[ModestoBorn]

In America we need to get rid of sub-minimum wages as it's currently legal in many states (Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, etc.) to pay under the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour) and make up that salary by tips. Source: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped

And I would also encourage people to patronize businesses that pay their workers higher wages. Also some of these businesses have higher prices and don't accept tips.

I live in near Seattle and when I patronize the cafe at Ada's Technical Books in Seattle I'm happy with paying a higher prices for food or drinks because they have explicitly say they don't accept tips and pay their workers higher wages. Source: https://www.adasbooks.com/notipping

[harshalizee]

I live in Seattle and previously in California. Both states have a high min wage, for waiters included. It hasn't stopped the majority of restaurants to gouge insane % off tips from patrons.