Tipping

Nov. 3rd, 2010 11:01 am
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Read an article on tipping (with, yes, quite a lot of discussion about Aussies) this morning, and got interested...


Poll #4972 tipping
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 27


How much should you tip in restaurants?

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0%
0 (0.0%)

0% ...but then, I'm Australian
4 (14.8%)

5%
0 (0.0%)

10%
5 (18.5%)

20%
15 (55.6%)

25%
0 (0.0%)

30%
0 (0.0%)

50%
0 (0.0%)

ridiculously huge amounts
0 (0.0%)

it really depends on the service
3 (11.1%)

Tipping...

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sucks
5 (19.2%)

is great
5 (19.2%)

is annoying, but can't be helped
12 (46.2%)

I'm Australian, and laugh at people who tip
3 (11.5%)

I'm a waiter, and glare at people who don't tip
2 (7.7%)

why be stingy?
15 (57.7%)

why not just pay the waiters properly?
17 (65.4%)

ticky!
12 (46.2%)

tip!
7 (26.9%)

ticky again!
9 (34.6%)




My general position:
- America, for some insane reason, underpays people and expects them to earn most of their salary through tips. Were I in America, I would (reluctantly) tip everyone. After all, it's not their fault their work conditions stink.
- Luckily, I am in Australia, where tipping is not expected. So I don't tip - unless the place was really brilliant, in which case I might add my spare change to their tip jar...

Date: 2010-11-04 01:03 am (UTC)
beer_good_foamy: (Default)
From: [personal profile] beer_good_foamy
I tip in the US and anywhere else where the guidebook (possibly written by former waiters) says to tip. At home, I round it up if the service is above average and if I'm paying cash, which almost nobody does anymore.

I'm wondering who decided that waiters, of all service categories, need to live on tips. And I also wonder how... say, a train conductor or a librarian would react if I tried to tip them. There might be awkwardness.

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