Hey Folks!
I’ve been living abroad for over half my life in a country where tipping is not the norm. At most you would round up. 19€ bill? Here’s a 20, keep this change.
Going to the US soon to visit family and the whole idea of tipping makes me nervous. It seems there’s a lot of discussion about getting rid of tipping, but I don’t know how much has changed in this regard.
The system seems ridiculously unfair, and that extra expense in a country where everything is already so expensive really makes a difference.
So will AITA if I don’t tip? Is it really my personal responsibility to make sure my server is paid enough?
Yes, if you don’t tip they will call you a Canadian or worse.
Is this actually a thing? Tipping is expected in Canada, too.
I just remember someone telling me years ago that it was a server term for a table of low tippers as Canadians generally used a lower percentage scale. That may be totally different now.
When I lived in Texas, “Canadian” was used as a racist term to refer to Black guests, while implying that they weren’t likely to tip. It was pretty horrible.
Oh gross