Do all of the anti-tippers really think that the customer isn’t responsible for the server’s income?

To be clear, I strongly dislike the concept of tipping. I believe that employers should be responsible for paying their employees a fair, living wage at a minimum, and pay high wages to those who excel and perform their duties well. With tipping, the customer is the one who decides who gets paid well and who doesn’t, which can technically have some benefits for the worker, but also its drawbacks as there are plenty of people - as demonstrated by many of the comments on this sub - who don’t tip even if/when the service is impeccable.

Either way, restaurants operate on thin margins. If we wanted to completely end tipping, we have to recognize that across the board prices would need to go up. This may seem obvious to some, but the fact is, when you eat at a restaurant, the prices are made with tipping in mind, and if you don’t tip, you’re essentially getting the meal for a discount that wasn’t actually offered to you. There would also be a much lower incentive for the server to provide excellent, attentive service.

Dining out is much more than some guy dressed in black putting food on your table.It’s someone who knows the menu, who has recommendations, who is friendly and willing to, well, wait on you and fulfill your requests. If it was just about a straight salary, I fear many of those pleasant elements of eating out would diminish. At least for most restaurants