r/antiwork
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u/SmilkySooth
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Jan 14 '22
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So sorry, I'm broke so I can only pay you $77 for my food. You were great though.
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u/Anxious-Sir-1361 Jan 15 '22
I had an Australian GF years back, and she came and visited me in Edmonton. In Australia, they pay servers a solid wage, and there is no tipping. She was appalled by the tipping culture. She brought up the whole prostituting themselves argument. Part of that was her seeing some of my guy friends doing the honoured douchy married guy tradition of flirting with the waitress and her flirty right back (for tips.) Sometimes it takes the eyes of a foreigner to really see how weird and appalling a custom is.