I get that tipping is expensive. I get that you don't like that people feel entitled to your money.
Perhaps you need to consider that you feel entitled to making an employee your personal servant for no extra pay.
There are all sorts of reasons people don't want to tip, but here are few that shouldn't be.
"It's your JOB." Correct, however they are performing a luxury service for your benefit. This is going to cost more than taking your chicken nuggets from the counter, which costs more than making rice at home. There is a scale and you are only an ass for refusing to recognize it.
"I refuse to support big companies who are just making me pay fees for profit." (mostly applicable to delivery drivers) You refusing to tip the driver has no impact on company policy. None. You refusing to tip the driver means the driver is going to be short money they need to service their car, fill it with gas, and pay the bills, because this same big company doesn't pay them anywhere near enough to keep up with the wear and tear on vehicles and in one recent case, require a class action lawsuit to increase the gas reimbursement to match rapidly rising gas costs. You refusing to tip the driver tells them you think they're undeserving of the couple bucks they earned finding their way to your home at night because for whatever reason you couldn't make your own dinner. What will get companies to change policy is for people to get carry out instead (the places usually don't expect tips for this) and then TELL THE COMPANY that you got carry out because you refuse to play into their unfair delivery practices.
"I can't afford it." Then you can't afford this luxury service.
Seriously folks. Tipping is a tricky road, but most folks who work for tips deserve them. Please don't take out your irritations with the company with the person least likely to be able to change it.
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