I’m not working on any legislation. I’m only trying to point out who is causing this pain so you can consider redirecting your anger to the right place. FWIW I do tip every single time but I do honestly wonder if I am just helping to perpetuate an unfair system.

I support workers getting a fair wage, full stop. Nice try pointing the blame away from employers who pay shit wages, they definitely need the focus off of them to perpetuate this system.

Employers paying shitty wages are punishing workers, this is the source of your complaint. If workers got a fair wage to begin with, you wouldn’t give a shit about tipping. But employers pay a shit wage and have successfully got people like you to blame and shame customers instead of them. If you think this will resolve by arguing with the customers that aren’t subsiding the wages, well, good luck with that.

The employer is the one withholding the money earned, the customer is simply paying the price that is advertised. The employer is the one that is exploiting the cheap labor, and if the labor looks to the customer to fix it it’s not going to work out.

Why do you give the employer a pass and blame the customer?