I Suppose This is "Uncivil"

[LastPoet]

Using restaurant tipping as the initial example is unfortunate.  

"...only to turn around and refuse the basic act of decency that is paying someone what you owe them ... "

You don't owe anybody a tip.  What you owe them is the purchase price of the items you consumed, as listed on the menu.  If the meal has been accompanied by exemplary service, you may decide to reward  that service with an additional gratuity.  Or you may not.  In a way, the assumption of mandatory tipping perpetuates a system whereby the food service industry is allowed to continually underpay its employees.  More people than Christians feel this way.

OTOH, if one has  been provided with exemplary service, and one can afford to reward it, it would be crass not to tip, since that is the current societal norm for recognizing such service.  That Christians might be more crass than other customers comes as no big surprise.  Burning witches, blowing up healthcare clinics, and molesting kids is pretty crass, too.

I hear ya. In Portugal tipping isn't even a thing and actually waiters and people that work in restaurants make good money, way above the monimum wage..

It is a cultural thing I guess. The thing is employers here value their staff, because if they don't they will lose them to the competition. OFC there are bad workers too, but those quickly get the boot.