Australians’ tipping habits are not keeping pace with higher menu prices, new research shows, as household costs soar and diners grapple with pandemic-era hospitality charges.
A report by Lightspeed Commerce, using payments platform data, found that the average tip amount dropped in August to 8.1% of a total bill.
This is the lowest amount in four years recorded by the point-of-sale and software company, and the first time it has dropped below 9% since early 2021.
so? Go fuck yourself.
We pay our workers here. A tip is something you give your server in appreciation for good service if you want to. It goes directly to the worker, it shouldn’t be tied into the pricing of the business, that’s a separate arrangement.
The article says that 0.52% of transactions have a tip, and the average tip is 8%.
At 0.52%, it’s a stretch to describe tipping as a ‘habit’. Most of that is probably American tourists or people fat fingering the tip prompt.
Good, fuck tipping
So? We don’t tip in Australia. We have overtime, holiday leave loading (literally paid more to go on holiday), superannuation, etc. We don’t need, nor want tipping. This isn’t a country that pays adults $12 an hour, and has no benefits.
