implement the practice back then.
I’m surprised at the places where I see tip jars now; I go to Dunkin Donuts probably twice a year (when I have to buy them for meetings at work), and didn’t expect to see a tip jar there. Also, a deli I frequented years ago (in the before-time economy) now has a tip jar as well - for making a sandwich?
Less and less people can even afford the places where people work for tips (restaurants, bars, etc.); in my area (northern NJ, where the Greater Depression hasn’t even hit rock bottom yet), many of these businesses are in dire financial straits. There aren’t enough 1%ers or childless yuppies to keep them open, and the “replacement Americans” (foreigners) are too frugal/sensible to waste their money there.