An outspoken Aussie has pleaded with fellow residents to stop copying America’s tipping culture, claiming hospitality workers get paid enough as it is.
The frustrated customer took to Reddit to rant on Sunday and claimed tipping culture was trying to ‘weasel’ its way into the country.
‘In Australia we have a firm belief of fair pay for a fair days work. We don’t need and should not be expected to tip people, in any industry, ever,’ they said.
‘I’m so tired of it, I can’t even be polite about it anymore when a business has the balls to ask. I pay you, pay your damn employees properly.’
An outspoken Aussie has pleaded with fellow residents to stop copying America’s tipping culture claiming hospitality workers get paid enough as it is (stock image)
The frustrated customer claimed tipping culture was trying to ‘weasel’ its way into Australia (pictured, people at a cafe in Sydney in March, 2020)
The Reddit user said the no-tipping rule applied for ride-share services like Uber, restaurants, bars or taxis.
‘No matter what they are or what they do, NO TIPS,’ they said.
‘I know things here in Australia are rapidly deteriorating but we aren’t quite at the level of the USA yet and anything we can do to keep us from sinking any lower needs to be done.’
The Reddit user then asked others in the thread how they felt about tipping culture, with many agreeing it had gotten out of hand in the United States.
One user replied that they also appreciated that if a menu item was $25 in Australia, no tax was included on top of the set price.
Another ex-pat said not being expected to leave a hefty tip when eating out was one of their ‘favourite things about Australia’.
Prices of food and drink in Australia’s capitol cities remain high with the price of burgers, sandwiches and coffee higher than last year.
Coffee experts also predict Australians will be charged $6 for even the most basic orders before the year is out due to transportation and operation costs.
The Reddit user said the no-tipping rules should apply for ride-share services like Uber, restaurants, bars or taxis (pictured, diners in Darlinghurst in May, 2020)
Another Reddit user said not being expected to leave a hefty tip when eating out was one of their ‘favourite things about Australia’ (stock image)
‘It took me a good couple of months to get out of the habit of adding 13% onto the total of everything when I moved here,’ they shared.
An Aussie user said they felt ‘awkward’ having to tip in other countries.
I’ve been to America a couple of times and I hated the awkwardness of tipping. Do I tip? How much do I tip? What is fair? Was I supposed to tip and didn’t?’ they said.
An American user said they agreed and that tipping culture ‘sucked’.
‘You tip the hairstylist, movers, restaurant – even damn takeout. Even Starbucks, even the ice cream store! One time at a foot massage place I tipped 20% and the women yelled at me it should be more,’ they said.
‘Restaurants, sandwich shops, bars pay starvation wages expecting customers tips to make up for it.’
In Australia, a bar manager can earn up to $80,000 to $100,000 a year (pictured, a pub in St Kilda Melbourne in October, 2020)
Some venue managers in Sydney offered new workers a $2,000 sign-on bonuses after the Covid-19 pandemic wiped out overseas workers
The commenter said his teenage son worked at an ice-cream shop and was being paid below the minimum wage, which is $9 in his state.
When they encouraged him to ask management for his wages their son was refused and told the customers tips make up for the loss.
‘Plus lots of businesses steal tips. He didn’t get all his tips. So fight the tip culture please,’ the user said.
In Australia, a bar manager can earn up to $80,000 to $100,000 a year with hospitality staff previously offered generous $2,000 sign-on bonuses.
New incentives for hospitality workers came after venues across Australia suffered critical staff shortages in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
The incentives for workers came after venues across Australia suffered critical staff shortages in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sydney’s exclusive Rockpool Bar & Grill offered dishwashing staff as much as $90 an hour for weekend nights, but still struggled to get workers in the door.
The owner of Bondi’s Pompei pizza restaurant George Pompei said in November his $2,000 sign-on bonus was being turned down by applicants.
Mr Pompei said potential workers were preferring to stay on JobSeeker, a $750-a-week disaster payment which left many hospitality workers not needing to immediately return to work.
The payments cost the Commonwealth $1billion every week and were scrapped in Australian states when 80 per cent of the population was vaccinated.
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