HappyFingers
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- Oct 26, 2009
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Hello all
just trying to understand this whole Gratuities situation
First a small cultural lesson
Here in a Australia you can go to any resturant and have a fantastic meal, ask for the bill, pay the bill and then walk out, no tips no nothing, perfectly normal, prefectly acceptable, I do it all the time
in general i only tip when im drunk, which isnt very often
sure if you want to tip you can, but it isnt demanded or even asked for
of course there would be a few exceptions to this rule somewhere in Australia that i have visited/eaten at yet (which is most of the country
)
So my question is
when they automaticaly add gratuities to my bill as is common in America
does the waiter even get those funds ?
how do I as a tourist not familiar with the American system of tipping know if my tip is being deposited into the waiters pocket ?
for all i know the waiter might only see $5 of a $15 tip with the house keeping the other $10
if any at all
Im not knocking your system
and of course i realise i can hand my tip directly to the waiter in some/most cases
but how can I know what happens to my Tip ? be it automatic or not ?
why dont resturants just up the price of their food with the tip factored in and stop confusing us culturaly different tourist ?
im interested to see everyone else thoughts on this subject
just trying to understand this whole Gratuities situation
First a small cultural lesson
Here in a Australia you can go to any resturant and have a fantastic meal, ask for the bill, pay the bill and then walk out, no tips no nothing, perfectly normal, prefectly acceptable, I do it all the time
in general i only tip when im drunk, which isnt very often
sure if you want to tip you can, but it isnt demanded or even asked for
of course there would be a few exceptions to this rule somewhere in Australia that i have visited/eaten at yet (which is most of the country
)So my question is
when they automaticaly add gratuities to my bill as is common in America
does the waiter even get those funds ?
how do I as a tourist not familiar with the American system of tipping know if my tip is being deposited into the waiters pocket ?
for all i know the waiter might only see $5 of a $15 tip with the house keeping the other $10
if any at allIm not knocking your system
and of course i realise i can hand my tip directly to the waiter in some/most cases
but how can I know what happens to my Tip ? be it automatic or not ?
why dont resturants just up the price of their food with the tip factored in and stop confusing us culturaly different tourist ?
im interested to see everyone else thoughts on this subject
