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| Thread ID: 128650 | 2013-01-06 01:25:00 | Tipping in NZ - do you do it? | FoxyMX (5) | PC World Chat |
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| 1321559 | 2013-01-06 03:17:00 | In overseas countries my experience was that tips are expected and if you do not tip people like the barman or waiting staff, they tend to get upset. In Singapore I seem to remember that they sometimes added 10% to the bill as a gratuity. I remember buying a beer in a bar in Paris, paying for the beer and drinking it. As I was leaving the barman shouted out, "In France we tip". I told him, "In New Zealand we do not tip". I also remember a London cab driver asking me where his tip was. I never give tips when eating out in New Zealand. Fish and chip shops do not expect tips.:D I hope that tipping does not become the norm in New Zealand |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1321560 | 2013-01-06 03:50:00 | Any place that is worthy of a tip will get my repeat custom instead of a tip. Any place that asks for a tip will never see me again. There's lots of foul economic practices that come from America, and tipping is one of them. DRM, copy protections, and strung out and distorted copyright, and patent laws are further examples of the money driven US abuses. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1321561 | 2013-01-06 04:37:00 | I don't tip and I don't want to start. If the staff need more money then that's an issue to take up with their employers not me the customer who is already paying for the service. When there get's to be a "standard" % gratuity expected then it's really a part of the price and not a tip at all. The only good thing about it is the potential for good staff to earn more money than poor staff, something else the employer could take care off in my opinion. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1321562 | 2013-01-06 05:08:00 | Not here... but have tipped when traveling in countries where it's the norm. | somebody (208) | ||
| 1321563 | 2013-01-06 05:20:00 | Tipping in England must be fairly new then, I was born there and stayed until 2001 and never tipped anyone and I don't tip here. As far as I'm concerned if staff don't get paid they need to take this up with their employer not the customer. I have never been tipped in my job and don't expect to do so either when I have already paid the asking price, it gives employers an excuse to pay low wages and lower self esteem of staff by making them expect tips as being normal | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1321564 | 2013-01-06 05:21:00 | Who has? Let's know, so those of us who want to can boycott them. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1321565 | 2013-01-06 05:43:00 | Any place that is worthy of a tip will get my repeat custom instead of a tip.Ditto. I've tipped overseas (Europe/UK) mostly because people seem to demand it, not because you got sterling service. It basically adds another 10-15% onto what you have already paid for. You end up tipping the luggage porter, the room cleaners, the restaurant staff, the barman, the tour guide, the tour driver and so on. If taking a taxi, I normally say "keep the change" when it is a token amount. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 1321566 | 2013-01-06 05:55:00 | I will tip a taxi driver, strippers, pizza delivery drivers and a waitress that keeps my beer at the table never empty. | plod (107) | ||
| 1321567 | 2013-01-06 06:52:00 | Circumcision surgeon gets tips from every patient | tutaenui (1724) | ||
| 1321568 | 2013-01-06 07:36:00 | yeah i normally tell taxis keep the change too | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
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