I propose a middle way: Outlaw tipping unless the establishment posts an upfront notice of what their tipping expectation is (what percent, for what services, f

I propose a middle way: Outlaw tipping unless the establishment posts an upfront notice of what their tipping expectation is (what percent, for what services, for what satisfaction level). Under that system: - You can still have tipping with only a trivial amount of extra work. - There would then be common knowledge -- in the technical sense [1] -- across all parties, leading to expectation alignment. - There would be a clear mechanism for competition over expected tipping levels, letting people know they're getting into at each place. I expect that such a system would to more establishments preferring the no-tip option, but even if not, it would remove the worst parts of the tipping system. [1] i.e. where everyone knows the same things, and everyone knows everyone's else's level of knowledge about those things https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_knowledge_(logic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_knowledge_(logic)