Canadians expect 20% tips. I’m sure others do as well.
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dan@upvote.au 3 weeks agoOnly 5.5% of internet users are American. Don’t assume everyone follows US customs. Some countries actually pay waitstaff well.
krashmo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We’re talking about the problem of tipping culture and complaints about being expected to tip too much. If you live in a country that pays waitstaff well, then this conversation isn’t about you. You can self select based on context clues.
dan@upvote.au 2 weeks ago
I do live in the USA at the moment, but in a state that pays waitstaff well (California).
There’s too many American people online that just assume everything is about the USA though. It gets to me sometimes :)
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In The Netherlands, service is included in the price. tipping is voluntary and not expected. If service was great, a 5-10% is generally the way. However, we have US-based chains like Starbucks that do or try aggressive ahead-of-service tipping on the price. It is very much frowned upon (especially because they already are expensive).
dan@upvote.au 3 weeks ago
I’m from Australia and we very rarely tip. It’s just not part of the culture. It was one of the biggest changes when I moved to the USA.