10-10-2004, 09:31 AM | #21 |
Jack Burton
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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.
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10-10-2004, 12:41 PM | #22 |
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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. [ 10-10-2004, 12:44 PM: Message edited by: Felix The Assassin ]
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10-10-2004, 12:43 PM | #23 |
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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.
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10-10-2004, 12:45 PM | #24 |
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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.
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10-10-2004, 12:47 PM | #25 |
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I only tip my hair-dresser. Why? I don't know.
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10-10-2004, 03:44 PM | #26 |
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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.
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I don't tip, I am not paying someone for just doing their job.
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10-10-2004, 09:32 PM | #28 |
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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! So, yeah, in the US, it is important to tip.
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10-10-2004, 09:55 PM | #29 | |
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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. |
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10-11-2004, 04:32 AM | #30 |
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$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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