. A very nice summary and discussion. The only flaw I see in your argument is that if workers at the QF LAX lounge don't get tips to the extent they want or need, and there is high staff turnover and consequently a deterioration in service provided, I don't think QF will be inclined to pay their staff more as a result. I think they'll see their lounges as premium offerings (and they are) and if 'customers' wish to lounge elsewhere, that's their 'right' .
Interesting concept in Australia. Personally I tip every now and then. Mainly to round up the bill. Wages in Australia are quite good.
Nope. Never tip on wine. Food in US yes, wine no since markup is X4 bottle shop. In the UK, we remove the wine price from the bill before adding the "optional" 12-13% service charge. £150 for a £35 bottle of wine is adequate. Some ask why, mist accept without question. £27.50 for two glasses of mediocre Chardonnay last week also didn't attract the service charge from me.
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$2.13 and no one survives on that because no one has to. If their $2.13+tips isn't more than minimum wage then the employer must make up the difference so everyone is at least getting minimum wage. It is an important fact to remember when discussing the tipping culture in the US.
We never use ours - either find someone to give them to, or leave them next to the seat for the next person. Once we heard a woman on her mobile complaining about the horror day she had had with missed/delayed flights and it would be hours until she could get another one. Miss FM gave her all our vouchers
With those vouchers - I keep in the 'family' so to speak:
Buy into a tipping job? Wow just wow.
I must bookmark that - I knew it existed but can never seem to find it. Being brought up never to waste, it doesn't seem right to just throw them away..
I don't know if the figure is true or not, but I was told that for really upmarket restaurants in New York, people pay $50,000 to get a job....On the whole I don't mind tipping, but I don't like to feel I have to or that I might get it totally wrong. In Washington D.C. we stopped at a random restaurant to have lunch. We really don't eat very much (in spite of loving food), so Miss FM and I shared a starter, we each had a main and we all had a single drink. It was clearly quite an up market restaurant with big tables of people eating and drinking large amounts. Our waiter had been very friendly, so I tipped 25% of the bill. He was very snippy with us about the tip and clearly I should have tipped some minimum amount rather than a %. After that we tipped 30% for awhile, until I talked to some Americans who told me 18% to 20% is fine, but it did leave a nasty feeling.
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