Great idea. I doubt it will happen. The most likely outcome of this is that prices go up to factor in a 20% “tip”, the owners/managers keep part of it and pay

Great idea. I doubt it will happen. The most likely outcome of this is that prices go up to factor in a 20% “tip”, the owners/managers keep part of it and pay the workers only slightly more. The formerly tipped position will end up making less. Another possible (non-cynical) outcome is that the 20% is spread out to both front and back of the house staff. Again, wait staff make less. If the wait staff stand to make less, they will never stand for changing the system. That’s why I doubt that it will ever change in the US. Is the system reasonable and/or fair? Good question. Whatever the answer, it’s the system we’ve got, and the inertia is real.