Business owner shames customer for not tipping on $500 microblading service: 'I have always been taught you don’t tip the owner of a business.'

Would you tip somebody for a $500 service? 

I understand the common cultural sentiment that tipping has gone too far. I don't think we need to abolish the system altogether because, under a tipping system, waiters and bartenders can actually earn a living wage in America. I don't trust that if waiters were making a fair hourly wage, they would make as much money as they do with tips, but that's just me. I actually like when service people are paid enough to sustain their lives, but I know not everybody feels that way!  

I understand how annoying it can be when every customer service interaction where tipping isn't typically expected suddenly has a little button asking if you'd like to tip 20% when all the employee did was turn an iPad around. After all, being a waiter is a pretty physically demanding job, and I like to think that's why they get tips but baristas don't. But baristas are on their feet for just as much time as waiters, and they're the ones who are making the drinks! I don't know; even if a cashier at a bagel shop wasn't the one who actually made the bagel, I usually tip 20% anyway because I can't bear to look a worker in the face after I've supposedly stiffed them, but that's probably because I'm a coward. I do have some standards, and tipping at a self-checkout kiosk is a line I won't cross. 

If you're paying for a service directly, you really shouldn't have to tip. My hairdresser used to come to my house to dye my hair, and I would just Venmo her with an unrelated emoji as the description. I paid less than I did at the salon, and she made more than she did at the salon. It was a win-win! 

The woman in this story owns a microblading business, but she was upset when her friend didn't tip her for the service. Would you tip someone who profits off all of her employees' work?