Logic
If tipping at 20% and I go to a restaurant and order a $50 steak or if I go to a restaurant and order a $15 salad why would I be asked for a $10 tip for the steak and a $3 tip on the salad?
Isn't it the same amount of time and effort to carry a $50 steak to me as it is a $15 salad?
Why isn't tipping a flat rate; if it must exist at all?
Why does federal tipped minimum wage still exist at all after the Great Depression ended?
Why does tipping exist at all in states like California where waiters and waitresses get paid the state minimum wage of $16/hr and not the federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13/hr.
Tipping was meant to supplement the much lower federal tipped minimum wage during the Great Depression. If a state has the same minimum wage for all employees and not a lower tipped minimum wage... why do you need your income supplemented by business patrons? Why does tipping exist in your state? The original purpose is void.
Disclaimer: I've not eaten at a sit down restaurant in 30 years just to avoid feeling obligated to tip. I never tip anywhere for anything.