[glacials]

As a consumer who dislikes tipping, here are your ways to deal with it:

1. Find, frequent, and favorably review establishments that do not accept tips.

2. Express desire for policy at local, state, and federal levels. (Listed in decreasing order of ROI.)

There is no option 3. You cannot refuse to tip on a moral basis. You are just punishing the victim. No one will join you in your revolution and nothing will get done.

[usui]

I am made highly uncomfortable being put in a position where I can victimize someone and punish them by not tipping... I have trouble understanding why any society would find it morally acceptable to have this power dynamic become possible at all during a financial transaction, so my only genuine guess is that the real underlying purpose is to financially exploit customers by preying upon an ambiguous notion of social normality that is ever-so shifting all the time and not at all clear...

[dcow]

If we live in a world where we allow victims to be punished regularly by other members of our society, often times inadvertently, and I behave in a way that perpetuates such a norm, is that also moral? If I disobey and stop tipping, and society cannot tolerate my actions, shouldn't I be punished? Two sides of the same coin. Serious questions.

[falcolas]

I haven’t found a single option 1 for food/beverage service. Not a single one.

[WirelessGigabit]

I've been in 1 in Los Angeles, somewhere in Century City. Mediocre food though.

[dubrocks]

When tech bro capitalists pit customer vs. worker in order to artificially increase their profits, we're all the victims. The only moral option is to tip 0% on iPad counter screens, all the time.