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[-] KuroJ@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I’m American but lived in Japan for a couple of years. I was so shocked by the amazing customer service the Japanese workers gave me but never asked or expected a tip.

I was so confused coming back here and seeing all of stores implementing an option to tip and I’m trying to figure out… for what? Most of the workers hardly acknowledge me when I’m there and it feels as if I’m bothering them coming to order something, and then they turn the iPad around asking for a tip.

This honestly needs to stop.

[-] Naryn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I was so shocked by the amazing customer service the Japanese workers gave me but never asked or expected a tip.

That's how the entire world works outside of NA.

[-] KuroJ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I always say it’s shocking what us Americans are accustomed to here in the US, and those that have never been outside of the country would never know these things. I also visited Australia for a bit and noticed no one asked or expected a tip as well.

Glad I had the opportunity to see how other countries do things outside the US 🙂

[-] Naryn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's becoming a bit more like that with service charges automatically added to bills in the UK, but only for restaurant meal, never for anything else.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I once asked to have an automatic tip removed from my order at the cheese bar in Camden and they seemed ready to bite my nose off. Supposed to be a place that knows a bit about labour history, Camden. Not going back, the food was late and it all came at different times.

As a terrible seppo immigrant I feel like I'm being chased by the terrible seppo shit I ran away from, sometimes.

And yet there's this myth that without tips all the workers would be lazy and you'd get no good service.

I've heard and seen that repeated constantly.

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