Tipping is the brilliance of the restaurant industry. Keeps overhead low and allows them to churn through &quot;employees&quot; with promises of tips.<p>Some say restaurants can&#x27;t survive with more costs. Baloney. If you can&#x27;t pay a decent wage you don&#x27;t deserve to exist.<p>The only people that care about prices going up are the no tippers because the tippers are subsidizing salaries. The tippers wouldn&#x27;t notice prices going up much if any.