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I'm curious about where one draws the line.

A "tip" has gone from some extra cash for an unexpectedly great job, to essentially expected.

40 minutes after being seated is my limit before I walk out or whenever someone seated after me is served first. Let them eat the cost of their poor service.

Except you have to tip, because tipping is baked into the laws in the US. Tipped workers have a minimum wage of 1/3 of the regular one. Not tipping even the minimum, say, 12% is basically a crime.

They are legally required to make up the difference if the tips don't equal or exceed the normal minimum wage.

For the employer, not the customer.

Or, you could argue that the existence of such low minimum wages are the true crime, because now you have this shitty Nash equilibrium where you must beg for tips because everyone else does.

"Buy beer at our place. Pay us 5 units of currency and we will get you this beer."

There's absolutely zero reason for things to be more complicated than this.