Minimum wages and universal basic income

[danbrotherston]

An employees should not feel entitled to tip though if they provide poor service.  The whole point of gratuity is that the employee DOES have the bargaining power.  The server provides an above average experience and they get an above average tip.  I worked in hospitality albeit a long time ago...

What you are describing is the theory, not the reality.

In Canada and the US, tipping is expected, in that it is part of someone's wages. The only circumstances I wouldn't tip is when I would expect not to pay any other bill.

I do not like this, it's abusrd that I pay part of a worker's salary directly. I feel it is abusive to workers, it is unpleasant for me, but that is the reality, I would never not tip just because I don't like the system that people work within.