Business owner shames customer for not tipping on $500 microblading service: 'I have always been taught you don’t tip the owner of a business.'

Would you tip somebody for a $500 service? I understand the common cultural sentiment that tipping has gone too far. I don't think we need to abolish the system altogether because, under a tipping system, waiters and bartenders can actually earn a living wage in America. I don't trust that if waiters were making a fair hourly wage, they would make as much money as they do with tips, but that's just me. I actually like when service people are paid enough to sustain their lives, but I know not everybody feels that way! I understand how annoying it can be when every customer service interaction where tipping isn't typically expected suddenly has a little button asking if you'd like to tip 20% when all the employee did was turn an iPad around. After all, being a waiter is a pretty physically demanding job, and I like to think that's why they get tips but baristas don't. But baristas are on their feet for just as much time as waiters, and they're the ones who are making the drinks! I don't know; even if a cashier at a bagel shop wasn't the one who actually made the bagel, I usually tip 20% anyway because I can't bear to look a worker in the face after I've supposedly stiffed them, but …

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