Tipping is out of control in Canada but in these countries..

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Tipping is out of control in Canada but in these countries it is considered rude to tip





To tip or not to tip? Etiquette guides and waiters agree that the answer is yes, you should. Because who doesn’t like money?

But while “tip-flation” is on the rise in Canada, with more businesses now adding a prompt on the debit machine, and many of those prompts going up to 30 per cent, it’s worth noting that, officially at least, tipping is still small change in much of the world.

A big exception is our neighbour to the south. America has always had a culture of tipping, in large part thanks to its culture of not paying people very much .

A recent Forbes article noted that many people in the service industry are paid less than minimum wage, and tips are supposed to bridge the difference. But it also quoted a study in which 30 per cent of Americans felt tipping was “out of control,” while 41 per cent said businesses should pay their employees more rather than rely on gratuities.

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'But in the rest of the world, it’s far less common to be asked to shell out big tips. A recent study pulling data from TripAdvisor suggested that, for restaurants, 10 to 15 per cent is the norm in Britain, while in Greece five per cent is fine, in France it’s usually included in the bill (“service compris”) and in Italy there’s no need to tip at all.

Another roundup by the BBC found that tipping is frowned upon in Japan, where a compliment (preferably in Japanese) or a bow is preferred. In Egypt, the concept of a tip or charitable alms known as “baksheesh” is nebulous but welcome, provided you don’t put your foot in your mouth by equating it with begging.

Scandinavians often round up the bill to the next euro or two, the report noted. And China finds itself at something of a crossroads: historically, tipping was seen as rude, but that is changing as the country continues to modernize.'

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Tipping is a way to subsidize wages so that the company can underpay. Used to be more of a reward for a job well done. And yes , it is traditional in some areas like tipping at a restaurant. But, tipping for all of these other things now has gotten silly. And that way the employee can be "mad" at not being tipped instead of being "mad" that the company won't pay them a decent wage.