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SuperSaiyanTien posted...

Speaking as someone who was in the restaurant business and had multiple family members as waitresses, they do *not* want to be paid "a livable wage" because the service industry sucks. Most if not all the waitresses/waiters I know like the tipping system because they get paid way above what others are getting paid. My sister was making more money as a waitress than my aunt who worked in healthcare, lol.

And again, while people say they want to do away with tipping, I promise you don't. Prices will be much higher than the extra % you pay for a tip. I can still get a burger & fries in most diners in my town for less than a meal at fast food chains and of much better quality. Forcing to do away with tipping will result in pricing out of mom & pop diners and we'll eventually only have big corporation chains. Granted, it'll probably happen eventually, anyway, but it's about slowly down the process.

Your first paragraph contradicts your second. If they were making so much from tipping but would make less from a liveable wage, then prices aren't higher, unless owners overcharge by using the living wage as an excuse or you're one of the people tipping less.

Also, mom and pop establishments usually have lower prices.