&gt; <i>A tip is fully extra incentive</i><p>No, it&#x27;s not. I agree completely that it would be great if we could get rid of tipping and actually pay waiters (and all other tipped professions) an appropriate salary. But they <i>don&#x27;t</i> get paid an appropriate salary. Tipping is not extra incentive, <i>tipping is their salary</i>. If you don&#x27;t tip, you&#x27;re literally expecting someone to serve you for somewhere around $2-$3 an hour.<p>&gt; <i>This sounds kinda close to a personal attack.</i><p>Why, are you the kind of person who threatens to withhold tips from waiters? Well actually, given your previous paragraph, it sounds like you <i>are</i> that kind of person.