greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 13
th, 2018 at 1:56pm:
Gordon wrote on Jan 13
th, 2018 at 1:49pm:
greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 13
th, 2018 at 1:42pm:
issuevoter wrote on Jan 13
th, 2018 at 1:39pm:
Tipping has spread with the rise of the middle-class, in service industries, mostly in countries traditionally associated with unfair labor practices and corruption.
I don't believe the popular wisdom that the Australian reluctance to tip has anything to do with ethos. It is an attitude that was inherited from Britain long before the wages explosion beginning in the 1960s, before which, most people lived "from hand to mouth," and did not use service industries to any great extent. The British and Australia working class did not eat in restaurants other than basic "cafes." They travel by bus, and they counted their pennies when, on rare occasions, they had to take a cab.
It has no place in Australia.
People who tip at coffee shops and restaurants in this country are pretentious arseholes.
Do they tip their garbage collector, or bottle shop attendant, or the person who serves them at Bunnings?
I left 4 x 50ml bottles of mixed spirits for the garbos fot xmas this year and
I always tip low wage earners when I can.
God you're a tightarse.
No you don't.
You're a liar.
You don't tip the checkout chick at Coles (low wage earners).
You don't tip the workers at Bunnings (low wage earners).
You don't tip the workers at McDonald's (low wage earners).
You don't tip the workers at the sports store where you buy your kettle weights (low wage earners).
You don't tip the workers at Bett's when you buy shoes (low wage earners).
You don't tip the workers at your local chemist when you pick up your Viagra (low wage earners).
You don't tip the workers at Australia Post (low wage earners).
You don't tip the workers at JB HiFi when you buy your Taylor Swift CDs (low wage earners).
You don't tip the workers at David Jones when you buy your wife a frypan for Christmas (VERY low wage earners).
You only tip at restaurants, because you're a pretentious arsehole who likes to show off in front of the person you're dining with.
Well that's a very good point.
All these 'low income workers' don't get 'tipped'.
While the Café Latte Society and Restaurants are 'cashing in' on Tips based upon the USA 'cultural' expectation.
I know of one Restaurant at The Rocks that charges $60 a basic dish and still expects 'tips' for it's staff.
It's a SCAM!
Right up there with the 'Surcharge' (unofficial Tips) that Stores used to racket from Customers.
Any 'snooty' Restaurant that expects me to give them a Tip only gets the advice from me
"Yeah sure - Don't rip off customers!"