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CMV: We should do away with tipping and either pay waiting staff a decent wage, or make all tips a flat rate of 4-5$.

First off, I don’t understand the practice. Why doesn’t their boss just pay them for the work they do instead of making us pay extra? To me this only appears to benefit the owners of the company. 

Second, I don’t think percentages are a fair way to tip. A waiter at a diner is working just as hard as the waitress at a fancy restaurant, but the waitress gets tipped 20% of a 200$ meal while the waiter gets tipped 20% of the 20$ meal. Both worked just as hard and both deserve to be tipped fairly. I don’t think it’s fair that working at a high class restaurant garners you larger tips. The waiter doesn’t set the prices at the diner, either.  I think a flat tip of 4-5$ at every meal would be much more fair. 

EDIT: I tip every time the designated amount because I’m not about to skimp someone of money they need, I just don’t like the practice.
gpt
> Why doesn’t their boss just pay them for the work they do instead of making us pay extra? To me this only appears to benefit the owners of the company.

The boss would just raise the price of food to pay the waiters then and you would pay the same amount.

The reason for tipping is to give the waiters a stake in the restaurant. The more people who come in the more money they make.

>I don’t think it’s fair that working at a high class restaurant garners you larger tips.

People who work at high class restaurants are expected to give better service to you than a person at a diner.