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Originally Posted by Axeman
Yes and thats where I hate it in the States. They should be paid their min wage by the restaurant like any other worker. All it does is put the weight of paying the employee on the customer and you feel guilted into doing it no matter the service because you know they get paid $2.50 an hour. In Canada they get min wage which is in BC $8/hr. So they get paid. I tip when good service, I tip some for ok service and none for bad service.
In the US I tip no matter what because they paid jack and its a joke. I do make sure they know why they got "less" though. The real sad part is the cost of food in the US restaurants and the Canadian restaurants is barely anything, yet the US places pay $5 less per hour to each waiter/waitress on staff. So who really is the loser and winner?
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i Always added the tip if i noticed a canadian accent for this reason
not that they are cheap just that their system is different then ours
i did the same for most euros for the same reason
While tipping is still an option that is based on service it is still a common courtesy imho to tip atleast 15% if you received good service.
My avg tip starts at 20% as i was in the biz along time and i know how hard the work is. Now with that being said you can work your way down in the tip very easily and i have been known to tip 25 even 30% for exceptional service