 &gt; It&#x27;s about rewarding good service and having a good incentive structure.<p>I&#x27;ve thought this before, but my current view is that any theoretical benefits of tipping evaporate in the real world.  Worse, tipping creates a huge vector for pay abuse, via all kinds of crazy schemes.<p>Tipping obfuscates actual pay for workers and actual cost for customers.  It&#x27;s <i>delightful</i> to travel in no-tipping countries, and I&#x27;ve uniformly had excellent service abroad.  The lack of this &quot;incentive&quot; doesn&#x27;t seem to have created any service apocalypse.