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? 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.
Great, good, gorgonzola. We don’t do that here.
These type of articles are designed to try and normalise this behaviour. Not having it. Price is on the menu and is tax inclusive. Get fucked.
I’m absolutely horrified that tipping is still as high as 8% for those who do tip.
Get that absolute nonsense out of our country. It benefits no one and will only do great harm in the long run. Just look at the mess that is American hospitality.
The tip requests on digital termals in a lot of places in my area of USA start at 18% and tax isn’t included in the menu prices. Absolute bullshit. This is at counter service places.
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.
Routine/Daily tips should always only be rounding errors. If a coffee costs $4.50, the coffee shop Tip Jar got 50c. It is there so you can avoid carrying around Silver change. If you need that extra 50c so you can afford your Saturday coffee, you are not obliged to use the Tip Jar. Even if you don’t need that extra 50c there should not be an obligation to tip.
Good, fuck tipping
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FUCK TIPPING.
I was glad to see this bit at the end:
The number of payments with tips has remained stable throughout the last year with 0.52% of payments including a tip in August 2023, according to Lightspeed.
Still, we really do have to be vigilant in our efforts to prevent tipping being normalised. You can bet restaurant owners are going to be pushing it whenever they see an opportunity, so we need to be pushing back harder.
Does that represent the US tourists who tip out of habit?
Wait until you see how few Australian tenants tip their landlords.
I’m surprised to hear it’s that high in Australia. Edit: Like others I misread the stats. 8% is the average to amount of the tip, only 0.5% of transactions include tips. I just got back from the US and it’s awful over there.The last two times I remember tipping in Australia (excluding “keep the change”) was one for a local food truck I like during the pandemic lockdowns. The other was a few years before that at a restaurant after I told them we were there for my mum’s birthday to get a candle in the desert, the chef instead took her back into the kitchen and showed her how they prepared several of the dishes (and we got the candle).
Would appear from this article that average tip amount would be the average of all tips actually given, not tips from all charges. Fuck tipping, raise wages.
I’ve never seen the stats before and 8% seems really high?? Is there some subset of Australia that tips all the time that I rarely see?
Edit: nvm, the stat is confusing as other commenter pointed out.
The number of payments with tips has remained stable throughout the last year with 0.52% of payments throughout the hospitality sector including a tip in August 2023, according to Lightspeed.
