Tipping

By Jacob Collins |Asst. Online Editor| Tipping is a cancer that has infested our culture and shows no sign of going into remission. It relies on social force to get patrons to pay additional money beyond the listed service price. Tipping should be replaced by employers who pay their employees a living wage instead of relying on patrons to do that for them. This would lead to better financial stability for their employees and stop the social extortion of money from patrons. "When we tip, we are essentially buying the right to avoid disapproval and guilt -- a uniquely first-world problem," stated Hunter Stuart in a Huffington Post article. Many claim that tipping is to reward … [Read more...] about Tipping is socially overrated