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Not today, sorry. (startrek.website)
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[–] 106 points 2 years ago (15 children)

This is very occasionally popping up in restaurants in Australia. Whether you live here or travelling. Do not tip unless they did something incredible. I’m talking the fish brought your grandma back to life and the chef reconnected you with your long lost father. We don’t want to encourage tipping culture. We want to increase minimum wage. It’s like $23 now and we need that to keep growing with the economy.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Fight it.

    It's bled into Canada like that as well and now it's an expected thing in food service.

    Cabs ask for tip here now. We have Pizza Delight out here with mandatory 15% tip after tax on thier buffet.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago*

    In America you can break your back at a fancy restaurant and they're legally allowed to pay you like less than $5 because of tipping culture, or you can work fast food and they're legally allowed to pay you $7.25 and you will never get tips. I'm amazed every day I wake up that we haven't begun another revolution.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    $29 minimum!? ($18.40 in USD). In my state it's $7.50 (USD), and most fast food workers like me get $11 after tips...

    Edit: For my line of work and hours it's $11 and $12.70 on weekends in Australia (converted to USD)... Still a bit more than most fast food workers get in the U.S...

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    We also have free healthcare. You Americans are getting shafted from so many directions

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm seriously considering immigrating elsewhere when I've finished university... It's nearly unlivable here.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Do as soon as you can if you want to - coming back is often an option. It's a lot more difficult to courage up to later on life, when you tend to have much more connections and emotions to whatever you're about to leave.

    It's not always a bad thing to stay, of course, people have their reasons to both proceed with emigration and shaking it off, but it's much easier the sooner you go with it.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Even if they did something incredible don't tip because you paid $30 for avocado on toast anyway.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I mean, that's on you for agreeing to pay $30 for an avocado on toast.

    I'm against (forced) tipping culture but the waiter is not at fault for the prices a restaurant sets up. If I saw the price and still decided to order it, I will definitely not fault the waiter for it.

    Waiters that give great services gets tipped because I want to encourage waiters to give great service.

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