Technically the customers are always paying the employee's wages. I have 3 complaints about tipping: - It gives bad customers unfair power to dock employee's

Technically the customers are always paying the employee's wages. I have 3 complaints about tipping: - It gives bad customers unfair power to dock employee's wages - It is inconvenient and an embarrassing social interaction. I don't want to think of myself as responsible for someone's pay over lunch, I want to think of myself as eating a taco. - It hides information from customers, because the tip is not included in the price Hiding information is the same bullshit as Instacart saying "Same price as in the store!" before adding 50-100% of the order price in fees. Transactions should start with the highest possible price and add discounts. Starting with a low price is a sneaky backdoor for false advertising, because it gets you to start a transaction with a less-scrupulous company that looks cheaper, and then you begrudgingly complete the transaction even though you realized it actually costs more, because now it would cost too much to switch.