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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by on_and_off on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:03PM (#19030256)
From what I understand of US history, tipping was introduced when hotels and restaurants lost money because of the prohibition, as a way to supplement wages.

So it sounds like it is absolutely used as a bad way to supplement wages.

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