Why Abolishing Tipping Failed in 1950
The idea of putting an end to tipping has been gaining some traction the United States recently, with some restaurants deciding to ban the practice and restaurant experts also speaking up, especially as momentum builds for increasing the minimum that tipped servers would take home. But this isn't the first time a business has tried to make that change. For example, in the late 1940s, the Chesapeake  Ohio Railroad declared that tipping in its dining cars was "unworthy of American labor" and "an imposition on the customer." But the change didn't stick. In 1950, the company went back to the old way. It turned out that not tipping was just too darn awkward. Here what happened, as TIME explained back then, Read more about the minimum-wage debate, here in TIME The Real Meaning of 9 an Hour