In the US, where tipping culture has thoroughly and irreversibly won, you are probably correct. In any other country, tipping is just encouraging that kind of e

In the US, where tipping culture has thoroughly and irreversibly won, you are probably correct. In any other country, tipping is just encouraging that kind of exploitative system to take hold. I avoid tipping. On occasion people ask me if I want to leave a tip and I tell them they're making things worse for themselves in the long run. Workers should be paid a decent and reliable wage. Tipping encourages the opposite.