What a ridiculously privileged point of view. Not everyone gets to choose what job they need to take in order to get by. Most people aren’t choosing to be in a shitty employment model, they’re choosing to not be hungry and houseless.

Admittedly, their anger would be wrongly directed if it’s at customers. It should be directed at the government that allows tipped workers to have a power wage that’s made up by tips and the companies that lobby to keep that system in place. Small businesses included. Pay your workers a good wage and tipping is no longer an issue.

But having the tipping system is a great way to shift costs, keep workers compliant, and foster anger towards anyone other than the business owners.