Tipping

[TVR-190]

Interesting topic i thought, Who here tips when you go out to a restauant or Cafe?

If so do you only do it for these types of businesses. Ive worked in retail for 5 years now (Supermarket) and tipping is basically non-existant.

So, do you tip, and why?

[jakbob]

I didn't think tipping was something we did at all in Australia. I thought it was mostly an American thing. When we lived overseas my mum did a bit of tour guiding and the American tourists always tipped well. In Chile the porters at the airport expected tips but I never heard of anyone tipping or being tipped in Australia.

[Grennan]

I usually only tip at pubs. If Ive got a pocket full of coins or something after a big night or a bartender has given me a little extra in my shot or something.

[Verynice]

yeah i though tipping was more of an american thing

[spokkeh]

I tip my bartenders when they make me a killer martini or something, otherwise not really for other services.

[vr94ss]

No way I tip. If you can't do your job without me bribing you there's other jobs to be had, go get an education.. and if you can't run a business without underpaying your staff so they need tips, you deserve to go under.. I can just see "Sorry officer I wasn't bribing you, I was just tipping you for your wonderful service!"

[Verynice]

No way I tip. If you can't do your job without me bribing you there's other jobs to be had, go get an education.. and if you can't run a business without underpaying your staff so they need tips, you deserve to go under.. I can just see "Sorry officer I wasn't bribing you, I was just tipping you for your wonderful service!"

lmao well said

[Troy711]

I'm so much of a tight arse I expect the pizza boy to give me my 5 cents change.

[acarmody]

No way I tip. If you can't do your job without me bribing you there's other jobs to be had, go get an education.. and if you can't run a business without underpaying your staff so they need tips, you deserve to go under.. I can just see "Sorry officer I wasn't bribing you, I was just tipping you for your wonderful service!"

Its a bit harsh to assume that people don't have educations. Myself and many others have bar jobs and go to university.

I never expect a tip, nor do I EVER hold my hand out or in any way communicate that a tip is expected. But every so often someone who wins a few hundred on the pokies with slip you a note, or someone at the bar will leave you the change. A few staff through my work have whinged about not getting a tip from someone who won big on the pokies, I just tell them you get paid to do your job and any extra is a 'thank-you' from the customer and never expect one. Whenever I get a tip I always ask, 'are you sure?' and I never spend any of it until I have finished my shift or they leave, just in case something happens and they want it back.

Basically I just see tipping here in Australia as a, thankyou for a job well done, or thanks for the exceptional service.

[vr94ss]

Its a bit harsh to assume that people don't have educations. Myself and many others have bar jobs and go to university.

I never expect a tip, nor do I EVER hold my hand out or in any way communicate that a tip is expected. But every so often someone who wins a few hundred on the pokies with slip you a note, or someone at the bar will leave you the change. A few staff through my work have whinged about not getting a tip from someone who won big on the pokies, I just tell them you get paid to do your job and any extra is a 'thank-you' from the customer and never expect one. Whenever I get a tip I always ask, 'are you sure?' and I never spend any of it until I have finished my shift or they leave, just in case something happens and they want it back.

Basically I just see tipping here in Australia as a, thankyou for a job well done, or thanks for the exceptional service.

I'm not assuming you _don't_ have an education. I'm saying if you don't get payed enough get another job, don't expect a tip. That may entail getting an education and quite often would. If your boss can't pay you enough the business deserves to go under. If someone chooses to give you a tip all well and good but in Au you are paid for the job you do and as you say the thank-you and having them be polite/nice is all you should expect. I don't see tipping as a thank-you, I see me saying thank-you as a thank-you. Tipping is an extra you _may_ get occasionally but thank-you is a thank-you.

I don't tip spare parts people either even if they are really helpful. I say thank-you and make sure I say like they know I mean it.

[kane88]

The less sober I am, the heavier I tip.
It's simple math

[vr94ss]

The less sober I am, the heavier I tip.
It's simple math

Almost like me.. The less sober I am the heavier I fall.
It's simple physics.. tied in with lack of coordination

[Chris E]

I tip at one or two bars when I order complicated stuff, won't tip for a smirnoff ice or beer or something like that, tip the pizza boy because its a long drive to ours, plus have good service from them.

[sik_dose]

I'm so much of a tight arse I expect the pizza boy to give me my 5 cents change.

I deliver pizza, i get complaints about how loud my VN is lol I get around $10 or $15 tips ever shift (4 or 5 hours) TIP YOUR PIZZA MAN!

[ClairBear]

Tipping is not generally done in Australia because the wages here are far superior to most other countries, where hospitality staff rely on tips to top up their wages. I never tip for this reason.

[sik_dose]

Dominos drivers ger payed $11.44 an hour plus $1.84 per order delivered and the company takes 25c per order back as "insurance" its not great money, but its an easy job so it makes sense. tips help paying for fuel.

[vr94ss]

You know what a nurses aid gets for looking after old people in nursing homes? I'm sure it's changed a little but not much. It was $12@hour when my wife was doing it and it's a hell of a lot harder than delivering pizza and she never got any tips. It can be so hard in fact that many of them end up injured from having to deal with falling heavy patients. They are told they should just let them fall but who with a heart can? If they break something they are dead.

[lifeguard_aus]

I've always tipped for good customer service when I get it..which sometimes can be weeks in between lol

[sik_dose]

You know what a nurses aid gets for looking after old people in nursing homes? I'm sure it's changed a little but not much. It was $12@hour when my wife was doing it and it's a hell of a lot harder than delivering pizza and she never got any tips. It can be so hard in fact that many of them end up injured from having to deal with falling heavy patients. They are told they should just let them fall but who with a heart can? If they break something they are dead.

I dident know it was that bad for nurses in old folks homes. I voluntered in one while i was in school, dident last more than a week or two the place was just so depressing. Thats a national discrace, $12 an hour for that work.

[vr94ss]

I dident know it was that bad for nurses in old folks homes. I voluntered in one while i was in school, dident last more than a week or two the place was just so depressing. Thats a national discrace, $12 an hour for that work.

Sad that society sees it as less important than delivering pizza as far as pay is concerned. Checkout chicks were payed more.

[acarmody]

You know what a nurses aid gets for looking after old people in nursing homes? I'm sure it's changed a little but not much. It was $12@hour when my wife was doing it and it's a hell of a lot harder than delivering pizza and she never got any tips. It can be so hard in fact that many of them end up injured from having to deal with falling heavy patients. They are told they should just let them fall but who with a heart can? If they break something they are dead.

Whoa thats f*cked. I did some volunteer work in a nursing home for my first uni degree, I was a diversional therapist assistant, big words for kepping them entertained, that was alright, but 1 hour in the dementia ward and I had to ask to leave the ward. That pay for that level of care is bullcrap. Most bar attendants I know are on about $20/hour, and most are retarded.

[greenfoam]

No you shouldn't give tips, waitresses in Australia get plenty of money (not much less than a Chef in fact and with no training and much easier job), in the states they are basically on no wage (extreme low) that's why you tip over there. It was like 7 bucks an hour when I was there in 2001.

About the oldies home, when I first moved out in the bush before I was working in a vineyard and my wife was on an apprenticeship we didn't have much money so I was on a part payment of 70 bucks a fortnight? but to keep that I had to do volunteer work, which I decided to do at the oldies dementia home. The funny thing is it doesn't matter if you are on a full payment or part payment you still have to do your 20 hours a week, even for my 35 bucks :P~!. Anyway it wasn't so bad, I heard some very funny things come out of those peoples mouths to make up for my $1.75? an hour . However once the vineyard working started 20 bucks a hour was like rolling in gold

[Lumps of cheese]

Nup, don't do it and we shouldn't anyway.
The less we become like america the better

[danja]

If I feel the service warrants it, I'll often round the bill out to the nearest $10 and let them keep the change, or throw some shrapnel into the tip jar. I don't tip for the sake of it though as seems to be the American custom, not all joints deserve it, and I'm not that rich.

[Low_VX_Taxi]

If the service or food is especially good I will tip (always a note), this unfortunately is becoming more rare as the quality of restaurants I am visiting is higher so my expectations are higher....

I leave a few gold coins for housekeeping if the room is in immaculate condition (from a cleaning perspective) but again working in the industry makes me have a bit higher expectations so this is rare...

Tipping in Aus isnt expected or neccisary but as I have said before I feel that if you are given something special or above ordinary what better way to say thanks other than $$$$$