Like you we are tippers especially as my now adult children worked in places from chip stands to fine dining Lake Louise Hotel - to help put themselves through University or College. Also both me and spouse working for low wages - not in service industry - would have liked a tip once in a while... but what we tend to do now that we can afford to tip is to do so even when not necessary/typical - like the delivery man, mail carrier at Christmas... garbage collectors then too: or had poor service!! ... but feel that it (tipping) should be based on service etc... not be dictated to anyone; maybe we heavy/frequent tippers seem to equal it all out with non-tippers? We've had some pretty happy delivery people just by giving a few dollars for a coffee! (and how many employers still pay under minimum wage, expecting balance to be made up to employees by customers tipping). I do agree it has gotten out of hand in many places!