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I’ve got a tip. Get a proper job.
Lads... Do you give a tip????
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If the waitress is particularly attractive I always try and give her my tip.
Hang on, wait, what?
Hang on, wait, what?
coollino
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Ok Wilfred.
Over here it is expected. And I live in a small town where many servers/bartenders are friends—so usually I tip way more than normal. In large cities where I don’t know anyone it’s 20%.
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Agree that it is very much not the culture here. Think it tends to be due to the fact that we pay our wait staff OK, and there's no real appreciation of service. I have tipped from time to time where the service is exceptional, but say last night when I went out for dinner to a Thai restaurant, the wait staff knew nothing about thai customs, we waited about an hour for our meal which was average and they got the heat/spice of what was ordered wrong. Would not tip that regardless of whatever country I was in.I don't tip at home in NZ. Mind you, in NZL the majority of the populace won't tip, it's just not part of the culture.
However, I'm aware enough to tip in other countries where it is part of the culture, I.e. in the several times I've been in the States I do tip each and every time; same in other countries.
The reverse of it, if you decide to tip in some conservative countries (thinking of the islands, Fiji) you can cause a bit of embarrassment if they are not used to it, leading to awkward apologies. Another way that my wife and I did it in that scenario, was donate to the local village where the workers from that resort came from.
So, in short, in kinda depends on where you are, and what is acceptable. Everywhere in the world is different
summerisle
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Greedy gits.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2...y-lord-ashcroft-seeks-to-cut-staffs-basic-pay
Members’ club backed by Lord Ashcroft seeks to cut staff's basic pay.
Staff at an exclusive private members’ club co-owned by the Tory donor Lord Ashcroft have been asked to take a cut in their basic pay in return for a share of the service charge, in a move that could leave low-paid workers vulnerable while reducing the company’s tax payments.
Workers at the Devonshire Club in London, where members pay £2,400 a year for access to a 68-room boutique hotel, brasserie and champagne bar, were asked last month if they would take a formal pay cut that would reduce their earnings to the level of the legal minimum wage.
They were promised that their total pay would be topped up to the current level using money from the service charges automatically added to customers’ bills and distributed via a system called a tronc.
The scheme would potentially cut the Devonshire Club’s tax bill as, unlike basic pay, national insurance payments are not levied on independently distributed tips.
Although staff will save on national insurance in the short term under the scheme, cutting their contributions will affect statutory protections such as redundancy pay, maternity or paternity pay, or the state pension. Money from a tronc also cannot be included in staff contracts, potentially leaving staff vulnerable to a pay cut.
A letter to staff from the company operating the tronc, WMT Troncmaster Services, promises a minimum amount every month but makes clear: “This amount is, of course, dependent on the amount of gratuities our customers pay and cannot be guaranteed.”
One member of staff told the Guardian they felt they had been given little choice but to accept the change: “I’m pretty cross about it. If I go to a restaurant, have a good meal and give a tip, I don’t give it for the company to take that money out of salaries.”
WMT Troncmaster Services manages a similar scheme for Fortnum & Mason, uncovered in a Guardian exposé last year. It is understood that WMT works with more than 150 restaurants, including many with Michelin stars.
Dave Turnbull, regional officer at the Unite union, said: “Since the introduction of the national living wage we have seen evidence of this model spreading rapidly across hotels and restaurants. HMRC seem oblivious to what is happening here.”
The board of the Devonshire Club said in a statement: “In order to ensure impartiality and transparency we have engaged the services of an independent third party to manage our tronc.
“No member of staff is under any obligation to join. Employees have been given an option to join the tronc system as the system was not in place when the club opened.”
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2...y-lord-ashcroft-seeks-to-cut-staffs-basic-pay
Members’ club backed by Lord Ashcroft seeks to cut staff's basic pay.
Staff at an exclusive private members’ club co-owned by the Tory donor Lord Ashcroft have been asked to take a cut in their basic pay in return for a share of the service charge, in a move that could leave low-paid workers vulnerable while reducing the company’s tax payments.
Workers at the Devonshire Club in London, where members pay £2,400 a year for access to a 68-room boutique hotel, brasserie and champagne bar, were asked last month if they would take a formal pay cut that would reduce their earnings to the level of the legal minimum wage.
They were promised that their total pay would be topped up to the current level using money from the service charges automatically added to customers’ bills and distributed via a system called a tronc.
The scheme would potentially cut the Devonshire Club’s tax bill as, unlike basic pay, national insurance payments are not levied on independently distributed tips.
Although staff will save on national insurance in the short term under the scheme, cutting their contributions will affect statutory protections such as redundancy pay, maternity or paternity pay, or the state pension. Money from a tronc also cannot be included in staff contracts, potentially leaving staff vulnerable to a pay cut.
A letter to staff from the company operating the tronc, WMT Troncmaster Services, promises a minimum amount every month but makes clear: “This amount is, of course, dependent on the amount of gratuities our customers pay and cannot be guaranteed.”
One member of staff told the Guardian they felt they had been given little choice but to accept the change: “I’m pretty cross about it. If I go to a restaurant, have a good meal and give a tip, I don’t give it for the company to take that money out of salaries.”
WMT Troncmaster Services manages a similar scheme for Fortnum & Mason, uncovered in a Guardian exposé last year. It is understood that WMT works with more than 150 restaurants, including many with Michelin stars.
Dave Turnbull, regional officer at the Unite union, said: “Since the introduction of the national living wage we have seen evidence of this model spreading rapidly across hotels and restaurants. HMRC seem oblivious to what is happening here.”
The board of the Devonshire Club said in a statement: “In order to ensure impartiality and transparency we have engaged the services of an independent third party to manage our tronc.
“No member of staff is under any obligation to join. Employees have been given an option to join the tronc system as the system was not in place when the club opened.”
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‘I’ve got a tip for you, get a better job’.
Philw
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They're not allowed to accept tips but might direct you to the RHMCC box...
I've asked for it to be removed as it's illegal to try to enforce..
I always tip
My family hate it
My family hate it
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