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comment by kleinbl00

    As someone who works service 15% is fine, even if I am giving top notch service to demanding people I don't mind a 15% tip.

That's you, though. I regularly read or hear complaints from those who argue that 15% is insulting. Not only that, but now you're saying 15% is okay... when the base wage is 4x as high as it is elsewhere! Which is something that has never been made known to me in all the times I've dined in Portland.

The system sucks. It's a terrible maladaptation of free market principles.