I don't like tipping as a concept. But I do live in the real world and play along. I'd rather restaurants pay their employees a decent living wage, and if that means passing the cost along, I'm fine with that. The idea of making service discretionary upon a patron's whim is just so fucking distasteful when the service can't be declined. Pay fucking service workers a living wage already.
Tipping in other areas has just gotten out of hand. If it's for something that I'm paying for anyway, I want a reason to tip. Like Blonde mentioned, the counter person at starbucks is supposed to give me the cup of coffee I paid for. Now if the person, stops down and makes a new pot of something that I like that they're typically not serving and gives me the in-house nice mug, there's a good reason. I do tip generously when my "barista" provides a good rim job while "serving the coffee."
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