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In reply to the discussion: "I don't tip." [View all]Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)Every now and again people will pop up in the comments section of an article about hospitality in the Sydney Morning Herald and try to tell everyone reading that tipping is now a customary thing, we should do it if we get good service, it's one of those American customs that have taken root here, blah blah lie blah bullshit blah. Yeah, right. I've never tipped and never will. If I go to the US I'll tip because I know people in hospitality don't earn much, but I still have an issue with subsidising wages because employers are allowed to get away with paying them shit wages.
But I'll never tip in Australia. Well, except on the American cruise ship I'm going on next month when it heads up north from Sydney. I guess I have to do the tipping thing then. But I'm going to be grumbly about it! And get all angsty and indecisive about how much is too much or too little!
I hate tipping....