The tipping system exists so an employer can pay next to nothing and pretend the system is meritocratic. It was an end run around the fact that you couldn't und

The tipping system exists so an employer can pay next to nothing and pretend the system is meritocratic. It was an end run around the fact that you couldn't underpay slaves anymore in the US. The solution is to abolish tips in the tax code/minimum wage laws and have employers pay the full wage directly. No more tip jars anywhere, just like in every other developed nation in the world. "Service est compris."