The article raises some interesting points, but does not consider that there exist countries outside America with different, working, tipping policies: - They

The article raises some interesting points, but does not consider that there exist countries outside America with different, working, tipping policies: - They completely abolished tipping, which caused social backlash because people are conditioned to tip. While the article qualifies this as "if we get good services, we should tip". As someone who recently moved to the US, that does not seem true in my experience, but rather you tip irrespective of the service quality. In other countries your bill includes a standard tip and then you are free to add an additional, smaller tip, if the service was good. - They had issues communicating the price "increase". Of course, in effect you still pay the same amount, so other than tax avoidance, this is purely a psychological issue. What other places do: List the same prices as before and include a fixed service fee. This can be per table/per person or just a fixed "tip" of, say, 15%. - The waiters were payed less because the prices were not adjusted accordingly. Not a tip/no-tip issue. - salaried employees have more stable working hours and their employer was unwilling to pay for all these hours if demand is low. This of course ignores that on the other hand, they don't have to pay extra during busy hours, but previously this part was payed by the customers.