Higher prices and friction in the experience will just drive people to eat out less.
So you may have higher tip %'s, but if people on average eat out only half as often, the service staff still receives less tips in aggregate.
Frankly, the best way to address this is overall improvement of the safety net in the US, starting with single payer health care. Tips are a small shim-fix at best, and realistically a wedge between the service staff and their customers.
Sure, but when I feel warmly for the person who just helped me out, I’m not usually weighing the optimal strategies of civic development. I’m just sharing what I have to spare.
So you may have higher tip %'s, but if people on average eat out only half as often, the service staff still receives less tips in aggregate.
Frankly, the best way to address this is overall improvement of the safety net in the US, starting with single payer health care. Tips are a small shim-fix at best, and realistically a wedge between the service staff and their customers.
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