And where’s the requirement on your part to tip? Your contract is with that of the restaurateur; so is the hired help’s. They are contracted to provide a service for a set amount of pay, and they agreed to take that risk along with the reward if they were to benefit more than that.because of the sham labor policies our government has, where Tipped workers only have to be paid $2.13/hr... (Federal minimum, it varies by State, here in OH, it's half the Non-Tipped minimum, which is currently $10.10, so $5.05 for tipped workers. ) BTW, that $2.13/hr rate has been the same since the 90's...
that is if you actually care how your fellow man lives....
I’m not saying your sentiment is wrong, but I am saying your idea that the waiter’s lack of skills combined with their acceptance of payment terms somehow requires someone else’s divestiture of additional funds rather than what they agreed to at the time of purchase.
Sometimes the most powerful driver of upward mobility is the desire to never work another day in one’s life for minimum wage, whatever that level is. I know because 30 years ago that was me. So I changed my life rather than expecting others to change their lives by “gifting” money for MY benefit. If I wanted that “tip”, I had to earn it! Big difference!