we dont tip here in Australia.. i guess our wages are alot higher though. Hence aussies get a bad rep overseas for not tipping, cause we just arent used to doing it.

Most of the times it's already included in the bill (you're not obligated to pay it, but I don't recommend coming back if you don't pay). I tip a bit more sometimes.

We usually tip 15 to 20 percent here. I know when I lived in Florida, they are only required to pay "tipped" employees something like $3.15/hr. In Canada, they get min.wage, so if it sucks......no tippy for you!!!!

I am not sure what you mean, but basically they make it so the server has to supplement other peoples incomes with their tips. Everyone usually makes minimum wage which is $8 where I live.

No tipping required for anything in New Zealand.
The reaction that you get when you tip someone in New Zealand for great service
is of share amazement and they literally become your new best mate! LOL

Hah! That's fucking cool. *Books flight to New Zealand.*

What I'm getting at is it's the employers responsibility to pay their staff... not the customer and not other staff members.

What a shitty system.

Something we agree on :1orglaugh

if the service is bad, i don't feel obligated. i'm not a picky person, and i can understand if the chef gives the waiter the wrong food. so if i feel the service is bad, it is. being surly shouldn't be rewarded.

not here. when i was managing a bar, it was legal to pay LESS than minimum wage (which you can't live on) to servicing persons because the government felt that they would make tips. where i live, minimum wage is like $6 and our one bedroom apartment is $1000, and a one-way bus trip could easily run over $1.50. so i tip - and anyway, i usually get extra nice service, which always deserves a reward imo.

50........

52... :321GFY

In resturants I go to frequently, I tip 20%. It doesn't take long before the entire wait staff treat me as a king...even the ones not assigned my table that night will drop by to make sure I don't need anything.

Other places, it's 10-15%. I try to tip well, as around here, tipped employees don't make minimum wage.

Unless, of course, the service sucks (and it's not due to the resturant being slammed at the time). When I want to make a statement about the service, I put a quarter in my glass of water, cover it with a card, invert the glass on the table, and then pull the card out.

hehe - at least one... :winkwink: