Australian Reacts To Reverse Culture Shocks!
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- Australian Reacts to Reverse Culture Shocks returning to America after moving to Australia
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There was an incident in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where a couple was arrested after not leaving a tip at a local pub. Apparently the restaurant had a mandatory 18 percent gratuity that the couple did not leave because they considered the service they received to be substandard. The restaurant management called the police and the couple were handcuffed and arrested and charged with theft. According to legal experts in the US, not leaving a tip where the establishment essentially deems it mandatory and part of the actual bill can have legal implications. So maybe when in the US think hard before not leaving a tip.
One of the reasons (as I understand it) for tipping to be such a big thing in the US is that many states allow service workers to be paid ridiculously low salaries because it is assumed that a substantial amount of their income will come from tips. This would not explain, however, why tipping is showing up at self-checkout counters in retail stores, or why more and more professionals who receive good wages are now expecting tips.
In Canada, where I live, service workers are required to receive minimum wage, but in larger cities that is simply not enough to live on given the high cost of rent. Nevertheless, the tipping culture of the US has migrated north of the border and we are beginning to see the same ridiculous expectations when it comes to so-called gratuities. The whole tipping thing is extending beyond just service workers in places like restaurants and people are beginning to get sick and tired of it. But tipping is not a legal obligation in Canada, and I've never heard of an incident where someone has been harassed for not tipping. And, in my experience, service workers have always been friendly and helpful.
Personally, I would like to see an end to tipping and just have workers be paid decent wages and restaurants and the like simply charge what is necessary in order to pay those wages. It is just unseemly that one often feels obligated or even browbeaten to pay tips. There are, however, some service workers who do not want to see the end of tipping, because although they are technically required to report their tips as income, some do not and as a consequence probably make more than what they would if they were simply paid a straight living wage salary.
I definitely get what she’s saying. Especially many servers who do nothing but hand you a cuppa coffee for example, have a chipping jar handy, expecting a tip for doing their bare minimal job. And now they hand you tablets with tipping percentages listed on the screen and you’re expected to choose a tip percentage in front of the server and the people you’re having a meal with ..it turns a lot of people off to the point where they don’t even want to eat out lol.
That being said, I was hoping to hear her talk about more things than just tipping. It seems like that’s her only and biggest gripe.
It isn't "uncommon" here in a major city in Canada, to see a bin for disposing of cups and other "disposable" items. There is one restaurant here (that I can think of) that used... well used (pre-pandemic) since I haven't had a stay meal there recently, anyway that had real plates. They still had a bin to dispose of garbage, and has a "tray" to put the plate in after you dumped the garbage off. So the staff would bus the table but you could be a "better" person and toss your waste and put the dishes in a "bin" for easy mass collection.
However there is still a tip culture here, and it is... similar. We do generally pay servers better. I don't believe that we have one "minimum wage" for most jobs and another lower one for people who might get tips. That's not to say our minimum wage is great and you can live well on just that, even if you work full time.
Canada is no slouch re tipping, hidden fees, etc.
Tipping for dining services in the United States is voluntary. However, most restaurants will charge a tip, with the standard percentage printed on the menu, for large groups being served by assigned server{{s} to protect them from not earning their full potential for the shift {usually in the 18% range). Serving a group is HARD work. Otherwise, you will never be required to leave a tip. Although if you are just cheap and don't leave a tip because you are that way, then that's on you. Best you do not visit that restaurant again. Restaurant staff have long and very accurate memories. Tips are a major percentage of a server's income, perhaps 75% or more. It seems today that for many retail purchases, a tip is often suggested...there may be a "tip jar" on the counter. Suttle, eh? That's nonsense. You are expected to tip for personal service in a restaurant dining room where the server is doing many things to make your meal enjoyable. Tipping is not necessary when purchasing food over a counter by an employee that is simply doing their job...ringing up the purchase and placing the food items into a bog. It is incumbent upon the restaurant management to pay a wage to this type of worker that doesn't require additional tip income to support them. Tipping percentages in a restaurant are generally 15% for average, 'nothing to write home about' service. If the professional server has taken an interest in serving you and performing several 'acts of service' so that you will have a memorable experience, a 20-22% tip is pretty standard. Sometimes a patron will go even higher for a variety of reasons. The tip is computed as a percentage of the food served, not to include the sales tax in the calculation. There are many other services where a tip is warranted such as your hair cutter or stylist, a skycap at the airport, Uber driver, hotel bellhop, etc. But there has to be an obvious service effort extended to justify the tip.
Canada has a tipping culture like the USA. Which I 100% disagree with because it encourages an underground economy as tips cannot generally be tracked. Some restaurants pay their staff a living wage but they are extremely rare. It has become commonplace that coffee shops and many fast food now will ask for a tip especially if you use a card.
Also all provinces except Quebec now pay their server staff at least minimum wage. Before if you served alcohol an employer could pay a server wage that was below the provincial minimum.
Nahhh…
You probably just don’t want to tip.
@@Ira88881 You're right. Just charge me the amount you want me to pay. I don't tip my grocer, pharmacist, or lawyer. They all provide me services and I don't give them a tip on the quality of service. I just expect quality service or I don't go back. I would rather restaurant increase their prices and get rid of tipping.
@@rob4canada Your lawyer, pharmacist and grocer are paid reasonable wages for their services. I will tip people like delivery drivers and nail technicians because these people are underpaid for their services. If they provide poor service than I don't tip.
@@rob4canada Yes but we still don't pay delivery drivers and nail techs living wages. Most nail techs are on commission and while delivery drivers get minimum wage many employers don't pay for their fuel expenses or vehicle maintenance. People only seem to think about servers when it comes to tipping.
New Jersey -- as far as you can get from Southern hospitality.
I think tipping in Canada, as for amounts has gotten just as bad, or worse. I see anything from 15-25% as normal now. But that being said, I do get decent service, and i don't go to Starbucks or Tim's, so i don't do the whole, grab your coffee thing, at the front. The thing I've noticed is pretty much every terminal now, even at retail shops does have a tip option. Though sometimes the workers bypass the tip portion manually for me, it is weird seeing it sometimes in random stores.
Wait, so you need a service from a person to disable the machine from taking a service charge...? That seems very confusing
The best suggestion I have seen is to pay cash when dining out.
@@OJBReacts No this person just didn't know how to bypass the tip option. On every machine I have used I have been able to bypass the tip option without assistance.
We tip in Canada and the amounts at certain places can be similar (i.e. 20%) but if you don't tip or don't tip well you will never having someone confronting you about it. If in some exceptionally rare case that happened simply reporting their behavior would get them fired. It is only in the United States do I hear about people being harassed by wait staff from not tipping enough, and than people acting like that behavior is justified.