'it divides the working class' argument is the weakest one

thats not what anyone in this thread was talking about. competition between workers in the same joint for tips and inequities of which employees receive them is how tipping disciplines labor. nothing to do with the customers. the enmity between foh and boh staff repeatedly brought up itt is instructive

but your concern about 'capitalist managed' transition away from tips is a fantasy. they don't want to get rid of them! they discipline labor and reduce its compensation, we're living capital's dream arrangement. actually operating businesses that dont do tips are isolated ideological/niche cases, not a front for some big project to crush labor power. this south park place's stance is either from the owners being libertarians or some specific peculiarity of the business