[mydriasis]

> "There's this awkwardness," he says. "It's kind of verboten to say anything about tipping in front of the tip screen. You're not supposed to talk about tipping."

And so I feel awkward when the tip screen comes up... the person _behind_ the tip screen feels awkward... why are we _both_ subjected to this terrible situation?

[Nextgrid]

Because the boss can feel better about underpaying his employees if he rationalizes it by saying they get tips to compensate the inadequate salary.

And of course, all the bottom-feeders in the PoS and credit card processing industry which also stand to gain as they can sell the tipping prompt as an extra feature.