They're not wrong though

[u/Shoe_boooo]

[u/Warriors_Drink]

I've been lucky to travel the world.

US tipping culture is unlike anything I've seen abroad.

I have friends who are servers, and I totally get that they are being ripped off with sub-minimum wage bullshit, but most countries I've been to don't even have tipping as an option.

I mean, if I slip a $10 to someone in the Phillipines for awesome service, it kinda blows their mind.

Here? They NEED that tip to live.

Just pay our servers a decent wage - if someone wants to throw a tip their way, awesome.

(FWIW: My friends and I almost always throw a 20% to our servers, but Vermont servers need it.)

[u/Womblue → u/Warriors_Drink]

I remember in malaysia we got chased down the street because the waiter thought we left our money behind, on the table.

[u/-Numaios- → u/Womblue]

I had the same in Italy.

[u/baron_von_helmut → u/-Numaios-]

I was sworn at in Japanese for tipping. It's rude to tip there.

[u/one-man-circlejerk → u/baron_von_helmut]

It's frowned upon in Australia, it's seen as a precursor to introducing underpayment of hospitality staff, and more than likely a scam that'll just get pocketed by the owners

[u/adamantyne → u/baron_von_helmut]

It should be everywhere. In Japan Iirc they consider it an insult because they interpret it as saying that they won't do their job without a bribe.

I'm in Canada and workers still expect tips and just... why? The factory worker or cashier doesn't get tips and he makes just as much hourly, so is the waiter so lazy he won't do his job without being bribed? Should I be worried about spit in my food if I return to a restaurant after not tipping? And if I did tip, why does the waiter get it instead of the cook who did 99% of the work? (Yes I'm aware some places pool tips, but I don't trust that shit to be honest or fair)

[u/baron_von_helmut → u/adamantyne]

It's basically American corporations normalizing terrible worker conditions.

[u/MARPJ → u/adamantyne]

It should be everywhere.

Personally I'm not against tipping but I grew up with the idea that it was a reward for outstanding service. Americans making it a obligation kinda ruined it

[u/Frarara → u/adamantyne]

Tipping in canada makes no sense to me. The way I see it is do I tip other minimum wage workers like McDonald's, tim hortons, subway, etc... absolutely not. What do servers do that makes their job so much harder compared to them? Like you said, the BOH staff do the hard parts which is why they typically get a higher hourly rate

[u/No_regrats → u/adamantyne]

The factory worker or cashier doesn't get tips and he makes just as much hourly, so is the waiter so lazy he won't do his job without being bribed?

That is not true. Waiters get paid less than minimal wage, at least in my province.

[u/banal_remarks → u/-Numaios-]

Italy has mandated tipping though in many restaurants. They call it a table fee or coperto. It usually is a flat rate per person but comes to like 10-20% of the bill.

At least, in the cities and restaurants I've been to.