International fans visiting the US for the World Cup have become frustrated by the culture of having to tip servers, telling the BBC that tipping fatigue has set in.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48704263

Many international fans visiting the US for the World Cup have become frustrated by the culture of tipping servers, telling the BBC that tipping fatigue has set in.

England supporter Geoff Pryor said he understood tipping for good service, but he found it “weird” when buying a bottle of water and “they try to get a tip for doing nothing”.

In the US, staff at some restaurants and bars are paid just over $2 (£1.50) an hour, and they expect customers to tip about 20% of the total cost of the bill so they can earn a living.

Frustrations have also been shared by hospitality staff, with one bar owner telling the BBC that many World Cup tourists have been bad tippers.

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    11 hours ago

    I get it, I get it, what I meant is “leaving some change cause the server was smiley and competent is pretty common but the American understanding of tipping isn’t”. 👍

    • ferrule@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      4 hours ago

      Again this isn’t true in most places outside the US. Many places I’ve traveled the only way a server would get a tip is if they did MORE than their job required which necessitated some sort of need for it. If your job is to greet, take an order, deliver said order and refill drinks there isn’t much opprotunity to go beyond.

      Massive groups, staying late, resolving a problem the establishment created, those are times when a tip might occur but even then it really is just an extension of your job. And this is coming from someone who has worked in many high profile service jobs.