The Payment of Wages Act came into effect this week, meaning all tips including service charges will go to staff and can’t be put towards making up basic wages.
Jean McCabe, Deputy Chairperson of Retail Excellence and Jim Elliott, Irish-American comedian, joined The Anton Savage Show to discuss how the new legislation might change how we tip.Jim Elliot is from the United States, where the tipping culture is vastly different as service industry employees rely on tips more than the"insultingly low" wages.The popularity of tipping in America is"certainly part of" the reason customer service is so good there.
This is not the states, we shouldn’t be expected to tip beyond why we pay for services here
No. Tipping is for when you receive extraordinary service. Staff should be paid fairly and get tips for going the extra mile for the customer. I never got the American thing of mandatory tipping, especially for bad service from a sour faced waiter/waitress.
No
I rarely tip ,the employer should give their staff a decent wage ffs
I tip, if I have change, unless I’m mates with them or the service is terrible! Service in most places is atrocious so I probably am getting off lightly at the moment. If I’m paying for a coffee or anything upfront & they look for a tip upfront before you get anything NEVER!
I only tip a waitress if they're hot.
I have stopped tipping unless they're very sound. Ridiculous stupid practice imported from USA
Why not
You could just pay people a living wage...