Honestly, I'm pretty tired of the constantly increasing stream of people who are now tipped. Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-tipping and know how needed and appreciated it can be, but it now feels like the burden of ensuring people can afford necessities is falling on people who don't have a lot more themselves. Not long ago, tipping 10% was the norm. Now it's 20% and sometimes more depending on the establishment, and the number of people now commonly tipped has expanded greatly. Just how is it decided who gets tips and who doesn't? I mean, if we're tipping for a service rendered, how is that defined? I'm not trying to be facetious, I just don't really know. My twin daughters worked at a 9-hole golf course the last couple of years. When they drove around picking up balls, no tips, even though they often assisted customers. The much easier counter job of taking money inside and selling someone a soda or candy bar often earned tips. The counter job paid more. Neither job, IMO, should have prompted tipping. There are so many idiosyncrasies to our system of tipping and it doesn't always make sense to me.
*Disclaimer: aside from a few part-time jobs in my youth, I never worked a job that garnered tips