Of course tipping is still a thing. Restaurants that charge less for the food, pay employees less, and rely on tipping to make up the difference outcompete the restaurants that try to get rid of tipping by raising menu prices. These articles about tipping always mention restaurants that just switched over to not accepting tips. They never mention restaurants that have been doing this for years – because those restaurants don’t survive.
It’s a cutthroat business and customers will always prefer lower menu prices + tips over high menu prices + no tips. Tips give the customer a feeling of power over the employee and customers protest when that power is taken away. If you want to get rid of tipping culture you have to get people to stop tipping. The restaurants have no say in the matter!
Of course tipping is still a thing. Restaurants that charge less for the food, pay employees less, and rely on tipping to make up the difference outcompete the restaurants that try to get rid of tipping by raising menu prices. These articles about tipping always mention restaurants that just switched over to not accepting tips. They never mention restaurants that have been doing this for years – because those restaurants don’t survive.
It’s a cutthroat business and customers will always prefer lower menu prices + tips over high menu prices + no tips. Tips give the customer a feeling of power over the employee and customers protest when that power is taken away. If you want to get rid of tipping culture you have to get people to stop tipping. The restaurants have no say in the matter!