The case against tipping is an interesting point of view on the deep ingrained concept of tipping. The author talks about how it is something that instead of being viewed as a thank you for good service it is an expected payment for the service. He talks about how soon instead of it being on option when you finish a transaction it is turning into something that is mandatory and therefor a tax. It seems odd that your barista thinks that for grabbing you a muffin and pouring a drink that they should be owed something other than what the price on the register says, a service that has already been paid for by the employers. I feel that for certain tasks like making coffee or driving a cab should not be a tipping service, and should only be tipped when the service does go above and beyond what is expected by you during the transaction. Services like being a waitress or waiter, while essentially doing the same task, should be a tipping serves simply because that is what the job is based off of. They get paid less than minimum wage and are expected to earn tips with good service. But that is not how tipping works in a restaurant, the tip is so expected that with any form of service good or bad you are expected to tip. So rather than the servers job depending on their ability to be personable and serve well, and the tip be a thank you as a reflection of that, it is expected now that they can perform any type of service and the majority of people will still give the