Extremely sorry to inconvenience any of you, but i have a bit of a hearing problem and I couldn't for the life of me, hear what Mr. Fry said at 4:35. It's been eating away at me even after repeat viewings. Could you please tell me exactly what he said?
Alan’s right, too: if you try to tip a wait(e)r(ess) in a restaurant in China, they’ll be horrified and chase you down the street to give you your excess change back. Or at least they used to—I haven’t tried for about eight years. It was an actual offence for them to accept tips.
Just to be complete, studies have shown that this only works for female customers. If you draw a smiley face for a male customer, they are likely to leave a smaller tip.
@lenmetallica nope 24 and australian so i guess people here actually get paid a decent wage and dont have to chase people down the street if they dont tip.
QI Fact: Tipping is actually illegal in Harlech, Wales. It dates back to the Wales Penal Laws passed by Parliament in 1402 due to the Glyndwr Rising. Although the Wales Penal Laws were repealed during James I last Parliament certain statues remained in place, including this one.
i don' t tip exact amounts ( i do say keep the change when using notes in cafe's) because i think it's wrong to assume and depend on gratitude, why tip a waiter if we don't tip a doctor, i do tip taxi drivers to a certain extent, as they do have to keep the banter up with people they've never met before for long time periods but all a waiter did is delivery my tea, if as a kid i was tipped for every tea i made my mum i'd be a millionaire
$2 an hour? that can't possibly be right. Australian waiters get between $17 and $25 an hour, (usually about $19). Though there is no tipping. How does that match up to the 'post tipping' rate of a U.S waiter?
@digitaldreamer9 few unskilled professions get payed anywhere near $17 or $25 an hour in the US; the amount of taxes taken out is likely drastically different. Same with min. wage, around $8 in the US. What money the actually earn, and what they can actually purchase with that money (cost of goods), isn't likely disparate.
The concept of compulsory tipping is so retarded, that it could only have been created in America. Thank fuck I'm British and live in a country where food servers are paid a decent living wage.
@nabmohs1 a "decent" wage? What a silly Britishism. You realize the waiters are compensated for their low wages with the tips they receive, I hope? I doubt British waiters actually earn more than American waiters; if anything, it's likely the opposite.
What is good about tipping is that it requires some human consideration, rather than a simple flat, faceless wage for a service. It can also be indicative of the amount of work they did, but this is a double-edged sword.
In the US tipping really depends on where you are, particularly by state. In many states wait staff are paid less than minimum wage because the employers anticipate tips, but in some (such as Oregon) waiters are paid at least minimum wage, so 15% is standard. A friend of mine from the midwest got really upset with me for tipping 15% once in the northwest because she expected 20-25% as a waitress.
All this tipping and not tipping business is silly. If they do a good job I think they deserve it, but if they do a shit job like ignoring you if you need something or are generally unpleasant then that's their own fault if they don't get a tip because they haven't earned it.
FYI, for those in Canada and the US, meals that take a long time to be received (under normal circumstances) are not the fault of the server. This is the result of a backed up kitchen or an incompetent cooking staff. Please do not take your annoyance about slow food out on the server (by not tipping) because he/she makes less than minimum while the kitchen staff (who have probably fucked up your order) are paid legitimate wages. There is nothing the server can do if your meal is taking too long!
@mgirl1978 Most American resturants are going to be incredibly cheaper than Australian resturants in 90% of cases. You cannot, even with tip, come -close- to how much it costs to eat out in Australia. Just to let you know. Tipping isn't at all a reason not to visit America.
@GayByProxy ...nine dollars? It's a pretty good chunk of the US by population that's got an eight-dollar minimum wage... (it doesn't apply to waiter base pay, but employers have to make up the difference if it's not met).
Wait, I've never had anyone chase me down the street or chase me at all because I didn't tip. Maybe it's just in Ohio? I've always tipped depending on the service; usually the max is 15%. If it was good, you tip the max. If it was meh, you tip like...IDK...8%. If it was horrible you tip nothing.
You don't tip in Norway but that's because a decent meal costs £22 ($34) and the waiter is actually paid well (I'd guess $20/hr). 20% on top of that would be mental.
Tipping is f-ed up. In AUS a waitress over 21 would gte paid a minimum of $25/hr. In the U.S companies have somehow tricked consumers into paying their staff's wages...the sad thing is it's never going to change, because the people working in those jobs are so dependant on the money that you are making them and their families starve by not tipping etc...I don't know how a system that messed up ever came into play...gullible Americans.
@dchalf10 The federal minimum wage in america is 7.40USD per hour. I don't think that you can pay the wait-staff less because they make less, but I might be wrong. I do know that cask tips are tax-free, which means a lot to americans, even if though it's nowhere near 25AD. (Also, the australian dollar is stronger than the american dollar. Same thing with canadian.)
@stainglassfox By law, American companies can pay a lower minimum wage to waiters and delivery staff (not sure if the law includes more people) because of the "compensation" from tips.
@stainglassfox wait staff generally make a little less than 3 us dollars an hour because of tipping - depending on the part of the US people tip here from 10-20% - both of my sons are waiters/bar tenders in Washington DC and they can make easily couple hundred dollars a night in tips and up - waiters and bartenders in the state of Maine (where i live) make no-where near that kind of money - it is very dependent on the wealth of the community you are waiting in- what is a cask tip?
Chains - not added unless over 9+ people on a table
Most diners base everything on whether the waiter for helpful, went out of his/her way to do something, very welcoming and a pleasure to be around not because they have too or people think it's right to. also, the generation of people effects it aswell, young people don't tend too, the mature generation do - its how they were brought up, im a waiter and i tip, because i appreciate and watch how they do :)
Denmark you get charged 20% on top of the bill for "service". Completely kills the waiters incentives. It's completely common here to have to go to the counter to order food/drinks, and to have the dirty plates remain on your table after you've paid (at the counter once again). Service in South Africa was great!
LMAO, where was he that he got chased by a waiter? I've never heard of that. Although it is terribly rude not to tip in the US. I suppose in other countries meals must cost more so the restaurant can afford to pay their employees enough to survive without tips.
The top two comments are stupid. If foreigners want to tip you because of their culture, then you get free money... Seriously? You only say that because the people involved are Americans.
@AmzitheSoldier Actually, in certain cultures being offered tip is considered offensive (regardless of WHO offers the tip); it's considered to be equivalent with the tipper saying "You look poor and in need of extra money, let sofisticated, rich me help poor, uneducated, trailer-trash you out"
@SpazzyMcGee1337 I don't know how tipping is considered in the UK, nor do I know enough about how "class" is viewed in the UK. A society in where tipping would be considered rude, it would be rude because the tipper seemingly thinks he is better than the recipient, which would not be socialy acceptable. In such as society, Americans would be considered "weird" since they so openly accept what is perceived as "master-and-servant"; the tipper is "better" than the recipient of the tip.
To me that perspective of viewing tips as a means of propping oneself up above others seems to be likely rooted in class consciousness. In a classless society everybody is equal and taking offense to tipping would seems like overcompensating pride. It implicitly acknowledges classes. In America at least, there would be nothing awkward about person A tipping person B one day and the next day person B tipping person A when one is serving the other at a different restaurant. You get me?
@SpazzyMcGee1337 Yes, I do understand you. And I am not disagreeing with you (just to make that clear). What is and what is not accepted will differ from one society to the next, sometimes making two societies think of the other as weird, redicilous or even outrageous. It is only when we look at these in detail that we discover the logic behind both, even if they differ greately.
The problem with tipping in America is that they lowered people's wages because of it. Waiters get paid a third of minimum wage because we tip them so dadblasted much. And we can't stop because we know that no one can live on just over $2 an hour.
@trlkly Correct. You tip in America because the workers are only paid $2 an hour, and it's up to you to make sure they can pay rent or go to school. Usually not both.
Doesn't add up to me. Seems like it should be, well, illegal, because the purpose of minimum wage is to prevent things like that. I'm pretty sure you're just bullshitting.
@GregorioXII They are guaranteed minimum, but if tipping plus a third of minimum gets them more, then they get that. Restaurants though don't like waiter/waitresses who can't pull in enough tips.
Don't you mean water/waitresses don't like it when they don't pull in enough tips for themselves. The restaurant only cares if they do their job and don't piss off customers.
@minimacca999 Like when you pay the traffic cop after he's let you off, that's not corrupt at all. But if after fondling the fifty dollar bill in your wallet as you produce your licence you play all innocent after he said he won't be writing a ticket out there's a chance that things may turn a little ugly later, just as you're not likely to receive as good (or hygienic) service next time you dine at that place where tipping is entirely voluntary.
@minimacca999 There is no such thing as minor corruption. The cab owner or the restaurant wants all customers treated fairly and not badgered, abused or morally blackmailed. Clearly in a country where tipping has become endemic (just as where baksheesh among the police and civil service is endemic) it is difficult to be the only employer paying waiters properly so they don't have need of tips.
@minimacca999 Well, a bribe is an offering to insure some sort of advantage, thus tipping is bribery. I suppose it's then up to the individual to determine whether all forms of bribery are illicit or immoral.
I don't know if its just because i'm from the US or not but i find its rather rude not to tip someone, where its allowed. whenever I eat at a resturant (non-fast food) or get my hair cut I always make sure to tip them. Base pay rates for those sorts of jobs are really low so i fail to see how tipping someone is immoral or wrong its like saying that people shouldn't be rewarded for doing the right thing. I just think some people are blowing it out of proportion.
@Kasumiwolfdemon Depends if the waiter/waitress is good or seems like they care ect
i do not see why a hair cut should need a tip, in and out in 10 mins at the barbers no stupid small talk. But i only ever tip about £2.50, not sure what that would be in dollars
@freewilly2fly working as a waiter, tipping supplies extra money for a profession which is fairly low pay..... so it's not redundant, stingy austrailian...
@funkysteveve I was talking about in Australia where It isn't done because we aren't stingy and we actually pay our waiters real wages... if i was in a country where people are payed like shit... I would give them whatever tip is customary... here there is no such custom!!!
@acr08807 well we are happy to pay more for our meals... and we have real wages what would you prefer? rely on the generosity of others... just cos we developed a system that works and makes sense and provides certainty....
@acr08807 any tips made usually go back into the business & most of it is shared across the business or boosts someone elses pay where they are not as good as the ones that do get tipped.
When I worked as a porter at a hotel in New Zealand, American tourists kept tipping me. I found it mildly offensive, and always refused. They seemed confused.
@xbreekate mate you are from new zealand, you shouldn't tip, i went to a cafe and would have been charged a sitting fee, an extra $1 or 2 just for getting a table, its bullshit, i didn't buy anything from there!
@kubaniski It was my job. I got paid to do it. If they wanted to, they could've talked to my bosses about giving me a pay rise..
All guests would get as good service as I was able to provide regardless of their wealth or generosity. I resent any implication to the contrary (and a tip to me is that). To me, accepting a tip for doing my job is distasteful in the way that accepting a bribe would be, but with less severity.
What I expected from the guests was simply due respect for the staff.
@LGD3 I understand your point. However you must keep in mind that Americans don't usually know that. here in the US When working at a restaurant you don't don't work for the restaurant you work for the restaurants costumers.
@blickluke well i do work for my costumers so yea... I've been dong construction jobs since i quit working at the restaurant. I've never filled out a CV in my life so i wouldn't really know what to write, but that actually sounds like a pretty good thing to write.
@SpazzyMcGee1337 I've been to Japan and it would be considered rude to tip where I stayed, because the staff are a) paid a decent wage and b) proud of doing their job well, and don't wish to be seen to be begging for a bit of extra money to do it correctly or even "better". I'd prefer if they got a better wage and included it in the bill, and I also like to know that it doesn't just go to the waiter/waitress, but is divided with kitchen staff as well, and not just into the bosses pocket.
@Natesmodelrailroad No, but it's a bit weird to tip a particular percentage - the locals don't do it, apart from letting the server retain the change (works both ways in the case of taxi drivers).
However American culture continues to permeate in every facet of life, so it's becoming increasingly visible, particularly as wages continue to fall behind inflation.
@LGD3 You have to remember the sad fact, here in America waiters and waitresses get paid so dismally and tipping became a way to help them get by. When we then travel we keep the habit. But I'll remember when i go to New Zealand!
I was at the Cheesecake Factory with my ex and his cousin. Being from Canada, I happened to have a five on me. I was given the proper exchange, and my ex's cousin left the Canadian five as the tip. Safe to say, our server must have been none too pleased.
@kungpowpigion2 I have no intention of ever watching violent pornography still less expecting to learn general lessons from it. When I watch a film I do so to enjoy it. I am not a fucking media studies student, I don't do films as homework.
Cultures exist where tipping is unknown and jobs get done and people get served in a thoroughly professional manner. I have no intention of shutting up just because people disagree with my opinions yet can't articulate arguments.
@RoryM92 Nonsense, many cultures manage perfectly well without any tipping of any kind, Australia for example before you make some comment about them having a weird culture.
When I go to a restaurant I go for the food and I expect the waiters to do their job without me really noticing them at all. I don't go to restaurants to make friends with waiters, I expect them to give reasonable service with an occasional smile like the people on the checkouts at the supermarkets, who don't expect tips.
@RoryM92 Tipping is wrong. Don't you get that? It's immoral. Customers should not be obliged to "voluntarily" subsidize the incomes of the people serving them. I am not accusing waiters of inventing tipping. It should be illegal to solicit or accept tips or to pay a wage that is expected to be made up by tips or to allow the tipping of employees or the self employed upon your premises.
Taxi drivers, waiters and strippers should treat all customers well and equally because that is their job.
@RoryM92 Tayto is Ireland's biggest crisp manufacturer, twice over (two separate companies each side of the border, both number one in their home market). Have a question? Try Google.
My problem is with tipping, it is bribery and corruption and it should never be considered to be legitimate anywhere under any circumstances. No excuses.
People should never be so badly paid that the question of supplementing their income by third parties (charities, governments or customers) ever arises.
@RoryM92 Top of the morning from Ireland Mr Ambassador, will you be having a Guinness? Ah go on go on, and you'll be needing some Tayto crisps too no doubt.
Yes of course I would rather pay a higher wage and forbid the giving of tips on the premises. Everybody should get decent service from a waiter, hairdresser or taxi driver in the same way they expect to get decent, fair, reasonable and not contrived or obsequious service from their doctor or a teacher.
@RoryM92 They can't be good waiters if that's all they're paid. Would you be happy in a country run by a president on minimum wage looking for tips? Would you be happy in a courtroom run by a man looking for a tip?
Why would you tip someone for doing their job? You don't tip a builder, you don't tip a scientist, you don't tip a chef, you don't tip a teacher. You might tip if you get exceptionally good service, but for the most part they just bring you food, and are paid to do so. They should work much harder if they want so much as an extra pound per hour tip.
I love America, visited loads of times, but I've never been able to convince them to come with me because they despise the idea of forced tipping. Yes, that stereotype about Yorkshire people being tight is oh so very true...
It is disgraceful that some jobs are funded by this legitimized begging and for other jobs it is seen as a crime to accept such a payment for special service. Tipping a waiter should be seen as just as outrageous as bribing a police officer or judge. All should expect good service and equal treatment before the law and before the coffee and mints and all employees should be fairly paid for the work the do by their employers.
@MartinJWillett Even if every waiter provided perfect service, not every manager has the same ideas as customers and good waiters about service, which sometimes has tension with selling food. The only people it affects are the customers, and they should have the only say on whether the waiter's task was accomplished.
@LokiClock Service should be included in the price of food and it should cover the wages of the waiters in just the same way it covers taxes, insurance, the bill for the butcher, the rent for the building and the profit for the business owner.
@MartinJWillett Difference of philosophy. With tip wage, the employee-employer relationship is between the waiter and customer for the service, and the waiter and manager for the sales. Delivery (including to tables in my meaning) is another issue. Some fast food chains have begun to classify it as part of the restaurant's job, and charge the customer accordingly. I'm suspicious of this, and usually tip extra or avoid those places.
@LokiClock If you have to bribe your waiter for the proper attention you deserve as a customer, if different levels of service are implied by the willingness of the self-serving servers to indulge in bribery, the establishment is not a fit place for customers to go to. It is outrageous that the suggestion be made that money buys you better service or better service requires a bonus payment from the customer. So that a minority of rich customers continue to feel special all must suffer.
@MartinJWillett It's the other way around, that better service is rewarded with more money. It's not like everybody goes to the same restaurant in the first place - rich people pay more for food, poor people pay less, but there's no real lower bound to food prices, and again, tip is in percentage. You don't have a whole bunch of rich people coming into the poor people restaurant, paying so much tippage that no one else gets any attention. Also, tipping much more than 20% can be an insult.
@LokiClock That percentage thing is another part of the utter absurdity of tipping. In what way is serving a $300 meal 30 times harder than serving a $10 meal? There is no justification for this absurdity which imposes a burden on the customer (obsequious in your face service, false friendliness, moral blackmail) demeans the professionalism of service. Have you ever heard of a surgeon getting a tip? A lawyer? A train driver? A politician? Tipping = corruption!
@MartinJWillett By the same token you could say all employee interaction is false. The difference is the expectation of labor on the customer's whim. If the meal's worth more, that's owed partly to service, and even if you think it's half-decent you can shell out proportionately. Surgeons usually have no human interest in their patients, and engineers don't interact with riders at all. As for moral blackmail, yes, if you don't tip tip wagers who give proper service you're an asshole.
Extremely sorry to inconvenience any of you, but i have a bit of a hearing problem and I couldn't for the life of me, hear what Mr. Fry said at 4:35. It's been eating away at me even after repeat viewings. Could you please tell me exactly what he said?
Much Obliged
obiwan8926 1 day ago
I could watch 4:36 again and again --- it never gets old
happifulness 2 weeks ago
If someone chased me down the street and asked for a tip I would outright refuse, it's just wrong and stupid.
fatboybozo 2 weeks ago
49,999 views =)
warwco99 2 weeks ago
Nobody tips 20% in America (except maybe in very expensive places). 15% is standard and is often factored automatically if the bill is big enough.
Myzelfa 2 weeks ago
@Myzelfa I do. If I only get a beer or two, I'm likely to tip up to 100%.
nrgianni 2 days ago
20%? Chasing waiters? Not true.
timdiggerm 3 weeks ago
I just realized Jupitus is wearing a Planet Express shirt... This show just got even more amazing.
Frank144 3 weeks ago
Futurama Yhay
FrakkinUsername 3 weeks ago
LMaO@4:34
trje246 4 weeks ago
I feel someone needs to mention the tipping scene from Resevoir Dogs
lafona29 1 month ago 6
Alan’s right, too: if you try to tip a wait(e)r(ess) in a restaurant in China, they’ll be horrified and chase you down the street to give you your excess change back. Or at least they used to—I haven’t tried for about eight years. It was an actual offence for them to accept tips.
kokoshnetuna 1 month ago
Just to be complete, studies have shown that this only works for female customers. If you draw a smiley face for a male customer, they are likely to leave a smaller tip.
MisterAwesan 1 month ago
2:50 never happens.
DefiantBoris 1 month ago
Love Phils T-Shirt :D
MrKoala234 1 month ago 3
I work in a restaurant and no one is allowed to run after customers if they don't tip O_O
517634 1 month ago
@517634 I would like to pay a visit to your restaurant, where is it?
nomsdeguerre 1 month ago
why don't they just add the 20% for the waiter to the bloody bills then if it's obligatory..
infraball 1 month ago 7
@infraball Some restaurants do.
20% is actually a bit generous; 15% is the baseline (at least in Northern California), plus or minus ~5% for quality of service.
JTProud 1 month ago
Futurama Shirt Thats Awesome Phil Jupitus
Trekee4Life 1 month ago
They actually chase you down the street in the US. I'd be insulted :/
if they do well -tip.
if its terrible- heeeeeeeeeeeeeell no.
daveman247 1 month ago
i never tip. i expect good service for free. plus im not employing them so why should i pay their wage.
maccaaccam99 1 month ago 3
@maccaaccam99 Spoken like a true humanitarian.
lenmetallica 1 month ago
@maccaaccam99 btw how old are you, 50?
lenmetallica 1 month ago
@lenmetallica nope 24 and australian so i guess people here actually get paid a decent wage and dont have to chase people down the street if they dont tip.
maccaaccam99 1 month ago 3
@maccaaccam99 In America, the minimum wage for tipped employees is insanely low, I believe it's less than $3. They depend on tips to survive.
gahzeyboe 4 weeks ago
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I am glad that Stephen Fry doesnt Phil funny too..the errr....and the look on that unfunny fat fuck ,golden.
pastohh 1 month ago
4:35
hahaha
mrhenk007 1 month ago
@mrhenk007 i hate it when some1 commends something like that and i just cant wait for the video to get to that point t.t
vilyo15 1 month ago
I tip whatever i think the service and meal added to the normal price
mrhenk007 1 month ago
What the hell did Stephen say?
IoEstasCedonta 1 month ago 14
@IoEstasCedonta he grunted in a "hmmm okay sure" sort of condescension. but it was his facial response that made it worse
fallenmonkeytieryu 4 weeks ago
QI Fact: Tipping is actually illegal in Harlech, Wales. It dates back to the Wales Penal Laws passed by Parliament in 1402 due to the Glyndwr Rising. Although the Wales Penal Laws were repealed during James I last Parliament certain statues remained in place, including this one.
TaffTalk 1 month ago
i don' t tip exact amounts ( i do say keep the change when using notes in cafe's) because i think it's wrong to assume and depend on gratitude, why tip a waiter if we don't tip a doctor, i do tip taxi drivers to a certain extent, as they do have to keep the banter up with people they've never met before for long time periods but all a waiter did is delivery my tea, if as a kid i was tipped for every tea i made my mum i'd be a millionaire
etocadet 1 month ago
$2 an hour? that can't possibly be right. Australian waiters get between $17 and $25 an hour, (usually about $19). Though there is no tipping. How does that match up to the 'post tipping' rate of a U.S waiter?
digitaldreamer9 2 months ago
@digitaldreamer9 few unskilled professions get payed anywhere near $17 or $25 an hour in the US; the amount of taxes taken out is likely drastically different. Same with min. wage, around $8 in the US. What money the actually earn, and what they can actually purchase with that money (cost of goods), isn't likely disparate.
theEarlofChip 1 month ago
@theEarlofChip *they actually earn
theEarlofChip 1 month ago
Hank Green sent me here...sort of.
narbloc 2 months ago
Hank Green would disagree with the 'draw a smile' fact
dontchakno1 2 months ago 19
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shrylock 1 month ago
If some gurning twat comes up to be pretending to be my friend he's getting a single penny as a tip.
I'd rather be served by someone genuine whether they be friendly or miserable over someone fake.
PripyatSurvivor 2 months ago
The concept of compulsory tipping is so retarded, that it could only have been created in America. Thank fuck I'm British and live in a country where food servers are paid a decent living wage.
nabmohs1 2 months ago
@nabmohs1 a "decent" wage? What a silly Britishism. You realize the waiters are compensated for their low wages with the tips they receive, I hope? I doubt British waiters actually earn more than American waiters; if anything, it's likely the opposite.
What is good about tipping is that it requires some human consideration, rather than a simple flat, faceless wage for a service. It can also be indicative of the amount of work they did, but this is a double-edged sword.
theEarlofChip 2 months ago
In the US tipping really depends on where you are, particularly by state. In many states wait staff are paid less than minimum wage because the employers anticipate tips, but in some (such as Oregon) waiters are paid at least minimum wage, so 15% is standard. A friend of mine from the midwest got really upset with me for tipping 15% once in the northwest because she expected 20-25% as a waitress.
AndBlueFuzz 2 months ago
the welsh are terrible tippers.
tris421 2 months ago
All this tipping and not tipping business is silly. If they do a good job I think they deserve it, but if they do a shit job like ignoring you if you need something or are generally unpleasant then that's their own fault if they don't get a tip because they haven't earned it.
AppleAssassin 2 months ago
FYI, for those in Canada and the US, meals that take a long time to be received (under normal circumstances) are not the fault of the server. This is the result of a backed up kitchen or an incompetent cooking staff. Please do not take your annoyance about slow food out on the server (by not tipping) because he/she makes less than minimum while the kitchen staff (who have probably fucked up your order) are paid legitimate wages. There is nothing the server can do if your meal is taking too long!
mshellr 2 months ago 3
@mshellr Thank you!!
Kikora21 2 months ago
@mgirl1978 Most American resturants are going to be incredibly cheaper than Australian resturants in 90% of cases. You cannot, even with tip, come -close- to how much it costs to eat out in Australia. Just to let you know. Tipping isn't at all a reason not to visit America.
NaliaAsh 2 months ago
If someone chased me down to ask for a tip I'd tell them 'don't eat yellow snow'.
NaliaAsh 2 months ago 2
Good (note: not average, good) service = tip
Bad service = no tip
Good thing about where I live good service is so hard to find and the wage is about 9 dollars an hour.
GayByProxy 2 months ago
@GayByProxy ...nine dollars? It's a pretty good chunk of the US by population that's got an eight-dollar minimum wage... (it doesn't apply to waiter base pay, but employers have to make up the difference if it's not met).
IoEstasCedonta 1 month ago
Canadians tip about the same as Americans yet our minimum wage is much higher in most cases...
CullTheLivingFlower 2 months ago
Wait, I've never had anyone chase me down the street or chase me at all because I didn't tip. Maybe it's just in Ohio? I've always tipped depending on the service; usually the max is 15%. If it was good, you tip the max. If it was meh, you tip like...IDK...8%. If it was horrible you tip nothing.
PointsofData 2 months ago
I was on a virgin atlantic flight with Rich Hall in june and he said stewardess! fuckin never thought that would come up in conversation :P
Menla1 2 months ago
You don't tip in Norway but that's because a decent meal costs £22 ($34) and the waiter is actually paid well (I'd guess $20/hr). 20% on top of that would be mental.
norfsk 2 months ago
You don't often see 0 dislikes!
buc555 2 months ago
2:32 no Alan it's £3.38
buc555 2 months ago
Tipping is f-ed up. In AUS a waitress over 21 would gte paid a minimum of $25/hr. In the U.S companies have somehow tricked consumers into paying their staff's wages...the sad thing is it's never going to change, because the people working in those jobs are so dependant on the money that you are making them and their families starve by not tipping etc...I don't know how a system that messed up ever came into play...gullible Americans.
dchalf10 3 months ago
@dchalf10 The federal minimum wage in america is 7.40USD per hour. I don't think that you can pay the wait-staff less because they make less, but I might be wrong. I do know that cask tips are tax-free, which means a lot to americans, even if though it's nowhere near 25AD. (Also, the australian dollar is stronger than the american dollar. Same thing with canadian.)
stainglassfox 2 months ago
@stainglassfox By law, American companies can pay a lower minimum wage to waiters and delivery staff (not sure if the law includes more people) because of the "compensation" from tips.
ryder187mac 2 months ago
@stainglassfox wait staff generally make a little less than 3 us dollars an hour because of tipping - depending on the part of the US people tip here from 10-20% - both of my sons are waiters/bar tenders in Washington DC and they can make easily couple hundred dollars a night in tips and up - waiters and bartenders in the state of Maine (where i live) make no-where near that kind of money - it is very dependent on the wealth of the community you are waiting in- what is a cask tip?
freedom1234573 2 months ago
@freedom1234573 Pardon, I seem to have typed "cask tip". What I meant to say was "cash tip". Mi malo.
stainglassfox 2 months ago
@dchalf10 yup!! we are not the brightest bunch...hate to admit it - jesus/chrisitianity has sucked all the brains out of us..
freedom1234573 2 months ago
Stehvuin!
The666thBowelOfHell 3 months ago
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trufuuuullll 3 months ago
Fine dining - service is included
Chains - not added unless over 9+ people on a table
Most diners base everything on whether the waiter for helpful, went out of his/her way to do something, very welcoming and a pleasure to be around not because they have too or people think it's right to. also, the generation of people effects it aswell, young people don't tend too, the mature generation do - its how they were brought up, im a waiter and i tip, because i appreciate and watch how they do :)
SomethingToDo2011 3 months ago
We don't tip in France. Service is included in the bill.
kealyc1 3 months ago
There's no tipping here in Brazil, it's included in the price.
leopoldleoleo 3 months ago
Denmark you get charged 20% on top of the bill for "service". Completely kills the waiters incentives. It's completely common here to have to go to the counter to order food/drinks, and to have the dirty plates remain on your table after you've paid (at the counter once again). Service in South Africa was great!
Romeowasbleeding1 3 months ago
LMAO, where was he that he got chased by a waiter? I've never heard of that. Although it is terribly rude not to tip in the US. I suppose in other countries meals must cost more so the restaurant can afford to pay their employees enough to survive without tips.
GuacamoleKun 3 months ago
4:32 Seems so rude its cringe worthy.
Flydeification 3 months ago
in Denmark a waiter is better paid than an american nurse
Amstrup77 3 months ago
The top two comments are stupid. If foreigners want to tip you because of their culture, then you get free money... Seriously? You only say that because the people involved are Americans.
AmzitheSoldier 3 months ago
@AmzitheSoldier Actually, in certain cultures being offered tip is considered offensive (regardless of WHO offers the tip); it's considered to be equivalent with the tipper saying "You look poor and in need of extra money, let sofisticated, rich me help poor, uneducated, trailer-trash you out"
XheraPhine 3 months ago
@XheraPhine That sounds ridiculously class conscious to me, which is ironic since Steven Fry has commented on how obsessed AMERICANS are about class.
SpazzyMcGee1337 3 months ago
@SpazzyMcGee1337 I don't know how tipping is considered in the UK, nor do I know enough about how "class" is viewed in the UK. A society in where tipping would be considered rude, it would be rude because the tipper seemingly thinks he is better than the recipient, which would not be socialy acceptable. In such as society, Americans would be considered "weird" since they so openly accept what is perceived as "master-and-servant"; the tipper is "better" than the recipient of the tip.
XheraPhine 3 months ago
@XheraPhine
To me that perspective of viewing tips as a means of propping oneself up above others seems to be likely rooted in class consciousness. In a classless society everybody is equal and taking offense to tipping would seems like overcompensating pride. It implicitly acknowledges classes. In America at least, there would be nothing awkward about person A tipping person B one day and the next day person B tipping person A when one is serving the other at a different restaurant. You get me?
SpazzyMcGee1337 3 months ago
@SpazzyMcGee1337 Yes, I do understand you. And I am not disagreeing with you (just to make that clear). What is and what is not accepted will differ from one society to the next, sometimes making two societies think of the other as weird, redicilous or even outrageous. It is only when we look at these in detail that we discover the logic behind both, even if they differ greately.
XheraPhine 3 months ago
@XheraPhine thumbs up
SpazzyMcGee1337 3 months ago
@SpazzyMcGee1337 Right back atcha :-). Now, that was a refreshing start to a Saturday; a little social anhtropology to get the day started :-)
XheraPhine 3 months ago
@XheraPhine i can't believe it...a rational discussion on youtube...what is this i don't even
LordLuKha 3 months ago
@LordLuKha LOL! I guess I got lucky and ran into the one rational person on here :-)
XheraPhine 3 months ago
@LordLuKha Please tell me that was a Yu Gi Oh Abridged reference?
Jdakx13 3 months ago
@Jdakx13 not really
LordLuKha 3 months ago
No tipping in Australia.
Leowen2 3 months ago
The problem with tipping in America is that they lowered people's wages because of it. Waiters get paid a third of minimum wage because we tip them so dadblasted much. And we can't stop because we know that no one can live on just over $2 an hour.
trlkly 4 months ago
@trlkly Correct. You tip in America because the workers are only paid $2 an hour, and it's up to you to make sure they can pay rent or go to school. Usually not both.
7j8i9m 4 months ago 42
@7j8i9m yes, but many of the waiters and waitresses you tip make more in a night than they would making minimum wage
CWScott24 4 months ago
@7j8i9m However, they only get paid $2 an hour because they are tipped. If tipping stopped, they'd get paid minimum wage like the rest of us.
nja122890 3 months ago
@7j8i9m True. So here's a extra tip (wink!) to improve on that system: pay your employees what they bloody well deserve!
efas77 2 months ago
@efas77
why would any restuaranter want to pay their employees when they can get the customers to do it for them?
z3r0t0l3r4ns 2 months ago
@z3r0t0l3r4ns
Right, how silly of me to think that an employER should pay their employEES. What kind of a crazy world would that be?
efas77 2 months ago
@7j8i9m Well then they should provide a good service and not assume they're getting a tip (which is really rude).
TheDarkKreig 2 months ago
@trlkly >get paid a third of minimum wage
Doesn't add up to me. Seems like it should be, well, illegal, because the purpose of minimum wage is to prevent things like that. I'm pretty sure you're just bullshitting.
GregorioXII 3 months ago
@GregorioXII They are guaranteed minimum, but if tipping plus a third of minimum gets them more, then they get that. Restaurants though don't like waiter/waitresses who can't pull in enough tips.
RAMartin223 3 months ago
@RAMartin223
Don't you mean water/waitresses don't like it when they don't pull in enough tips for themselves. The restaurant only cares if they do their job and don't piss off customers.
BeBoBli 3 months ago
@GregorioXII
It's true and terrible.
BeBoBli 3 months ago
Tipping is a pretty big black mark when I am waying up where to holiday.
pilotmonkey 4 months ago
@pilotmonkey WTF
jungle2266 4 months ago
There actually *is* tipping in China; however, it's obligatory. Rather than chance that you won't tip, they mark the food up a certain percentage.
Jaxin30993 4 months ago
@minimacca999 You disagree. I get that. You're wrong. Let's get on with our lives.
MartinJWillett 4 months ago
@minimacca999 Like when you pay the traffic cop after he's let you off, that's not corrupt at all. But if after fondling the fifty dollar bill in your wallet as you produce your licence you play all innocent after he said he won't be writing a ticket out there's a chance that things may turn a little ugly later, just as you're not likely to receive as good (or hygienic) service next time you dine at that place where tipping is entirely voluntary.
MartinJWillett 4 months ago
@minimacca999 There is no such thing as minor corruption. The cab owner or the restaurant wants all customers treated fairly and not badgered, abused or morally blackmailed. Clearly in a country where tipping has become endemic (just as where baksheesh among the police and civil service is endemic) it is difficult to be the only employer paying waiters properly so they don't have need of tips.
MartinJWillett 4 months ago
@minimacca999 Well, a bribe is an offering to insure some sort of advantage, thus tipping is bribery. I suppose it's then up to the individual to determine whether all forms of bribery are illicit or immoral.
Athmel 4 months ago
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TehPorkPie 4 months ago
I don't know if its just because i'm from the US or not but i find its rather rude not to tip someone, where its allowed. whenever I eat at a resturant (non-fast food) or get my hair cut I always make sure to tip them. Base pay rates for those sorts of jobs are really low so i fail to see how tipping someone is immoral or wrong its like saying that people shouldn't be rewarded for doing the right thing. I just think some people are blowing it out of proportion.
Kasumiwolfdemon 4 months ago
@Kasumiwolfdemon Depends if the waiter/waitress is good or seems like they care ect
i do not see why a hair cut should need a tip, in and out in 10 mins at the barbers no stupid small talk. But i only ever tip about £2.50, not sure what that would be in dollars
blickluke 4 months ago
4:36!! omg LOL
Diazreta 4 months ago
@Diazreta
What does he say? I can't make it out
asdfhuliashduflasihf 2 months ago
In Australia you get paid so tipping is redundant...
freewilly2fly 4 months ago 87
@freewilly2fly working as a waiter, tipping supplies extra money for a profession which is fairly low pay..... so it's not redundant, stingy austrailian...
funkysteveve 4 months ago
@funkysteveve I was talking about in Australia where It isn't done because we aren't stingy and we actually pay our waiters real wages... if i was in a country where people are payed like shit... I would give them whatever tip is customary... here there is no such custom!!!
freewilly2fly 4 months ago 22
@freewilly2fly They have to pay the wait staff real wages because you Australians are too stingy to tip.
acr08807 4 months ago
@acr08807 no! we get paid enough and tipping is really stupid! -,-
ninarox94 4 months ago
@acr08807 well we are happy to pay more for our meals... and we have real wages what would you prefer? rely on the generosity of others... just cos we developed a system that works and makes sense and provides certainty....
freewilly2fly 4 months ago
@acr08807 any tips made usually go back into the business & most of it is shared across the business or boosts someone elses pay where they are not as good as the ones that do get tipped.
saturnGEEK 2 months ago
Someone should really make a looped video of Stephen's reaction at 4:35 LOL
TRG1984 4 months ago
is tipping allowed in japan?
daswerdasss 5 months ago
@daswerdasss - isn't customary and can infact embarrass the person you're tipping. Do it discreetly if you must.
freakystyley4000 5 months ago
@freakystyley4000 oh i see thank you
daswerdasss 4 months ago
I subscribe to the ethic of Mr. Pink. I'll tip a waiter in the same scenario I'd tip anyone in the street, no bias.
PritchardJesse 5 months ago
what is that delightful french term Stephen uses at 4:21
Mexicanseafooduk 5 months ago
I never tip... But then again I only ever really go to Pizza Hut.
BrieLarsonFan 5 months ago
The English are just a bunch of Mr. Pinks.
TomBrandon121 5 months ago
When I worked as a porter at a hotel in New Zealand, American tourists kept tipping me. I found it mildly offensive, and always refused. They seemed confused.
LGD3 5 months ago 24
@LGD3 I've actually noticed a few cafés here that have started putting out tip jars. Rather pisses me off to be honest.
xbreekate 5 months ago
@xbreekate mate you are from new zealand, you shouldn't tip, i went to a cafe and would have been charged a sitting fee, an extra $1 or 2 just for getting a table, its bullshit, i didn't buy anything from there!
Mark550355 5 months ago
@LGD3 why would you be offended? it means you're doing a good job.
kubaniski 5 months ago
@kubaniski It was my job. I got paid to do it. If they wanted to, they could've talked to my bosses about giving me a pay rise..
All guests would get as good service as I was able to provide regardless of their wealth or generosity. I resent any implication to the contrary (and a tip to me is that). To me, accepting a tip for doing my job is distasteful in the way that accepting a bribe would be, but with less severity.
What I expected from the guests was simply due respect for the staff.
LGD3 5 months ago
@LGD3 I understand your point. However you must keep in mind that Americans don't usually know that. here in the US When working at a restaurant you don't don't work for the restaurant you work for the restaurants costumers.
kubaniski 5 months ago
@kubaniski do u say that on your CV when u apply for the job...
blickluke 4 months ago
@blickluke why would i? i haven't worked at a restaurant since i was 15.
kubaniski 4 months ago
@kubaniski i was meaning is that the type of shit u write on a CV to make it seem like u are dedicated ect "I work for the customers"
blickluke 4 months ago
@blickluke well i do work for my costumers so yea... I've been dong construction jobs since i quit working at the restaurant. I've never filled out a CV in my life so i wouldn't really know what to write, but that actually sounds like a pretty good thing to write.
kubaniski 4 months ago
@kubaniski yeah i know it would be but when u are 15 and u go for a job as a waiter u are working for what ever money it pays
blickluke 4 months ago
@LGD3 You sound like an awesome person. Stay awesome.
Athmel 4 months ago
@LGD3
Tourist: I would like to thank you for your excellent service with some money.
You: No thank you. I don't want your money. Now, I need to get back to work.
Tourist: *Confused*
Falcrist 4 months ago
Good point, LGD3. We [NZ] aren't used to the concept. ♥ :)
SiliconBong 3 months ago
@LGD3 Why would you find a tip offensive?
SpazzyMcGee1337 3 months ago
@SpazzyMcGee1337 I've been to Japan and it would be considered rude to tip where I stayed, because the staff are a) paid a decent wage and b) proud of doing their job well, and don't wish to be seen to be begging for a bit of extra money to do it correctly or even "better". I'd prefer if they got a better wage and included it in the bill, and I also like to know that it doesn't just go to the waiter/waitress, but is divided with kitchen staff as well, and not just into the bosses pocket.
jimbobeire 3 months ago
@LGD3 It's offensive there?
Natesmodelrailroad 3 months ago
@Natesmodelrailroad No, but it's a bit weird to tip a particular percentage - the locals don't do it, apart from letting the server retain the change (works both ways in the case of taxi drivers).
However American culture continues to permeate in every facet of life, so it's becoming increasingly visible, particularly as wages continue to fall behind inflation.
LGD3 3 months ago
@LGD3 You have to remember the sad fact, here in America waiters and waitresses get paid so dismally and tipping became a way to help them get by. When we then travel we keep the habit. But I'll remember when i go to New Zealand!
Darksabre812 3 months ago
Food in the US is relatively cheap and wages for waiters etc is very low so they require tips to survive.
binaway 5 months ago 3
I was at the Cheesecake Factory with my ex and his cousin. Being from Canada, I happened to have a five on me. I was given the proper exchange, and my ex's cousin left the Canadian five as the tip. Safe to say, our server must have been none too pleased.
chromachan 5 months ago
2:28 looks more like £2.49 to me....
mooncowtube 5 months ago
@kungpowpigion2 I have no intention of ever watching violent pornography still less expecting to learn general lessons from it. When I watch a film I do so to enjoy it. I am not a fucking media studies student, I don't do films as homework.
Cultures exist where tipping is unknown and jobs get done and people get served in a thoroughly professional manner. I have no intention of shutting up just because people disagree with my opinions yet can't articulate arguments.
MartinJWillett 5 months ago
@RoryM92 Nonsense, many cultures manage perfectly well without any tipping of any kind, Australia for example before you make some comment about them having a weird culture.
When I go to a restaurant I go for the food and I expect the waiters to do their job without me really noticing them at all. I don't go to restaurants to make friends with waiters, I expect them to give reasonable service with an occasional smile like the people on the checkouts at the supermarkets, who don't expect tips.
MartinJWillett 5 months ago
@RoryM92 Tipping is wrong. Don't you get that? It's immoral. Customers should not be obliged to "voluntarily" subsidize the incomes of the people serving them. I am not accusing waiters of inventing tipping. It should be illegal to solicit or accept tips or to pay a wage that is expected to be made up by tips or to allow the tipping of employees or the self employed upon your premises.
Taxi drivers, waiters and strippers should treat all customers well and equally because that is their job.
MartinJWillett 5 months ago
@MartinJWillett ...In America, waiters get paid LESS than minimum wage. Different countries, different rules. :)
KittyKattyYukiLvr 3 months ago
@RoryM92 Tayto is Ireland's biggest crisp manufacturer, twice over (two separate companies each side of the border, both number one in their home market). Have a question? Try Google.
My problem is with tipping, it is bribery and corruption and it should never be considered to be legitimate anywhere under any circumstances. No excuses.
People should never be so badly paid that the question of supplementing their income by third parties (charities, governments or customers) ever arises.
MartinJWillett 5 months ago
@RoryM92 Top of the morning from Ireland Mr Ambassador, will you be having a Guinness? Ah go on go on, and you'll be needing some Tayto crisps too no doubt.
Yes of course I would rather pay a higher wage and forbid the giving of tips on the premises. Everybody should get decent service from a waiter, hairdresser or taxi driver in the same way they expect to get decent, fair, reasonable and not contrived or obsequious service from their doctor or a teacher.
MartinJWillett 5 months ago
@RoryM92 They can't be good waiters if that's all they're paid. Would you be happy in a country run by a president on minimum wage looking for tips? Would you be happy in a courtroom run by a man looking for a tip?
MartinJWillett 5 months ago
Why would you tip someone for doing their job? You don't tip a builder, you don't tip a scientist, you don't tip a chef, you don't tip a teacher. You might tip if you get exceptionally good service, but for the most part they just bring you food, and are paid to do so. They should work much harder if they want so much as an extra pound per hour tip.
moshpotpaul 5 months ago
waiters wont chase u in the usa, they just get really pissed, i would know i live there lol
lsisoccer5 6 months ago
@lsisoccer5 If I knew I wouldn't be going again to the restaurant/pub they can get pissed, rage and tantrum as much as they want.
666Tomato666 6 months ago
@lsisoccer5 Lol, depends on the waiter and the restaurant. :P
KittyKattyYukiLvr 3 months ago
I love America, visited loads of times, but I've never been able to convince them to come with me because they despise the idea of forced tipping. Yes, that stereotype about Yorkshire people being tight is oh so very true...
bored0stiff 6 months ago
No tipping in Australia!! ;)
maxla88 6 months ago
It is disgraceful that some jobs are funded by this legitimized begging and for other jobs it is seen as a crime to accept such a payment for special service. Tipping a waiter should be seen as just as outrageous as bribing a police officer or judge. All should expect good service and equal treatment before the law and before the coffee and mints and all employees should be fairly paid for the work the do by their employers.
MartinJWillett 6 months ago
@MartinJWillett Even if every waiter provided perfect service, not every manager has the same ideas as customers and good waiters about service, which sometimes has tension with selling food. The only people it affects are the customers, and they should have the only say on whether the waiter's task was accomplished.
LokiClock 6 months ago
@LokiClock Service should be included in the price of food and it should cover the wages of the waiters in just the same way it covers taxes, insurance, the bill for the butcher, the rent for the building and the profit for the business owner.
MartinJWillett 6 months ago
@MartinJWillett Difference of philosophy. With tip wage, the employee-employer relationship is between the waiter and customer for the service, and the waiter and manager for the sales. Delivery (including to tables in my meaning) is another issue. Some fast food chains have begun to classify it as part of the restaurant's job, and charge the customer accordingly. I'm suspicious of this, and usually tip extra or avoid those places.
LokiClock 6 months ago
@LokiClock If you have to bribe your waiter for the proper attention you deserve as a customer, if different levels of service are implied by the willingness of the self-serving servers to indulge in bribery, the establishment is not a fit place for customers to go to. It is outrageous that the suggestion be made that money buys you better service or better service requires a bonus payment from the customer. So that a minority of rich customers continue to feel special all must suffer.
MartinJWillett 6 months ago
@MartinJWillett It's the other way around, that better service is rewarded with more money. It's not like everybody goes to the same restaurant in the first place - rich people pay more for food, poor people pay less, but there's no real lower bound to food prices, and again, tip is in percentage. You don't have a whole bunch of rich people coming into the poor people restaurant, paying so much tippage that no one else gets any attention. Also, tipping much more than 20% can be an insult.
LokiClock 6 months ago
@LokiClock That percentage thing is another part of the utter absurdity of tipping. In what way is serving a $300 meal 30 times harder than serving a $10 meal? There is no justification for this absurdity which imposes a burden on the customer (obsequious in your face service, false friendliness, moral blackmail) demeans the professionalism of service. Have you ever heard of a surgeon getting a tip? A lawyer? A train driver? A politician? Tipping = corruption!
MartinJWillett 6 months ago
@MartinJWillett By the same token you could say all employee interaction is false. The difference is the expectation of labor on the customer's whim. If the meal's worth more, that's owed partly to service, and even if you think it's half-decent you can shell out proportionately. Surgeons usually have no human interest in their patients, and engineers don't interact with riders at all. As for moral blackmail, yes, if you don't tip tip wagers who give proper service you're an asshole.
LokiClock 6 months ago