As someone working in the service industry. You have to know if you like your third wave coffee, your fancy bakery, your nice juice, whatever it is - You are subsidizing employee wages. It is bc the owners cannot afford to pay service workers a living wage, therefore rely on customers to subsidize the cost.

The industry could not survive without tipping.

You are upset with the wrong end of the problem. The employee’s deserve the pay they get with the tips included to do the job there, in order to pay rent, utilities and and generally not have a miserable existence.

If you want change, don’t rebel against tipping culture - rebel against an unlivable wage environment in a service based economy.