I'm back on the tipping thing. It's a debate that isn't going away any time soon!
I previously commented about the expectation that customers should subsidize service workers and how employers should pick up the financial slack.
There's another angle to this tipping concept that's picking up traction.
Every time I'm presented with a bill that suggests a percentage-based tip, a fundamental question bubbles up: why? Why is the amount I'm expected to pay someone for their service directly tied to the cost of what I ordered, rather than the effort they expended?