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Unfortunately tipping in North America is a wage subsidy paid by patrons. Employers can get away with paying employees less as there is an expectation that the public will supplement the difference. It wouldn't be enough to just stop tipping, a change to employment practices is necessary.
I think if everybody stopped tipping, a change in employment practices would soon follow, because all those people working consumer subsidized wages would quit.
When the only choice a person has is a little money vs. no money, they're usually forced to choose the former.
Once enough people who rely on tips complain or look for work elsewhere, then things can start to change.
Right now, the same people bitching when they don't get tipped also say "they make more with tips."
Until those useful idiots change, we shouldn't expect the system to change.
I expect to be waiting awhile, perhaps the rest of my life.