My question is: what took them so long? Australians have not been tipping for decades.
financial pages, 48 per cent of respondents are tired of being asked for a gratuity and 63 per cent say too many businesses are asking for tips.“Tipping is dead,” says consumer advocate and journalist Christopher Elliott. “At least tipping as you and I understand it. A mandatory 20 per cent gratuity on every restaurant meal? Obligatory tips for housekeepers, concierges and tour guides? Kiss them goodbye.
It’s called a gratuity for a reason. It is not an upfront tax or levy you are obligated to before you get the service, with the unspoken threat that the person expecting the tip will spit into your soup, or similar, if you don’t.In some places , it can get very nasty if you don’t tip, even if your reason is sound.
Irritations include tips added to an online food order before it reaches your plate. Tips automatically added by card machines for takeaways, when the service is only putting something in a bag. Tip jars at cafes – and dentists . Even mandatory tipping of doormen, mailmen and hairdressers as an annual gift is common in the US. People have tip fatigue.
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