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Consumers also need to stand their ground about what does and doesn't earn a tip. If you bring me something, okay, I'll tip. I don't tip at McDonalds, therefore of course I'm not going to tip at Starbucks or another place where I walk up and you bring me food at the counter. 
It's also ugly how the register companies use dark patterns to discourage not tipping. (High contrast buttons for tips, background blending on "skip" or "no tip"
Still an act of appreciation on my end. Here it's illegal to force mandatory tips or add them to a bill, so I simply do not leave a tip unless the service I'm provided shows it's deserving of one. Why would I give an employee who rolls their eyes, mutters, is inattentive, etc. any extra money? For doing their job poorly? >

Commercial law needs to forbid deceptive marketing of fake prices that are less than the real price.  Consumers need to push back against deceptive advertising that excludes employee compensation, “resort charges”, and other strategies to advertise falsely low prices.