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Heavy car dependency is making American lives less satisfying, study shows
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Nah, strong disagree here. There's no ifs. Systems this broken should be replaced not nurtured. Your attitude is a pervasive on in the states though. The idea of not tipping is viewed somehow as elitist or greedy. I participate in the practice as a member of society, short of massively organized protest type actions, the only way change comes here is legislative, but that's like hoping for better gun laws. One off individual refusals to tip accomplish nothing, but doing some education is a move in the right direction.
See https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abolish-tipping_n_5991796
As a very easy to read intro, but there is lots written on this. Don't forget the tipping culture in the US is pretty unique. While present elsewhere the dependance on tipping as income is a pretty rare thing - it's not a brave wild experiment to try to do away with it. With appropriate legislation workers would only benefit.
In Europe it works well. Sometimes I don't get any tips and it's absolutely fine, some other times I get invited for a drink or even food, some other times I just get some money (tips are called "Trinkgeld" in German, "drinking money", which accurately reflects their purpose). It's not part of my wage, I'm getting paid properly, it's just something on top of it (and when I get tips, I get to keep 100% - it's money specifically for my enjoyment as a way of thanking me for bringing others enjoyment).
The tipping culture you have in the USA can't really be considered a tipping culture, it's just that customers are paying the workers' wages. And you even force people to tip instead of reserving it for good service. I absolutely don't support this way of tipping.