Gratuity included

I was recently in NYC on vacation doing the tourist thing after my urbanathlon competition. Taking the city sights and sounds in and its many restaurants the one thing I found disconcerting was the inclusion of tip, gratuity, already calculated in the bill. The problem I have with that is that to me it feels like the waiter/waitress put in less effort because they know they are getting a tip regardless of the services they provide, this is not a good impression, these people should put in the work and should the patron such as myself feel they deserving of a tip then a tip will be given. We all go out to be relieved of the burden of cooking, we all see going out as a treat a time for us to put our feet up and have someone wait on us.  I think if I knew that when I go to work no matter what I do I’m getting paid I think I may be a little hesitant to do any work, well a bit more than hesitant…I wouldn’t do shit. Far too often wait staff are slow on the ball and I’m able reflect my displeasure of services in the amount I leave as a tip. Gratuity included is sending a wrong message to all servers especially young servers as it says “you do not have to work hard and the rewards will still come”, this is mediocrity gone wild and I won’t stand for it…someone should do something…lol. I’m just tripping, but I think you get my point, I mean know there are people who don’t tip and thats why they have gratuity included, but they should tell you, I’ve almost double tipped when visiting Miami.