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If I'm not being tipped for waiting a table, I still get paid hourly wages, meaning I get money for that table or any other I wait during my work hours.

The hourly rate for most servers is less than minimum wage, which is already too low to make a living off of. Like I said, I don't think you know how this works. You can legally pay a server $2.13 an hour in most states so long as what ever tips they make the rest of the day average to $7.25 an hour.

Do you think restaurant owners waste servers' time by underpaying them?

I think they take advantage of their labour, just as people like yourself do.

You already agreed that tipping doesn't end tipping culture, so your act doesn't really make sense now.

Act? My claim is that if you don't like tipping, don't go to restaurants where servers rely on tips to make a living.

I don't employ servers, so it is in no way my responsibility to pay their wages. I'm responsible for paying for the food and service that I receive. The owner is responsible to pay for the labour they receive. Rather simple in concept, really.

Lol, it's also very simple to see that the system we currently utilize is inadequate and is geared towards maximizing profits to the owner, and that is not the fault of the server who is just trying to make a living.

It's fine if you're OK with picking up someone's employer's tab, I won't. Just don't confuse who's exploiting who just because you so desperately want to shift the blame away from the restaurant owner.

I don't tip because I'm fine with "picking up the owners tab". I tip because I know that the only person who loses in the situation is the worker. The owner doesn't care if you tip or don't tip, he gets his money either way. I'm not shifting the blame from the owner, they are of course exploiting the worker. However, so are you if someone is working in the expectation of compensation and then receives none. I'm guessing you don't tell the waiter you don't believe in tipping before the service.....?

the system surely sucks but apart from shaming customers into shelling out for what you systematically withhold, there's just nothing that could be done :(" Does your family own a restaurant or something?

Or .....you could go to the many restaurants that don't rely on tips to pay their workers. That is the only way to actually fight tipping culture, by rewarding your patronage to an owner who utilizes a labour system you believer in.

An no, my family doesn't own a restaurant. I used to work as a chef while I worked my way through school, and I know how feast or famine things can be for people working up front. I've known people who couldn't make rent because they had a bad day. I have basic empathy for my fellow workers.

"I haven't frequented tipped restaurants in 20 years"

You said you haven't participated in tipping culture for 20 years, based on your other shitty opinions, I figured that could mean you just haven't tipped for 20 years. Also, I don't really think someone who defends stiffing wait staff so vehemently online would really have a problem with taking advantage of their labour in real life and lying about it on the web.

To be honest you just seem like a person incapable of empathy, like some sort of libertarian sleezball. Anyways, have fun being a miserable ass.