So, thats their culture, for better or worse if you agree or dont, it is what it is
Yeah. But I have never heard of it being Mandatory.
Am I getting charged with an offence if I donāt leave a tip?
Tipping culture also puts a huge amount of pressure on patrons, who might just decide to never eat at restaurants, or eat only at Chinese restaurants (who donāt normally expect tips, as they are shared among the entire workforce). It would actually hurt the industry as a whole.
Like I said Iām perfectly fine if they raise the price of the food by however much percent they need to pay their workers fairly. Itās all about not having to deal with hidden charge. When you have the same amount of hidden charge that they tolerate in the US itās actually called bait and switch.
Itās not mandatory. Nobody will twist your arm if you donāt pay up.
Itās not like tipping at a restaurant.
I said itās mandatory, didnāt say it was legally required.
There is a tipping mandate in the US?
Most sit-down restaurants in the US have tipping mandates, yes. The ones that donāt will have a sign that says ātips not requiredā or something, but itās rare.
If you donāt tip once then they will probably let it fly, but donāt go to the same restaurant twice without tipping.
What are the consequences if I refuse?
Granted, if the service is shit, I dont wanna go back anyways. If the service is shit, I aint givin a tip.
Iāve refused once. The result was the manager came to my table and asked me why I did not tip, and I explained why. (I had a legitimate reason so he just shut up and left.)
One other time I simply forgot, and the waiter asked me if I had forgotten. I apologized and left a larger tip.
The third time I miscalculated and only tipped like 10% (it was closer to 9%), and the waitress called the manager to my table. She informed me I tipped less than 10% and asked if there was anything wrong with the service and I apologized for miscalculating the tip.
Unfortunately, it is your responsibility, especially in some states that allow a lower min wage for certain jobs, and itās built into the āfairā price youāre paying (in some states, min wage for some ātippedā jobs is $2-$3/hr). Itās part of the drill, so get with the program.
some places itās built into the legal, lower, min wage structure. itās almost always built into the offered wages.
Tip at Chinese restaurants. And yes, donāt eat at restaurants of you donāt want to tip.
Back to hotelsā¦ I be tip at the end - more often than not, they donāt take money you leave during a stay unless you leave a note, and I aint bothering with that.
I wouldāve flipped shit. Thatās extortion. I agree with @anon24369109
Many tourists feel the same way, but most people already know this before visiting the US.
We tip in Canada, but Iād never had a manager come out and fucking intimidate customers that way if I didnāt tip. Itās rare that I get shit service, but I am not gonna reward shit service.
Yeah Canadians are much nicer, and Iām sure it doesnāt happen everywhere in the US. Thereās probably been other times I forgot to tip and never knew about it because they didnāt confront me.
I donāt know how wages work for waiters in Canada, but in the US, workers who are classified as tipped employees make less than the minimum wage. If the minimum wage is $10 for example, then tipped employees get paid like $2.
this varies by state.
itās certainly not the norm in the US
Really nonsense this tipping, will never understand and whomever tried to justify it really tries to twist things.
Just the ppl fairly or put a fixed charge upfront, like we do in Italy. Iām fine to pay a charge which is explicit and reported rather than a guess which is āappreciatedā or expected. Silly
A 15-20% tip at a restaurant is the norm across the whole country which everyone knows about, so restaurants donāt really need to state it explicitly.
Some restaurants that serve a lot of international tourists will state it on their menu. Other restaurants will just include the tip as part of their menu price, and they will have a sign that says tipping is not required.
Piling on here that tipping is ridiculous. Iām glad itās not a thing in many Asian countries and I hope it stays that way.
Insaneā¦ only at michelin star level restaurants I would be comfortable to pay more than 10% service fee (which is already a lot).
Back home the amount itās fixed per person, between 1 to 5ā¬ per person depending on the establishment (then u have the grifters charging more in very touristy places, but never a good idea going there in the first place).
Basically you are paying a 1/5 more than what āadvertisedā on the menu, I would sue for false advertisementā¦
Also the prices at shops not including the tax is another thing very silly to me. Seems like in the US u need to be a CPA to paying for ur food or toilet paper