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Hivetyrant

10-10-2004 09:31 AM

WEll in Australia we arnt required to tip so I dont think it happens very often, as the laws require a minimum wage, which isnt that bad.

Felix The Assassin

10-10-2004 12:41 PM

<font color=cccccc>While stateside, if the service is adequate I do the 15% rule. When the service is below average so is my tip. Superior service will then grant a 20-25% gratuity.

While in Europe, I have found either no tip, or just a very minimal one rounded up to the nearest Euro is sufficient. However, if it happens to be a tourist area or one prone to Americans, then a higher gratuity does seem to be expected.</font>

[ 10-10-2004, 12:44 PM: Message edited by: Felix The Assassin ]

johnny

10-10-2004 12:43 PM

I do it all the time and i really need to stop doing that. I mean like in the supermarket, cigarettestore, liquorstore, basically anywhere where i have to pay something. Became kind of a habit i suppose.

Jaradu

10-10-2004 12:45 PM

AFAIK, it isn't very common to tip in England... I think they get paid a half decent amount anyway. However, I think tipping is good because it encourages the waiter/waitress to give you a better quality of service.

Xen	10-10-2004 12:47 PM

I only tip my hair-dresser. Why? I don't know.

Niadh

10-10-2004 03:44 PM

I will buy a drink for barstaff at clubs with my first drink usually. For meals and stuff I will leave a tip, partly cause I expect one when I am working and doing the same thing.

shadowhound

10-10-2004 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sigmar:
"I don't tip." "I just don't believe in it."-Mr Pink (Reservoir Dogs)

Damn you took the words right out of my mouth :D

I don't tip, I am not paying someone for just doing their job.

Dron_Cah

10-10-2004 09:32 PM

Eh, I generally tip, unless I forget. If the service sucked, though, it's very significantly less, though. I had a friend doing the waiter-thing, he got $3.50/hour! :eek: So, yeah, in the US, it is important to tip.

aleph_null1

10-10-2004 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by VulcanRider:
In the US, waiters/waitresses are exempted from the minimum wage law. They can be paid less, and need tips to get back up to a decent level. Plus, my first job out of high school was in a "chain" steak house -- I saw how hard they worked. I usually overtip, say 20% instead of the usual 15%, unless the service was *really* bad. Even then I'll leave something just so they don't think I forgot.

Thank you SO MUCH for mentioning this, VulcanRider. This thread was beginning to seriously piss me off...

I was a senior waiter in a 4-star restaurant in downtown Chicago (I worked there for five years). I made exactly $2.35 an hour.

With tips, on a good night when the rich people liked me or the old women thought I was cute, I pulled in ~$16 - $18 per hour.

I literally lived off tips, and always remember it when dining out.

Stratos

10-11-2004 04:32 AM

$2.35 an hour? Heck, teenagers sweeping streets and picking up trash makes more money than that over here.

This would explains why tipping is more important in the US than parts of Europe.

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