Hey, $5 Starbucks gift cards only buys a certain level of quality audience.

What can you get at Starbucks for $5 anyways? A venti wave as you drive by the window?

If you’re going to be a cheapskate and not tip, sure.

As someone from a country where hospitality workers are paid appropriately by law, is there a benefit to continue supporting the tipping culture? From afar, seems like a win-win for owners. Patrons pay more to scrape from, workers cost less. Is that something you support so much you put your money into it voluntarily or am I missing something?