I was sympathetic and open to tipping in more situations during the height of the pandemic, but now it has become such an annoyance. Lately I've drawn a hard line in the sand and only tip full service wait staff and bartenders, with only a few other exceptions.

The whole idea in the first place was that those jobs are allowed to pay less than minimum wage because providing good service could earn the employee potentially far more money through tips. That's the social contract we agreed to, which is now being contorted to absurd extremes.