> It's about rewarding good service and having a good incentive structure. I've thought this before, but my current view is that any theoretical benefits of ti

> It's about rewarding good service and having a good incentive structure. I've thought this before, but my current view is that any theoretical benefits of tipping evaporate in the real world. Worse, tipping creates a huge vector for pay abuse, via all kinds of crazy schemes. Tipping obfuscates actual pay for workers and actual cost for customers. It's delightful to travel in no-tipping countries, and I've uniformly had excellent service abroad. The lack of this "incentive" doesn't seem to have created any service apocalypse.