America: You're Doing It Wrong | The Jim Jefferies Show

[@markhackett2302]

What REALLY sucks about tipping is that it is used as an EXCUSE to pay less than the minimum wage. Get rid of tipping and they have to pay their staff. Or do all the waiting themselves, which means they have to do all the work and still only serve a fraction of the people, gaining that much less revnnue for the same outlay. Tipping should be EXTRA, not instead.

[@richardwhite688]

Mark Hackett that's exactly right. That is how it's done in Canada. Wait persons or others get at least minimum wage, which isn't great, but better than in the US, then they get tips as extra.

[@MsColdCanada]

Wages should be what you can count on to pay bills. Tips should be what lets you go to the movies after a busy week of service work

[@markhackett2302]

Or as an actual gratuity. Where you may leave the change because, why not, but you KNOW it isn't needed. Just a "Ta." for them.

[@samjones6046]

Wait wait. Waiters don't have salaries in US?

[@chromeorihara1949]

From what I understand, they get paid less than minimum wage based on the justification that most of their earnings are coming from tips anyway.

[@jfh667]

Employers should pay their employees. I pay the employer, he pays the employees.

[@Teletubees1]

What you’re talking about is a minimum wage. Americans seem to think it’s communism to give people a living wage.

[@carys7417]

Literally don't understand why America just doesn't have a fixed minimum wage... everyone in America claims it's the best country in the world, when stuff like healthcare and wages is 3rd world.

[@jacobandrews2663]

From the *Less Developed** world, other than that, completely agree Previously said Undeveloped, my mistake, used inaccurate terminology.

[@jfh667]

Its an argument for investing healthcare money in propaganda. Clearly it works.

[@carys7417]

Giving it a nicer, more politically correct word doesn't make it any different hon.

[@jacobandrews2663]

Carys I just said *I agreed w/ your statement.* And the word is *not* more 'politically correct'. *It's accurate;* '1st, 2nd & 3rd world' were terminologies used during the cold war to denote, *capitalist countries, communist countries* & *countries who stayed neutral.* Those terms are completely irrelevant and outdated in the modern world. In fact, because Switzerland has historically stayed neutral during conflicts, several historians classified it as a 3rd world country... Does Switzerland seem like an *Undeveloped* or "3rd world Country (according to your definition of 3rd world)" to you?

[@MrGanjaBandits]

Carys but you have to bear in mind that poor people in the US live better lives than 90% of the worlds middle class

[@Azphreal]

Sorry but tipping should be for when your receive better than average service not mandatory.

[@zanewoollett6877]

That's how it should be but unfortunately wages are so dogshit and backwards in the US that servers actually have to rely on tips

[@rafaeterna1081]

@@zanewoollett6877 nah, not "wages are dogshit"... well, it probably is but the problem is owners scam their workers into thinking that they only got paid from tip

[@whiteknight01]

Sorry but the reward for doing your job well is keeping your job, tipping is bollix. An increase in the cost of food is needed not a service charge is needed to give all staff a living wage.

[@addykelly1777]

I used to work in a hotel as a chambermaid. People would give a great tip to the guy who carried their bags and never saw them again but a terrible tip to me who cleaned up after them every day, unblocked their toilets etc and I had to share my tips, he didn’t. While tipping is nice if you are providing a good service it should never be necessary to make up your wages. A decent minimum wage is very important.

[@AnonRanGER01]

Probably because people never really see you. I usually leave around 5 Euros for each day I stayed at a hotel for housekeeping when I leave.

[@springrollwang4441]

addy kelly How much did you get per hour?

[@addykelly1777]

I don’t remember how much I made but it was minimum wage in the late 1990’s. I have also worked in childcare and elderly care and didn’t make minimum wage in either of those fields. People don’t tip for them either 😂 I remember showing up for work one day to the hotel I worked at and being sent home because I couldn’t move my arm (I have EDS) I tried to tell them I could use my other arm but they were very annoyed and gave me the day off. That to me was just a day I didn’t get paid because I wasn’t entitled to sick pay.

[@TheMalf1978]

I worked as a cook at Pizza Hut 24 years ago for 5.35/hr. The servers where allowed to accrue tips then divide them amongst themselves. The cooks that prepared the meal

[@addykelly1777]

I don’t see how I am supposed to be entitled by anything I have said. Or a brat for that matter. I merely pointed out that tips are problematic and can be a very unfair system which you yourself have suffered from. It that a liveable working wage is important. So what exactly is your problem?

[@Woodbug-b7t]

Maybe if the 'richest and best country in the world' paid a decent minimum wage there would be no need for tipping? Only in America....

[@TheShadowrunner81]

the exact reason why i don´t tipp if i´m over in the US. not supporting this modern form of slavery

[@NewMessage]

Swampy always brings a full plate, and never skimps on the salt... * stuffs a few bucks in Swampy's tip jar *

[@DylanK_03]

Ayy minimum wage in my country is $2,50 an hour, i would consider urselves lucky 🤣

[@petesahad3028]

Richest and best country?😂😂😂😂😂 you americans are funny without wanting

[@Dracalis]

I doubt that would end the practice. It's a weird cultural thing in Canada too. Even though we actually have an okay minimum wage, including for restaurant workers, we're still socially pressured into tipping all of the same professions that you would in the US.

[@shivamjaiswal439]

Learn from Japanese people... *They take a lot of pride in their work & see tipping as an insult.* _Also why do we tip when restaurants already charge us with service tax in the bill?_

[@markhackett2302]

Tips also negate the claim that the USA is cheap. It ain't cheap to eat out if it costs 20-30% on top of the bill. That brings it up to the rates in, for example, most of Europe, and not just the cheap countries, Germany and UK too. Meanwhile if you're relying on tips, your ability to loan for a mortgage and live that american dream of owning your own home is massively reduced because you can't include them in how much you can "safely" borrow.

[@naomirmckay3368]

Because they’re paid fck all and they rely on tips to get on. The service fee you see on your bill is actually split between all the employees and sometimes even management, so the people out front (who make less than minimum wage sometimes, bc their employers expect them to supplement their wage with tips) only end up making a couple cents off you. Unless you tip.

[@markhackett2302]

"Because they’re paid fck all " And WHY is that? ESPECIALLY since there's a minimum wage. Why, it's because they say "Well, since they get tips, they don't need a minimum wage, so please exempt wait staff from the same minimum wage!" isn't it. So IF tipping makes them get paid fck all, then we should not tip. The wage should be more than "fk all".

[@russellcampbell9198]

shivam jaiswal I was politely rebuked by a manager for leaving a box of chocolates for my housekeeper in a Tokyo hotel. No presents, no tips necessary!

[@naomirmckay3368]

Mark Hackett, this is a case of chicken and egg, really. On one hand, there’s the argument that by not paying tips, employers will eventually be forced to raise wages. On the other, some would say that employers should raise wages before we stop tipping servers so that servers can at least keep their standard of living. Just because we stop tipping doesn’t mean the businesses will raise their wages; they’d only claim that it’s the servers’ poor customer service that led them not to make enough money and move on, firing anyone who lodges a complaint. It’s happened before, and it can happen again. For this reason, I don’t believe that your proposal is a viable solution. (A viable argument? Sure. But as a solution it fails to take into account the livelihoods of the people involved.) That said, however, I do agree with you that something’s gotta be done about the poor wages servers are given in the US. But I don’t think that encouraging people to essentially lower servers’ salaries is going to solve the problem. Tip if you want to tip, don’t if you don’t.

[@davidbui3415]

"People should tip because waiters dont make enough money" THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD PAY YOUR WAITERS PROPERLY

[@rim0909]

Really tho. I got my own kids to provide for.

[@kjs8719]

Australia does this amazing thing called "paying your staff" it's amazing how well that can work...

[@tonyjames5444]

So American bosses get to pay their staff a pittance whilst getting huge tax breaks and the customers are expected to subsidise their employees wages?

[@naomirmckay3368]

Yes. I’m so glad I don’t live there.

[@rodgerq]

Corporate welfare on a smaller scale

[@lacountess]

This. It ruins a nice evening when you had a good meal and a chat with a nice server who contributed to your good time with their professionalism and kindness. Then comes the time for the tip and even when you tip generously there is always that nagging feeling inside you that it may not have been enough and that server who made you happy is now upset with you. Right there and then, the evening is less magical.

[@mr.d.8121]

In America the customers are treated like cattle, or more appropriately cash cows. Get them in, serve them, get them out for space for another customer. Americans like the European cafe culture but it would not happen in the US because staff would see people sitting around relaxing as space wasters stopping them earning $$$$. Pay better wages and get a better quality of life.

[@MrGanjaBandits]

Mr. D. I find waiters/waitresses in European counties to be extremely rude and unaccommodating. I have to say American customer service is always amazing and polite

[@bbhfjdy9175]

@@MrGanjaBandits yes you are right , France and UK have the worst servers. USA and Canada some what servers were always nice and respectful (I haven't been to France in since 2012 so maybe they changed)

[@a.westenholz4032]

I find the constant attention by servers in the US slightly annoying. I also remember once when sitting in café or diner having a cop of coffee, which I take with milk and sugar, having it topped off unasked. To my annoyance, the coffee cop was now full and not to my taste anymore. Nor did I actually want more than one cop of coffee. Sometimes it is nice just be allowed to be left on your on until you ask for service. As to friendliness, I think if you're American and used to the more outgoing American manner especially when it comes to service, European service can seem rather aloof and even rude by comparison. Not to say that there aren't rude people in service to be found.

[@chrismengeu9796]

This is just false and baseless American bashing, a lot of times service in restaurants in Europe is terrible, waiters in the US give much better service actually they often take it to the extreme because they want to overserve so they get more tips

[@rajabuta]

I guess japan is the only place where you don't tip and have great service. There are places where you are encouraged to not waste time after eating though. But that's mostly for the other queueing customers.

[@Contevent]

So, the prices on the things you buy is not the same as the price you pay, and when you pay for a service you are requiered to pay more in order to finance said service. The US have a problem with money. It's like it means nothing.

[@johtajajore77]

before I hit "play"...... as a European just fn can't understand tipping......

[@nardinit]

I've lived in across Europe my whole life. In many countries people tip. Not as much or as often as the U.S but still tipping is not a foreign concept to many. Apparently it is to you.

[@johtajajore77]

@@nardinit Yeah if service is extra fn good.... you can tip 2-5€ to bouncer in bar... but NO ONE expect you to tip.. and we don't have some expected %

[@themroc8231]

I am talking as a french. You can tip, but you are not expected to. You tip when you feel you got an excellent service, that someone really went out of his way to make your experience better. And also the tipping is a much less significant percentage of the price when you know the people gets a paycheck independently of what you may or may not tip.

[@Kathdath]

@@johtajajore77 I work security in Australia, had people offer me a tip (seperate to the offers of bribes) they make me smile, but you have to turn them down or risk your job.

[@zacnieprawisz9171]

nardinit I live in Poland, been in Russia, Lithuania, Czechia, Slovakia, Germany. Nowhere I was expected to tip unless you are in a restaurant as a group of 10-15 people, than you tip 10% but it's an official restaurant policy, not something you can do or nor. So I don't know is it really a tip :'D

[@mrgrumblebum7613]

If I order a $10.00 bottle of wine I'm expected to pay another $2.00 to the person who fetches it and if I order a $50 bottle I'm expected to pay them $10.00? What am I getting for my additional $8.00, do they recite poetry? dance and pirouette across the room? give me an impromptu shoulder massage? no? they do the exact same work so why the heck would they expect more? Tipping for anything other than service above and beyond the level you might reasonably expect is ridiculous, and it should never be a reflection of how much you spent.

[@celinak5062]

To Increase Promptness = TIP

[@nardinit]

Paying a % makes much more sense. What if the fixed rate was 25$ but the average spend is 20$? Most people would be paying more than double....the idea is that if you can afford a 100$ of wine you can afford a 12.5% (stabdard uk practice) of service charge on the bill. Your comment doesn't seem to be very well thought out.

[@TheManUtdGuy]

Sounds pretty well thought out to me. You're paying for a service. In this case it is a delivery service. Delivery is a fixed price, regardless of the value of the goods being delivered. Just because you can afford to pay more doesn't mean it costs more. By that logic bill gates should be paying $100 for a loaf of bread because he can afford it.

[@Flantomas]

Tipping shouldnt be mandatory, in the rest of the world tipping works pretty much as intended, you reward the person that was assigned to service you, if they did a good job. The guy could slam the wine bottle on your table and toss a corkscrew, thats what you payed for. If the guy opens the bottle, pours you a bit of wine, and waits for you to test it and give the okay before serving the others, thats good service, you tip the guy. If you dont like tipping, or dont think that service matters, go to McDonalds.

[@rim0909]

@@nardinit you're comment doesn't seem to be very well thought out. They're point was the waiter or waitress did not do any more work to get the 50 dollar bottle then the 10.dollar bottle so howd they earn more? Cant believe I had to explain this. If you were a server I wouldnt tip you.....

[@bridgethogan8225]

I love how hes a huge bogan and a fundamentally decent person.

[@ekder782]

I prefer the Japanese way... They see tips as an insult to their job. Pay better wages, or incorporate tips into final bill like where I am from (cost of meal + 10% tips) .

[@primary2630]

If you're just raising the end price by %10 that's not a tip it's a fee. If you don't like tipping just don't do it and tell anyone who complains to find a different job if they don't like theirs. I do tip (barely eat out anyways), but if they forced me to tip I simply wouldn't eat there just for the sake of spite.

[@ekder782]

So if a service charge is already included, I do not see a reason to tip in most circumstances. I agree with you Primary that if a restaurant requires that I tip, I will not go there.

[@OriginalPiMan]

Where I'm from we pay better wages. Incorporating the tip into the bill at the end as a service charge is no better because it still means that the prices on the menu are not the prices you actually pay. Just add 10-20% to the price of everything, and only put that increased price on the menus. Then if you're in a country that has made tipping the norm, put something like this in the menu or somewhere else visible: "we pay well over minimum wage here, so tips are for *great* service, not merely adequate service."

[@dallasonfire604]

@@OriginalPiMan the most well said thing in this section. That is the new way of business.. not incorporate overhead into the price of the good or service then adding fees on after. It's bad business in my opinion. Government imposed levy's I can understand but it's gotten out of control. And agreed on tipping in relation to the service and your experience.

[@OriginalPiMan]

I don't agree with government levies and taxes being added later either. In my country, no matter what I'm buying, if the price can be known beforehand then it is part of the listed price. GST is paid on most goods and services in my country, but I don't look at a price label or a menu and have to add 10% to whatever number I see because that tax is included in the listed price. Pretty much the only thing that gets added at the end, if it is relevant, is a delivery fee.

[@christiangrunnet5987]

Best show ever

[@Revy8]

as a chef we hate the amount of tips the servers make. they make double the money we do. we prepare every part of the dish n some entitled server runs it 15ft to a table and thinks they do twice as much work as us. I've known plenty of chefs who become servers for the money, I dont know any servers who became chefs because the hours and pay is better >:( I'm transitioning out of the industry now, dont eat out people, its a waste of money. cook at home, teach your kids to cook, save a bunch of money n go on vacation

[@Mad5am]

Great advice. I wish my mother would teach me how to cook :(

[@maxmustermann8558]

Exactly. People don't realize how well Servers Are being paid for basically being nice and carrying food, no further qualifications needed. I think the huge Part of payment in Form of tipping ensures at least good Service.

[@zacnieprawisz9171]

Mad5am You have an Internet, don't blame your mother for your lack of cooking skills xd

[@boahnation9932]

@@Mad5am you're on KZbin... It isn't just a mother's job.

[@psychofury6485]

America: the greatest country in the (third)world. Lol.

[@bobbysabbar4187]

With regards to service charge, not all restaurants pass it on to their staff, so ask your server. In the UK you are allowed to ask for service charge to be removed from the bill

[@t.muller825]

I never understood that system. I know, I'm from a nother country on a nother continent but I always thought that tips are extra rewards because you have done a good job and not, you know, the reason why you can buy bread.

[@HongKongEclectic]

In Hong Kong some people have actively refused tips, and sometimes a delivery driver looks confused when I tip them.

[@a.westenholz4032]

Having lived in the US and Europe, there's good things about both places but I admit I prefer Europe. Tipping is just one aspect. While there are varying customs in the different countries in EU, in many tips are just included in the price. This therefore avoids the whole issue. If there's a problem with the service you can always complain, and if you feel you had extraordinarily good service you're free to give an extra tip as an extra thank you. But no one has to put up with being harassed just to get a tip. Personally, I prefer this system.

[@duanepigden1337]

In Ontario Canada the minimum wage is $14.00 an hour and going up one dollar next year. You may argue that this is a little high but how can you argue at least a fairly decent minimum wage?

[@TheTrueLeafless]

OMFG...well canadaian dollars...but still...I wonder when Canada will be declared a communist country by the republicans when people point out that it works in Canada...because anything that supports the lower social classes is obviously the equivalent of communism.

[@duanepigden1337]

So true. The Republicans lie about our health care system because they don’t want the poor to have coverage.

[@BlueNeahno]

Duane Pigden Good to see however isn't it a norm to tip in Canada on top of a minimal wage ?

[@duanepigden1337]

Yes we still tip if the service is good.

[@johnl6176]

In Australia the minimum wage is nearly $19.00/hr. Americans always go on about how expensive things are here, like $5.70 for a Big Mac, our answer is "We're OK with that".

[@hediyehb9082]

my Spanish teacher taught us in class when we travel to the south of Europe we must tip ( tipping is a new and not appreciated thing in Germany) because people there don't get a good wage. turns out her old info is outdated and since EU all people working legally get a decent minimum wage and insurance. So a simple rounding up to the next round number to make payment less of a hassle is good enough. In the US it becomes a crazy game of character assessment while guest and host tango uncomfortably over the cheque. My own system is if the waiter hasn't done anything really rude or nasty the get for 5 to 10 euros, no tip just leave the roundup money for 10 to 30 : 1 or 2 euros for 30 to 50 : 3 to 5 euros from 60 : 5 euro to 10% and nothing more... In US I am probably considered really cheap. can I tip like this in the US?

[@mats7492]

no, youd be seen as super cheap.. 15% is the minimum that is expected, 20% if it was really good.. its a horrible system though!

[@artist91fb]

Hediyeh B you don’t actually need to tip, unless you liked the service

[@martah5369]

Interesting. A friend of mine was yelled at in Berlin for not tipping an already rude waiter, because service was not in his salary, which isn't self-evident for swedes. I guess the further south you go...

[@hediyehb9082]

@@martah5369 cool :))) Berlin is a whack job of a city though. There is no way to know how a waiter would behave in Berlin 😂😂😂 perhaps he or she was working black , as we say here. The thing in Berlin is , you are more than welcome to shout back. ;)

[@undifini]

I don't get tipping in the US. How about the business pays its employees enough to live and you only have to tip if you had a good time?

[@leithraymant8007]

Pretty much the Australian way.

[@Julie-7605]

Tipping advise from an Australian is like cooking advise from Hello Kitty.

[@cleanmikeandtheboys3165]

Tbh I feel like the best segment on tipping was in reservoir dogs and nothing really outdid it since then

[@bigjohn606]

I was working in a flat in London and as I was walking down the stairs, two older US ladies were walking up carrying suitcases. I offered to help and lifted their cases up to the 4th floor for them, put them down outside of the door to their flat from whence they both tried to tip me. I thanked them, but refused, saying it was my pleasure to help but got me thinking how ingrained tipping in the States must be.

[@DanielJohnson-jk4hu]

I'm from the UK where tipping is supposed to be optional and a good way to indicate you appreciated the service. We can do it because our waiters/waitresses are paid at least a minimum wage that allows this system to work. It also gives the staff an incentive to treat you kindly. In the USA it feels forced, unauthentic and mundane. I love the USA as a country, spent 3 months in San Francisco on a gap year, but this is one aspect of visiting that really bugs me. Solution: PAY A DECENT WAGE.

[@khloiotaku6073]

Apparently in Japan it's rude to tip. Their views say that severs and such should do their best anyway. Not because they want extra money. Or something like that...

[@thedolphin5428]

Brilliant, 100% truthful, observational comedy.

[@jaygray7102]

What really snapped my head back was when I saw a tip suggestion at my (former) physiotherapist. Who are they kidding. Tire shops, clothing stores - more and more places have a tip option on credit card machines regardless of the type of business.

[@roxanabawari9931]

As someone from Denmark and waitress I have never tipped or expected to tip, because our salary is enough and we do not need extra. It is also considered rude to tip because it could mean that you think lowly of my job.

[@dinofrancesco5441]

i agree if someone gave me a few dollars i would slap em up the side of the head "do i look destitute to you "

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

You're supposed to ask for Patreon tips at the _end_ of videos, Jim.

[@NataliaTheia]

As a Swedish person, I have no idea what tipping even is.

[@basicinsight7214]

to tip or not to tip...that is probably part of the question

[@arwestromen]

never tipped in my life....and never felt guilty about it.

[@Taiwaneverything]

No tipping required in Taiwan, so much easier here. (10% service charge is added automatically, though).

[@Teeleer]

Tipping started during prohibition when restaurant owners couldn't pay much so they encouraged waiters to accept tips. Before that tipping was considered a form of bribery to get better treatment

[@Meartmans86]

Over here you only tip if the service was exceptionally good. But then again, we have decent minimum wages. When traveling abroad seeing a tip included in the bill actually pisses me off greatly...

[@TheSuperBestComment]

At least in America, you know that tipping is expected and just go along with it. In Europe, it's a minefield. People don't know if tipping is expected or not, and as a result people often do so out of social conformity or to avoid feeling bad for not doing so. I'm in a situation where I know tipping makes no sense (for the same reason I don't tip doctors, nurses, air stewards or shop workers), yet I get a bad feeling if I don't tip. Therefore it's a no-win situation, as I resent tipping knowing there's no logic to it, but resent the social awkwardness of not tipping.

[@Itsurecanglitchsomemore]

Here’s a tip for you! That what a tip is rewarding a service render well or beyond expectation ;) for a lap dance or lap food

[@debadev2179]

It’s confusing except when they come to Australia and tip you then I love it

[@m0b33r4]

TIP stands for "To insure Promptnous and or Politeness". Pick one.

[@boahnation9932]

I literally always too when I can. But if I'm socially pressured in to tipping... You can be sure as all balls I'm not going to :)

[@noxluxe8674]

I'll never understand this practice. Why in the world shouldn't waiters just receive a fair hourly wage? Have people in the service industry plain forgotten how to call a union meeting? How is tipping not just organized begging exploited by restaurant owners so as not to have to pay their employees like everybody else?

[@Leelicious1312]

That chair is gonna break some day

[@boahnation9932]

But can you do thiiiiiiiisssss?! Never gonna break. It's only $399!

[@atomsk1972]

Every time I think about going back to the US I remember tipping and look elsewhere. When you live without it, the hidden cost and awkward social obligation at the end of a meal or after someone, you didn't ask, touched your bags is very disturbing and feels like a shake down.

[@jasonkeen9401]

what popped in to my head as i watched this is that its a white coller vs blue coller thing.

[@Roof_Pizza]

Ages ago I quit my minimum wage McDoanlds job to deliver pizza at minimum wage for the extra money in tips. I got around 7% on average so don't fool yourself that tipping in America is 10, 15, 20, 30 % etc. And this was the age of free delivery not the 3 bucks extra for delivery like it is now. 5

[@leanneblake4248]

I worked for a Golf Club. in 1992. I was 18 I made $40,000- a year. Never worked for Tips ,never would . It's insulting.

[@causticgrip8329]

Do tipping rules apply to McDonalds or Starbucks employees too?

[@michaelwai2092]

Momus Invictus Not expected.

[@JakeMCGreen]

Gotta love Australian Stanhope

[@ntedeschini]

We have in Argentina the same problem

[@dacentabaal]

Just don't tip at all, and I'm not just saying that cause I'm in the UK and we general don't believe in tipping. Some places in London sneak it in and add it as a "service charge" which I've always argued again st it and refused to pay that extra bit that was added and wasn't part of our bill

[@mats7492]

TIP= To Insure Promptness.. its was never intended to be a wage substitute for the servers..

[@sis4394]

Mat S ensure*

[@aaronj6060]

@@sis4394 Youre an idiot. "To Insure Prompt Service". Its not TEPS, its TIPS. Insure, not ensure.

[@laurahinrichsen3917]

@@aaronj6060 you need to learn English dude. Ensure would make sense in this context. Insure is a different thing entirely.

[@sis4394]

aaron julian you’re the idiot who thinks to “insure prompt service” makes grammatical sense. You insure a car or a home. You cannot insure prompt service. Idiot.

[@anobserver4302]

If we had the tipping system in Australia we'd get better service

[@pangienjj]

I'm tipping only when job is done better then a standard. Murica is a strange place..

[@goblinwisdom]

It's insulting to tip in the Netherlands because it's saying the employer is awful and can't afford to pay his employees properly. Saying that I'm sure if you do it in a university city the student waiting your table is quite happy for it.

[@feebeedoc78]

This has always seemed a completely bizarre concept to me. The whole point of hospitality is to make the customer comfortable - why inject anxiety about "appropriate' tipping into the exchange? Why not lessen service workers anxiety by guaranteeing a minimum wage for their work. Gratuities can always be welcome and directed to whomever the customer wants. Simple.

[@SorinVBogdan]

Tipping sucks. It's uncomfortable for both parties. For any restaurants out there, just pay your waiters more/a decent salary and increase the prices if you must. I think it's just an excuse for greedy employers to save a buck on paying their employees with the reasoning that they will make it back in tips... but that just sucks.

[@modemmack]

Every time I leave the country I never have to tip anybody. Everyone else they just pay the staff the appropriate salary.

[@westyk52sparky]

i hate tipping. they should pay them more.

[@eaubert1]

Tipping among my Swiss friends: "In Switzerland waiters make enough money; they don't need a tip!" …. abroad: "Meh, the service wasn't that great; they don't deserve a tip!"

[@annnee6818]

So studies show that those who on average have more money tip more on average? What a shocker! I find it a bit weird to make a moral judgment about it before mentioning the most obvious connection.

[@howey935]

I think it’s disgusting that waiting staff can be paid below the minimum hourly wage.

[@Josh-se2sj]

Should have just said a tip is for good service, not a right, had too many experiences in the states of servers being rude af and not trying because they expect the tip regardless. Back in cosy UK, you only get a tip for good service, like it should be 👍🏻

[@AndragonLea]

Totally incomprehensible to me. If anything, people in customer facing jobs should earn more than average because we all know what A-holes some people feel justified being to the people that are required to stand there and take it with a smile. Customer care, waitress, cashier - jobs where you get paid just enough not to quit to spend 8 hours fulfilling unreasonable demands and getting yelled at, mostly for things you didn't have any authority or influence over. Tipping should be something you give the waitress in addition to an actual working wage if you're satisfied with the performance, not part of the actual paycheck the person needs. That's like my boss paying me only half a paycheck and saying the other half comes from whatever money people throw into my hat when I'm begging outside during lunchbreak. If you don't do a good job begging or people don't feel generous today then that's your problem.

[@jeanpierre3061]

How it works where I'm from. 10% ONLY for your waiter. No tips for bartenders, unless you want to give. You're not obliged to.

[@latenightlogic]

When I go to America one day... I won’t be tipping, nor using the imperial system.

[@Kezpool]

Plenty studies have shown countries with tipping culture have more corruption. I don’t agree with tipping at all. Maybe my barber but I don’t like it being expected.

[@geronimo4511]

Agree.. Hate tipping.. Rather pay more for the service up front than go through the demeaning nonsense of tipping AND... rather get BAD service that's honest than endure insincere fawning

[@ridingdirty2412]

Tipping - It's professional begging while AT work. Humiliating for all involved

[@sickbozo8152]

whoa, jim got off trump for once! keep it going jim

[@baburaoganpatraoapte227]

Wow 20% of the bill? Thats too much

[@manishmishraji]

Capitalists farm out employee wages to the customers in the form of tips, id think.

[@alexyuspeh2587]

Maybe the rest of world will understand that tipping brings good service. The rest of the world sucks at service and would be fired within their first shift in the US. Oh yeah, we also fire in the US compared to other countries if you are bad at your job.

[@CoL_Drake]

like everwhere else it must be minimum wage PLUS tipps

[@craigroaring]

Tips should be deducted from the price of the meal.

[@MatthewNoPants1atoll]

Eh Jim. You're wasting your breath on those murikin flag fetishists. They always felt they do things better and it won't change with logic ;)

[@jamesgreig3246]

I don't see many comments from Americans. That's funny, when he talks about guns they can't wait to add a huge insulting comment.

[@51pr54]

Why didn't this piece properly discuss the issue of minimum wage in the US, which has a direct correlation to the tipping culture? You're no John Oliver, mate...

[@SP-free]

If Australians had to Tip everyone they would know the Bosses of that place supplying the Service were nasty people not paying their staff enough.

[@123fourfive5]

We should just do away with tipping and not give them more wages. Cheap food for everyone!

[@PastCaring100]

Calm down people! You do realise that The Jim Jefferies Show is comedy - you're not supposed to take everything so literally. I live in London and I've been to seven or eight other European countries and tipping is pretty much ubiquitous. Personally I accept it as fact of life, if you don't like it stay at home. As an aside, not all Americans make grandiose claims about their country, and certainly no more than we Brits.

[@mmanews5604]

Wow a video that didn't spew Trump hate....well done Jim

[@Hirnlego999]

Trump is the tip of the iceberg.

[@denniskelley2697]

I'm for tipping. I worked part time at an incredibly busy bar on weekends and thanks to tipping was pulling in around $24/hr. If I had been getting a normal $12/hr salary, I wouldnt have been making half of what I got.

[@tmanepic]

You understand you would be making that amount already as minimum wage if we tied it with inflation, right?

[@Hirnlego999]

He's not wrong

[@exosellie]

Are you kidding?!

[@easterriot1916]

.....well up in tears.....well...

[@dungarosie]

Tips... That is something that does not exist in the UK. Can't belive people are complaining about being tipped.

[@nardinit]

You're wrong. You probably have never tipped. Having worked for several years in hosoitality in tge UK I can say many British people and foreigners do tip if they feel that it's been deserved (amazing service) just Google 'tipping in the UK' ffs

[@nardinit]

Also, nobody complains about being tipped....if anything it's tge other way around, dufus

[@TheSuperBestComment]

No, most people I know in the UK tip as standard.

[@sreenathc]

Yeah we tip our government officers in India all that time but you guys call it bribery....what double standards eh? 😁

[@ameerhamid89]

Just the tip...

[@mane4209]

"men tip more than women" ... lol, didn't need to research that.

[@blacklight6580]

Lol [at] Americans. No tips. Only wages. :-)

[@jameliasamara5307]

Privilege but input task guilt such slap material identify

[@boahnation9932]

MURCAAAAAAAA!!!

[@Alexfolledemoi]

Millennials can't tip cause we broke