Debate: To Tip or Not to Tip
Should restaurants do away with tipping?

Claim: To tip
Reason: Tipping servers provides an added incentive to create a pleasant environment for the customers.
Warrant 0: the people you take with you can't provide all of the ambiance
Warrant 1: the people you take with you provides most of the ambiance
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Not to tip
Reason: I want to Increase the price of menu items to pay waitstaff higher wages.
Warrant 0: people will be paying more for dishes
Warrant 1: people won't be willing to pay more for dishes
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Not to tip
Reason: Wait staff should be taken care of by the restauranteur.
Warrant 0: people should still incentivize their server
Warrant 1: people shouldn't still incentivize their server
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Not to tip
Reason: Ending tipping would benefit working people.
Warrant 0: the working people do not need any more help
Warrant 1: the working people need more help
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Not to tip
Reason: Tipping is corrupt, you can't tip teachers, journalists, healthcare professionals.
Warrant 0: tipping will not weed out the corrupt professionals
Warrant 1: tipping will weed out the corrupt professionals
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: To tip
Reason: Diners may not be able to select the server, but they can compensate them according to their service.
Warrant 0: the restaurant chooses the servers and should be responsible for paying them
Warrant 1: the restaurant chooses the servers and should not also be responsible for paying them
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: To tip
Reason: Tips are how a service job becomes more than a service job.
Warrant 0: the job is a service job
Warrant 1: the job is not just a service job
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Not to tip
Reason: In other parts of the world, including Japan, Europe, and New Zealand, restaurant employees earn a living wage and aren't dependent on patrons' tips.
Warrant 0: that can be the case here
Warrant 1: that isn't the case here
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Not to tip
Reason: Restaurant owners benefit at the detriment of workers.
Warrant 0: the owners took all the risk in the first place
Warrant 1: the owners did not take all the risk in the first place
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: To tip
Reason: Tipping servers provides an added incentive to create a pleasant environment for the customers.
Warrant 0: it's their job to serve the food in a pleasant way no matter what
Warrant 1: it's their job to serve the food in a pleasant way if customers tip
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Not to tip
Reason: Raise prices to actually provide something like a living wage to servers so they don't have to rely on unreliable tips.
Warrant 0: the minimum wage for servers appears to be increasing and people would not be happy to pay more for a meal
Warrant 1: the minimum wage for servers doesn't appear to be increasing and people would not be happy to pay more for a meal
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Not to tip
Reason: I prefer a flat rate system.
Warrant 0: I don't care if I appear generous when I go out to eat
Warrant 1: I like to appear generous when I go out to eat
Correct warrant: 0