American reacts to Reverse Culture Shocks returning to America after moving to Australia

[@safeworld9775]

We Do not tip in Australia. Servers are paid full wages for their work. Expected to be polite and do their job properly.

[@cyanid3cooki3s]

We would sometimes tip for conspicuously good and/or exceptional service. But completely at will.

[@ndingo]

The only time I tip is when I got lose chance like 50c or 10c 1 or 2 dollars

[@matcha_zuki5597]

@@cyanid3cooki3s Yeah I like to tip $20-$50 for really good service !

[@scallyann_]

As an Aussie who worked in restaurants for years. We do tip, people don't have to, but they will anyway if they get great service and workers really appreciate the tips because it means something and they are usually on the mininimum wage.

[@matcha_zuki5597]

I tip $20-$50 when it’s really good service

[@narelleberridge4451]

In Australia, in some places, if you tell them to keep the change, they put it in a charity jar

[@urizen7613]

When I was in hospo in NZ tips went towards staff social events.

[@DogObsessed430]

Or tips get shared

[@deannatroy8113]

Or every few months they buy a cake to share with the staff, or pay the phone bill with it.

[@andrewmclean834]

Most places

[@divyeshpatel147]

​@@DogObsessed430yeah... when I was manager in pizzashop in Sydney, only wait staff share tip nothing goes to managers or any other staff, driver can keep their tips for themselves. And I love that for no tip culture in Australia

[@PencilaPaper]

I totally understand and I have visited both the US and Australia. I’m Swedish and we don’t tip either- because the EMPLOYER PAYS THE WORKERS!! Shocking I know!! 😂

[@pinnacle1717]

Haha yes! In the States we have the privilege of paying top dollar for the food, plus pay extra to subsidise the staff wages.

[@operandexpanse]

Yeah, it’s not the customer’s responsibility to decide how much an employee should get paid. That’s the job of the employer and to be honest, it’s appalling to expect this of a customer. It made me so uncomfortable when I visited the US being Australian and it’s probably the main reason I won’t be going back.

[@gailstevens6831]

Thanks Ryan, your genuine care and compassion is obvious. Thank you for your thoughts

[@arjovenzia]

Went out to lunch with my Mum n Sister, beautiful spot, basically an open garden with tables in little nooks. Table service, incredible. We had a dog and a baby, so picked a spot a bit away from the main bar. They brought out a bowl of water for the doggo and offered a chair for bub, totally un-asked for, in the time it took to buy a round of drinks. The food was A+ and pretty cheap, 35 dollary-doos for seafood linguine and roast pork. Fresh prawn the size of your thumb, scollops, crab. Such a huge bit of pig I couldn't eat it all (doggo helped me out there). It took a while, but it's Saturday afternoon, the place was humming, I'd prefer quality over haste. And we were there to catch up with each other, enjoy the grounds and company. Play with the kid n dog, drink cider. The question, who do you tip? The groundsman, landscaping the place? The lass who brought the dog some water? The lad who carried 4 plates 100+m? The chef? Or, just pay em all a decent wage, they all do their part well, and you pay a reasonable price for what you get. I really don't understand how that doesn't work in the US. Anyway, if your in West Australia, check out The Naked Apple, great food, people n grounds.

[@louisemcmillan3576]

Hear, hear! Well said 👍. Come on dear Americans, please learn to pay your staff properly! Yes, the prices will have to go up, but SO WHAT! It makes far more sense and everybody would be happier. No one I know begrudges paying people in the service industry a fair wage, they absolutely earn it and it goes a long way to nurture customer-server-boss relations.

[@robynmurray7421]

If I went to a restaurant and there was a dog there, I would leave.

[@louisemcmillan3576]

@@robynmurray7421 SOME garden restaurants and cafes allow dogs. These dogs are always placid and are used to dining with their owners and usually just sit or lay by their side. No-one in their right mind takes a dog to a restaurant if they are just going to be a pain in the ass or embarrassing. If you don't like dogs, choose a restaurant that is not dog-friendly. Also, "personal assistant/service dogs" are allowed anywhere, so you may encounter this from time to time.

[@genie674]

I'm in West Australia. Thanks for the review. Will definitely check it out. 👍

[@deannatroy8113]

@@robynmurray7421 Dogs are only aloud outside cafes, so you can sit inside dog-free. I know one old lady that always sat outside at a cafe with her bull dog on her lap feeding him food. He was the biggest sook. A cafe I worked at aloud horses. The owners would ride them, then tie them at the gate where they could have some water. Dogs are aloud in some shops in Australia, such as bunnings and Mitre 10. Some staff always have treats for the dogs that come in. In the town of Balingup, my dog was aloud to enter 2 art galleries, the pharmacy, the general store, the market place, and outside every bakery and cafe in town. She would sit outside of the other stores without a lead, waiting for me. A number of stores bring their dogs to work as well.

[@turtlepower9463]

I am in restaurant management in Australia and have worked in other countries previously and can honestly say that the Australian hospitality industry is one of the best in the world. Its because its easier to make a real long term career out of the industry thus when you are new to hospitality the people training you and working with you have been doing it for years, sometimes decades. And aussies love to chat, especially hospo people so you learn quicker. We also have a less 'toxic' approach to the work BECAUSE of the lack of tips, we are a team and there is no competition element to the work.

[@pacontheo]

Well said

[@jemor2143]

About the tipping and service culture here.... I'm 70 yrs old and when I was young our wages weren't any good either... what most Aussie's forget is that we had to fight for descent wages and wait staff were one of the lowest paid jobs. Also if you were a female you were only paid 1/2 of the mans wage that did the same job. These things are now taken for granted, but they were fort for, usually through unions. Equal pay for equal work was introduced 1969.

[@integratedwaffle]

Ok, that's badass that your generation fought to make things better. I hope us younger generations can leave the world a better place as well. Also I can't not clean the tables after we're finished, thanks to my grandmother ingraining that into me.

[@jackvos8047]

I'm not sure if equal pay for equal work has reached all sectors of the workforce yet. There's still the occasional uproar of female CEOs and board members getting paid less than male counterparts.

[@jemor2143]

@@jackvos8047 Yes... you are correct. It's hard for a lot of women to know what they should be paid especially if it's a performance based salary. I'm pretty sure there's a lot of business's will save paying proper wages if they think they can get away with it. It's a known fact that women tend to underestimate their own worth when asked what their work is worth. But for the whole, especially "shop assistants" and the lower paid job employees they have a much fairer rate of pay now.

[@rheah7180]

Always remember what the unions have done for all of us that work!! Especially considering we have Labour Day coming up. ❤

[@bettymarshall2702]

Unions have gone too far now, nothing but trouble makers but we will all enjoy the holiday.😊@@rheah7180

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

Thank you for your kind thoughts and condolences for the people of Sydney. There is very little that can be done to prevent people with mental health issues from this kind of unpredictable behavior. He was schizophrenic and had no known history of violent behaviour. We are grateful to the heroes who stopped him from doing even more harm.

[@fionaljackson9699]

He was actually known to Queensland police for mental health issues before moving to Sydney

[@melissalayton213]

His parents just said he owned a knife collection 😢 .

[@c8Lorraine1]

A knife collection ! And that didn’t raise the alarm for the parents ?

[@melissalayton213]

@c8Lorraine1 They took them away from him ( according to the daily mail, not the most reputable I know), and then he called the police and accused them of stealing.

[@johnlaine2654]

But then the Middle Eastern congregation went nuts and rioted, injuring Police and damaging 25 Police vehicles. And they say they are peaceful people. Sorry, but Peaceful people don’t riot when this sort of thing happens. I hope they find and charge every one of them.They would have been better off just praying for the now injured Bishop. I sincerely hope he is okay.

[@amyhudson1016]

Thanks Ryan, we also feel bad when we hear about mass killings in USA, it is so sad 😞

[@RachelHaskins]

Thank you Ryan for your kind words and acknowledgment of the Bondi Tragedy. I spend a lot of time at Bondi Junction so this has hit hard. As Australians we are all so grateful for our strict gun laws As we all know if this man had have access to firearms the death toll would have been so much higher. It’s such a sad situation all around. It’s difficult to not feel sorry for the perpetrator who had obviously fallen through the cracks, was unmedicated and homeless and clearly psychotic. As a society we need to do better taking care of our vulnerable citizens for the greater good of all. My heart breaks for all the innocent victims, their families and loved ones but also not forgetting the heartbreak and trauma the perpetrators family is experiencing. Sad day in Australia’s history however was proud to see so many every day people heroically risk their own lives to save others and to watch our community come together in time of tragedy.

[@felixfabro]

Appreciate your genuine compassion Ryan yes we don't have these things happen in Sydney but we are lucky we have tight gun laws, imagine if this mentally ill person was carrying an AR15 in such a crowded area, it would of been an even worse disaster. We move on and work out what can be done to improve our safety. We won't let it go.

[@jj..-]

Ph ar ma side eff ects or coming off ?

[@antt5112]

Imagine if the mentally ill person had a box of matches on a windy day in summer or they had a truck they could drive into a crowd. The issue is mental health which is currently neglected. We have reasonable gun control in Australia that by and large works. However, governments like the western Australian government continue to tinker with laws that affect less than 1% of violent crime because it wins votes. Domestic violence and stabbings are obscenely high and it hardly makes the papers, homelessness is at the highest I have ever seen and silence. I wouldn't get all high and mighty about how well we are doing in Australia.

[@mank89]

Australia's gun laws are the worst thing about this country. We have no defence against anything.

[@dvana]

I wish that was true, unfortunately it isn’t, after Port Arther. guns did decrease, we had pretty good policies with gun control laws, safety regulations, licensing, etc. Law abiding, stable people gave up their guns because it simply became too difficult to go through all the hoops to keep them. One nutter is all it took. Within 10 year of the horrific shooting, there are now more guns in Australia than ever before and it continues to rise. Now there is no way to trace these guns - just like the massive illegal tobacco trade where “cheap” foreign illegal cigarettes can be found absolutely everywhere in Oz so can guns. Sadly. It is just a matter of time before some new nutter comes along, however unlike before, it will be very difficult to trace the source.

[@jennytmaher]

@@jj..- I believe he wasn't taking his medication.

[@normajean2855]

we used to pay cover in aussie at the bars but that was awesome ...we were seeing bands like, Cold Chisel, Divynals, the Angels, and come out no hearing for about a month... hell that was a good night :) no tipping tho...lol

[@spamviking]

As an Aussie, I will take my cups back up to the counter if I see there's a space to do it in a cafe.

[@MKitchen75]

Most Finnish people like me do the same, we want to be polite and ease the work from waiters

[@susyward581]

Same here, even in a pub you take the glasses back

[@aussiemiss1442]

Ryan thank you for your support about the stabbing in Sydney. The country is in shock. But, I’m glad I live in a country where this sort of thing still shocks us so much. It happens so rare, thankfully, that we get a jolt when it does. We unite in grief with the families. It highlights the fact there is still much to do to support people with mental health issues.

[@jackeagles1637]

Two comments Ryan. First. Average McDonald's Crew Member hourly pay in Western Australia is approximately $25.74, which is 22% below the national average. Second, Every tavern and restaurant I go to in my local area the staff are polite, courteous, friendly and efficient and there is no tipping required but may be offered voluntarily.

[@laughingjackaso8163]

what are the upper and lower of that average?

[@annethompson8105]

​@laughingjackaso8163 here is a list of all the basic wages that businesses operating in Australia. www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/awards/list-of-awards

[@azzula729]

​@@laughingjackaso8163 upper and lower for Macca's? 23 - 37 aud

[@aaronhutchen1319]

​@azzula729 are you sure about those numbers. Those 13 to 17 year olds ain't on 25 bucks.

[@paulabourke6666]

Thanks Ryan. This type of horror seldom happens here, but when it does, we all experience the shock and disbelief. Such a senseless act. So sad for the victims' families.our thoughts are with them all.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Our prayers for those who grieve and need help and support for healing

[@billdaniel8310]

The stabbing attack at a Bondi shopping mall where 6 people died, was done by a mentally disturbed person who should have been in a Mental hospital. The stabbing attack in the church where 5 people were stabbed but all survived, is being treated as a terrorist attack, the teenager who is in jail now, did the same thing on a train in January and received a good behaviour bond.

[@meeeka]

Didn't know about January. I was just amazed to see both attacks in the Washington Post.

[@rustygear447]

I live in Western Sydney. It's a tragic week. Not too worried about the Bondi one as it's a one off thing coming from a very sick guy. The church one though, I'm more worried about the stupid crowd attacking the police than the stabbing.

[@Classic-Ov3rThinker]

@@rustygear447 the ‘media’ keep asking if the Bondi stabber ’slipped thru the cracks’. How is a homeless person meant to afford a psychiatrist & medication?? We don’t have mental ‘institutions’ anymore so what can be done when even his father feared for his life 😢😢.

[@RodneyMcMinge]

@@Classic-Ov3rThinker You see this question asked a lot. Was he unemplyed ? If so, he is entitled to benefits, which include free medical and referals. I don't know how much of that the dole would cover, but it's a start.

[@sth475]

We used to have large facilities for mentally unwell people, now they are few and seriously lacking. This bloke had mental health issues by 17, but managed to complete a degree. Something has gone seriously wrong.

[@craig7736]

How to solve the tipping issue in the US is owners stop ripping off your staff and start paying them a decent hourly wage like they do in Australia so tipping is no longer needed to make up the difference of what they could be paid iff these business owners did the right thing by their workers. They can afford it.

[@vinsgraphics]

Even if they did, the software will still ask the tip question. Why would they take it out?

[@OTPulse]

​@vinsgraphics We tip in Australia as well, but it's just not mandatory. Usually, tips here are the coins, so if change is less than $5, most will just put it in the tip jar. People likely will just tip upto the next $5 instead of a %.

[@thomashelm7450]

If employers can not figure out how to run a business and pay their employees, they dont deserve to be in business.

[@meeeka]

@@thomashelm7450 Amen!!

[@rod_at_adelaide5766]

@@OTPulse So on that principal if a drink cost $5.50 you would pay $10.00 for it, I don't think so, which planet are you from!

[@tuijapeltonen8075]

Thank you Ryan for your kind thoughts, I got really emotional when hearing especially about the baby and what was the last thought in that beautiful mother's mind handing her baby to two men. 6 beautiful lives lost, not fair.

[@suebooth2431]

Thanks Ryan - one such tragedy in Sydney is rare, but two in such a short space of time has really shaken all of Sydney. Personally I have the greatest respect for our serving officers and emergency services such as ambos (ambulance) who were there to protect and support the local community and that they came under assault by rioters is unthinkable. Prayers for victims and victims families for the incident at Bondi and prayers for those who were hospitalised after the incident at Wakeley. So many bystanders who have been traumatised as well.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Prayers for all the grieving families and traumatised souls who witnessed this horrific tragedy

[@oodles_of_noodles.]

It was 3 in a row. Two teenage brothers were stabbed in Western Sydney Friday ( the day before the Bondi stabbings ). One died, the other I believe is still alive and 3 young teens ( 15 and 16 year olds I think ) have been charged over it.

[@suebooth2431]

@@oodles_of_noodles. Thank you. I'd missed hearing about that - I'll add their family and loved ones to my prayers.

[@judithstrachan9399]

Nice, happy people? A very good description of most Aussies, Ry.

[@T.S.T2014]

If I’m paying 15% to 20% tip I am not wiping down my own table.

[@pinnacle1717]

Jeepers, do I have to wash my own dishes & mop the floors as well? 🤣🤣🤣 They should be tipping us!

[@Ausecko1]

​@@pinnacle1717I'll also buy the food and pay the utilities. Then I'll sleep there and pay the rent. You know what, I seem to already be doing this and it's cheaper than eating somewhere else.

[@notenoughrope]

Thank you Ryan, you’re welcome here anytime…an honorary Aussie!❤

[@SnowyRVulpix]

Once he stops saying happy arvo and starts saying g'day

[@xymonau2468]

@@SnowyRVulpix 🤣

[@FionaEm]

He does it deliberately ​@SnowyRVulpix

[@evalovesbread]

I second this!

[@c8Lorraine1]

@@SnowyRVulpix Absolutely! G’day

[@Coooeee]

Thanks for your kind words, Ryan. It's so tragic. I can't stop thinking about it either.

[@jurgentreue1200]

Thanks for your kind thoughts, Ryan.

[@paddymeister8489]

Thank you for your kind words and thoughts, much appreciated.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Ashleigh, you reviewed her previously! Yes, she did work in hospitality in Hobart, so does know the differences! Jersey! 👍 Thank you Ryan! That unbelievable event and the losses is devastating! It's such a happy, relaxed part of Sydney, one of my favorite places! 😪

[@joetesta5730]

@jenniferharrison8915. Australia isn't the once safe place it used to be. This incident in Bondi Junction and the one in Fairfield only one day later are testament to that fact. Sadly Australia's reputation as a safe country is being allowed to be stolen, primarily by poor governance and Bondi Junction will forever be linked to this atrocity. Its sad but that's the reality.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

​​​​​​​@@joetesta5730We need to sack this government! Importing random heads, selling visas for statistics, cancelling or defunding essential services isn't the way to run any modern country! Protecting the peaceful majority is not racist, it's essential to our survival!

[@JB-lx8cw]

Literally just finished watching ashleigh fays "Reverse Culture Shock" vlog and checked in to see what Ryan posted today.

[@chookinathunderstorm3446]

Thank you for mentioning your concern and acknowledging that you have deep humane feelings Ryan. Everyone is different in dealing with the impact of horrific incidents like this being reported with actual footage broadcast. However I find it healing to watch the following reports of how witnesses helped out with courage and humanity in both large and small ways. Instead of the self being depressed and anxious about the evidence of violence of some individuals around us we can focus more on being reassured by the amazing, courage and compassion of the greater amount of people amongst us all. Even if a person was struck incapable of acting to help, due to panic or trauma, it is more likely than not, it was ihe impact upon their sensitivity to the cruelty of the inhumane suffering inflicted that affected their shocked thoughts and resposes impulsively. Not lack of humane feelings. Focus on the greater amount of positive people amongst us, brought to light by the dark minded few.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Oh, well said!

[@meeeka]

One thing strange: we live Bondi Junction Adjacent and saw on the TV our former neighbours who ran out on their lease on the flat owing $14,000. I wonder if their landlord or his agent saw them on TV?

[@lesleymcgrath4426]

The incident at Bondi Junction is heart breaking.💔

[@dianacasey6002]

Ryan when I go out for coffee or drinks I’m greeted by friendly lovely ppl no tips required. Sometimes when ppl know you they are cheeky and crack jokes it’s lovely.

[@WMH-MUSIC]

Hey I got a million dollar idea… How about someone in America open up a “No Tipping bar or restaurant” 👍🏻 would clean up big time!!💲💲💲 And with the mega bucks they make… They simply pay their workers a proper wage👍🏻

[@perryschafer5996]

I went to a restaurant in New Orleans that did not allow tipping. if you really wanted to tip your waiter you had to go outside to do it.

[@davidbroadfoot1864]

A New York restaurateur did that.

[@soundsoflife9549]

Good idea! If I went to the US, I would preferentially go there as tips look like a scam to me.

[@meeeka]

@@soundsoflife9549 They are, tips on cards are usually absorbed by the house.

[@marieliddicoat732]

That would absolutely solve so many problems n everyone would be more at ease n happy . Will it happen though?

[@dresdyn100]

I'm an Aussie living in The Philippines. There's a lot of US expats here. Tipping isn't really a thing here, and like Australia, only really given for exceptional service. No one expects it and they're exceptionally grateful when it is given. Except the areas where there's high concentrations of Americans. It's never to the point of being chased or anything said, more a look of disappointment if it's not given. We expats who are not from the US call this phenomenon "Yankflation". I've lived in the US a couple of times, and the last time I left there in 2012 the going rate was 15% in Portland OR. 7 years previously it was 10% and it had been for many many years; Annapolis MY that time around. To hear it's 20% now astounds me, but not really at the same time.

[@takeaction2023]

Hospitality industry in the Philippines is better than America, we don’t rely on tips even though minimum wage is very low.

[@ianclark7948]

Thank you Ryan for your obviously genuine compassion. Welcome here anytime, mate.

[@bar-d1423]

The tipping screen in restaurants is only there because we do tip if we want to reward great service, but no expectation and no pressure.

[@soundsoflife9549]

Service should be impartial otherwise it would be a pressure to perform based on payment received.

[@alans9806]

The waiter didn't spill my soup or swear at me. Should I have tipped?

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@soundsoflife9549 California just mandated a decent living wage for all restaurant workers and 20% of all restaurants in the state have closed. Those that are still open have DOUBLED the cost of their meals. Most people and especially the paying customers in California are NOT happy with the results.

[@becp488]

Thanks for your kind words about the tragic event at Bondi, Ryan. It has us all shaken and heartbroken. Love to you and your lovely family from Oz.

[@FredPilcher]

Tipping culture is one of the reasons I won''t be going back to the US any time soon. People need to organise and withdraw their labour until they're paid reasonably.

[@MrTripcore]

Don't you miss every second person owning a gun 😂

[@JB-zs1oq]

@@MrTripcore Surely your first thought wasn't "If only every second person owned a gun? If it was, all I can say is pathetic! Firstly, the killer DID NOT have a gun. Imagine how many more could have been killed or injured if he had had a gun.( In fact, it would have been difficult for him to obtain a gun licence because of his mental illness, especially with the 28 day waiting period). Secondly, the only gunshot fired was that of a policewoman who shot the killer. Are you an American? If so, please provide examples of how many people have been saved by the "every second person owning a gun" in the tragically high number of massacres that occur there.

[@MrTripcore]

@@JB-zs1oq wtf U even talking about

[@JB-zs1oq]

@@MrTripcore Well now you are showing your lack of understanding of basic English, or perhaps a lack of critical thinking skills.

[@MrTripcore]

@@JB-zs1oq kangaroo koala ice and Seattle < that's you

[@SydneyEV]

An Italian restaurant near me in Sydney, now adds an automatic tip to your online order you have to go an pick up yourself! and you cannot remove the tip, I will miss their desert pizzas.

[@ZootZinBootZ]

Fair trade Australia won't like that , the food place is breaking laws I think

[@DeepThought9999]

As per the comment above: REPORT THEM to FTA. You must be able to see up front everything that you are paying for and any compulsory gratuities or any other charge also must be disclosed up front, before you order, I believe. Some airlines and travel companies have found themselves in court and facing BIG fines for similar behaviour. That pizza mob are ripping off their competitors as much as their customers, presumably keeping their advertised prices low to compete but then adding on an undisclosed surcharge purely for profit.

[@wyzolma99]

I would name & shame a place like that.... Not acceptable in Australia.

[@kalencwil3924]

Yeah she don’t go there

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@wyzolma99 Get ready to see a LOT more of that in the future. ALL of the new devices being made for online, at the table, and other type of contactless paying have software that automatically includes a choice on some sort of tip usually 5, 10, 15, & 20% and you cannot complete the transactions without giving some sort of tip.

[@utha2665]

Ryan, you don't need to say anything more than what you said RE: the weekend tragedy. It was a highly and rare unusual event that it is always shocking to the core. I'm just thankful he didn't have a gun, omg how much worse that could have been. Re: the tipping, you mentioned about purchasing a bottle of wine and all they do is open it. In some of our restaurants they charge a corkage fee (bottle opening fee), even if we open it ourselves and it's BYO.

[@meeeka]

Say "thank you US proprietors" for the concept of corkage fee.

[@wyzolma99]

Not allowed....BYO & you open it AND are charged "corkage" = scam🤨

[@markleon411]

Thanks

[@ryanreaction]

Thank you!

[@Jellyrocket1]

Hi Ryan Was. Have been watching you for some time and glad to see you have reacted to Ashley Fay. But was touched by your reaction to the awful events at Bondi Junction. So horrible the situation.

[@felicitymoore7340]

The baby lived. She was still alive when the Ambulance got to the Hospital. Surgeons worked on her for ages. And although she spent a couple of days in ICU, her prognosis is that she will live. I live in Melbourne and am totally shattered.

[@allisongrattidge4154]

So kind of you to stand with us after this shocking attack. Unfortunately, Sydney had another incident of stabbing last night, this time targeting a bishop during a sermon, and four other people were hurt. This incident is allegedly an act of terrorism, by a 16 yr old boy.

[@omkrimkali3283]

yeah he was wanting attention

[@ryanreaction]

I saw that. I was reading on the first stabbing and all of a sudden there was a new attack. Very sad. What a terrible few days in Sydney. My heart goes out to the victims. Yall are too good down there for the BS

[@jenniferharrison8915]

​​​​@@ryanreactionThanks Ryan! I knew one of the girls who passed and her mother, the press is focussed on the perp, not the innocent victims that he targeted! The Bishop was an amazingly caring leader of a large immigrant community, he 'turned the other cheek', we must try to ignore the obvious racial intent!

[@thevocalcrone]

Perspective one person's long history of mental illness. I'm waiting for people to work out the system is failing and now the government wants to issue harsher knife laws. They need to go live in violent communities. People kill with shovels and cars, can't ban everything.

[@JB-zs1oq]

@@ryanreaction Thank you Ryan. You really do seem to get us. I have to say that there is a sense of shock here in Sydney and it impacts on other areas of the country. Some people are angry while others are trying to make sense of something that is senseless. I wonder how Americans deal with the frequency of tragic events that they have to face.

[@beacaton5838]

No tipping in Australia, if you like the service, for instance at MacDonalds, there’s a jar customers can put change into, that money goes to the Ronald MacDonald house that supplies accommodation to families of hospitalised patients, and also funds Cancer research. Our workers are paid a full wage, which also may include laundry service for uniforms and sometimes fuel.. that’s included in the worker’s fortnight wage.

[@chookinathunderstorm3446]

In Subway shops ordering their specific ingredients, mostly everyone is saying please and thank you more than once as they ask for them while moving along the counter. Even coming from big tired and hungry looking tradies. At my local, once, a very rude person was grumbling low key but pointedly at the woman serving him. She had misheard an ingredient due to his deep voiced mumbling and had to backtrack to swap it out for the other ingredient only to receive more complaints, sarcasm, about being too slow, as in thinking as well as moving. She was able to take it well as she heard the people in the line ahead of him begin supporting her in the best possible, non confronting way. They were saying their usual pleases and thankyous to the other serving women a little louder and more pointedly and adding "darling " and "love" and saying "Much appreciated." and " Have a good one." and smiling when leaving with their food. The rude customer got the message vibe and a least stopped insulting. As he was leaving he surely must have heard the customer following him at the cash register ask the concerned woman " Are you alright love?" I have to add this behaviour is so much more attractive in a man ( in my book) than an unnecessary escalation to shouting and violent outbreaks.

[@thevocalcrone]

I'm more direct. If there is a particularly rude customer I'll call them out if it's unreasonable. Not long ago at the checkout a customer was whinging she didn't have room to put her groceries on the conveyor belt. She'd put them on the end. I just eyeballed her put my arm out and pushed her groceries down to make space and said to that's how you do it. Rolled my eyes at the checkout girl

[@wyzolma99]

​@@thevocalcronewell done🌟.....I tend to be "more direct" as well.

[@davidbent880]

Thanks Ryan, the mother of the baby died, She threw the baby to two young men who helped the baby as she died.

[@CQuinnLady]

She died in hospital.

[@nolajoy7759]

So sad 😢

[@c8Lorraine1]

Oh ! RIP. Prayers for the baby who now has to grow up without a mum.

[@meeeka]

@@CQuinnLady she was DECLARED dead; need a doctor to do that. And the two guys, were nice guys, middle aged guys.

[@trinitywightman3686]

Thanks for acknowledging that tragedy Ryan 💚 We don’t have a lot of these sort of things happen in Australia so when it does, the whole nation feels it deep in their hearts. So terribly tragic and sad for all the families.

[@allisongrattidge4154]

In relation to the tipping culture, in your reaction, my partner and I visited Chicago and stayed in a swish hotel. As an Aussie I just assumed that the tip would be included in the breakfast bill I had. This particular waiter was quite fake, below average customer service no welcome, or even a smile. Anyways, as we were checking out we were told that a very angry waiter had gone to the reception to especially complain about me and that I didn't tip and to pay the tip on check out. So that was my second day in America. In general, I think the service in Oz is really friendly, and mostly genuine, it could be because they're not stressing out about what tip they're going to receive?

[@DeepThought9999]

I hope that you had a few choice words to be passed on to the waiter along the lines of most of the comments here.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@DeepThought9999 You do realize that the hotel expects everyone to tip since they are allowed and do pay their wait staff $2.50 a hour which is far below even the poverty federal minimum wage of $7.25 a hour. You don't tip, the hotel cannot stay in business making the profits their owners on Wall Street demand. The entire hospitality industry in the USA simply would not exist if they had to pay decent wages instead of tips.

[@DeepThought9999]

@@gregorybiestek3431 Nonsense. If they paid their staff a reasonable, liveable wage most likely yes they would have to charge more for guests to stay there and that sounds fair to me, particularly if it was a nationally legislated requirement that wages always be paid at liveable rates. We Australians believe in a “fair go” for everyone, customers, employees and businesses alike. Such a fixed (adjusted annually for inflation) liveable minimum wage across all industries would ensure a floor price for wages and still allow for competition on the basis of additional or better services rather than by paying slave rates for their people who they seem to think are no better than slaves. If a business organisation can’t adjust the fees that they charge their customers so that they are able to continue to make a profit without employing slaves (err I mean people - yes employes are people too, believe it or not), they don’t deserve to be in business. Wasn’t slavery banned in the USA?

[@janegarnham]

@@DeepThought9999took the words out of my mouth❤

[@stevenwillcockson2271]

Also, in Australia, using manners to those that serve & help you, a simple thankyou, & a smile makes everyone's day.

[@guidlines]

That coffee cup you held up is a medium size in Australia if you have the choice of, small, medium or large but in many coffee shops it would be a large as they often only have 2 sizes. I went to Vegas in March this year & noticed the tipping options on point of sale machines (minimum suggestion was always 18%) & the coffee hasn't improved since I was last there in 2012 which was disappointing.

[@LoueeLouii917]

Went to a burger shop in Cleveland Brisbane recently, served by the owner and he handed my husband the eftpos machine with how much tip, he kept saying just press one, my husband had no idea what it was so I jumped in and pressed zero, he owns the bloody shop

[@gregorybiestek3431]

Get ready for fun. The next generation of these machines will automatically charge the business a bank surcharge for deleting the tip. That should make a few businesses happy.

[@Pucknuckle]

A lot of the time in Australia, if there's a tipping screen on the eftpos machine when we are paying for something, it simply means they are using an American program which includes the tip screen automatically. In my experience in the places i go, places that have that program will generally hold onto the machine after putting in the price and press the no tip button before even passing the machine over for me to present my card.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

Get ready for fun. The next generation of these machines will automatically charge the business a bank surcharge for deleting the tip. That should make a few businesses happy.

[@infin8ee]

It was a shocking tragically unexpected event that occurred in Bondi. Let's spend our energy on celebrating the brave actions of the police inspector who stopped him,as well as the amazing general public who helped to save lives and not the a**hole who did it. Such a sad,dark day which won't be forgotten.😢

[@meeeka]

You sound like my husband.

[@bernarddavidson3013]

My wife and I went to America and hired a car for 4 weeks. Our 40th wedding anniversary occurred around the 3rd week into the trip. We booked a table at (I think it was called The Red Lobster), we wanted to spend time to enjoy 3 courses and a bottle of wine. On previous occasions in America, we were bombarded with the food one after the other with no time to digest each course. I realised the reason was that the staff wanted us out as soon as possible so as to get the next tip. With our wedding anniversary, I told the waitress that I would tell her when to serve the next course, as we wanted to take our time. I think this caused a hassle in the kitchen as we we asked 3 times if we are ready for the next course. I said not yet. The meal started at 7pm and finished at 10.30pm. Previously we would be in and out in 1hour😢. The full time wages in Australia are around $30/hr with 4 weeks holiday per year, 10 days sick leave, maternity leave, and 9.5% of the total wage added to your own superannuation fund.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

That's because in the USA ANYBODY who sits around for three and half hours is a HUGE money loser for the restaurant. Your meal most likely cost the location about $500 in lost sales, over what you spent. The managers could not kick you out, so most likely they made the wait staff suffer a good bit of the lost money. Those wait staff went home very poor that night.

[@janegarnham]

@@gregorybiestek3431still not the customers fault unless you are informed at the restaurant that they have more than one sitting when you book. They must take the averages in their business model. The fast eaters the medium eater the slow eaters. Just like what if I eat alone. I take up a table that might serve two or three people if it is a small table. But they 😊not get the custom of one person not two. Is that my fault for eating alone? Don’t make the customer feel guilty because business want to have the customer pay for the wages so directly.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@janegarnham In order for Red Lobster to continue serving seafood at reasonable prices, its business model needs an average meal time of 1 hour 15 minutes with an average of $47,273 per wait staff. The poster's 3.5 hour meal likely also involved delaying OTHER dinners so that it took their food longer to get to their tables. Because of extended delays in getting food, other dinners have not been returning as often. There are NO other reasonable sit-down seafood options in most cities. Because of a $15.3 million loss in in 2022, the 670 location $2.6 Billion company was forced by Wall Street to close 15 locations over the last two years. It cannot hire additional cooks or staff because that would cut profits and Wall Street will put any company that tries out of business.

[@janegarnham]

@@gregorybiestek3431thanks for the information .an average of 1hr 15 for a fancy restaurant time is for an Australian not a meal out with friends that’s like bolting your food down. There are some places here that especially cater to a movie or theatre crowd who offer a faster service so people can eat and make the show but that’s the exception. . I feel here if you ate here you might think we are very slow with our service! From order to table.I have visited New York and mainly ate at a small Italian place midtown. They were very good and we never felt they were trying to push us out the door. But the tables were out on the pavement and it was more a Chaffee style.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@janegarnham What you do not understand is that Red Lobster is NOT a fancy restaurant. It is what is called casual dining with meals from $20-to-$30. A truly fancy restaurant would allow 3.5 hours, but the cost of the meal would START at about $75 person and likely be around $100-$150 per person. The last time I took my spouse to one in 2019 the cost was $225 for the two of us, plus taxes and tips & we were there about 2.75 hours.

[@thedavincikid]

Went on a cruise recently with an American owned cruise line, as we departed from Singapore a $19US a day per person gratuity was added to the ticked price before the trip even started, did the math on the the amount of ships that the company has and it works out at nearly $1,500,000 US per day just for tips, if we had left from Australia no tip was needed.

[@SirTomo1]

That coffee you showed Ryan is what we call a "regular" size.

[@meeeka]

About 250 mls is regular here.

[@ErleLevey]

love your compassion and understanding ... that's the key to life ...

[@sissilia449]

Thanks Ryan. It's tragic for the families of those that lost their lives and incomprehensible to most of us how anybody could willfully attack a baby.

[@hayleym2122]

Australian’s are generally more happy and relaxed because we’re not living in fear of being shot every where we go. And not scared of being bankrupted by a hospital bill. Every time I visit the US, I notice how tense people are, there’s palpable tension in the air the moment you get off the plane. They all seem so stressed and jumpy, but I totally get why.

[@rogerramjetox142pa]

I actually think this is why everyone is so tense there too. We don't have that problem in Australia. We have lots of other problems, but being randomly shot is not one of them.

[@wyzolma99]

​@@rogerramjetox142pamaybe not....but criminalisation of the law abiding firearm owners was pretty stupid.

[@jackiemcgee205]

Service in all food areas is fantastic. I found it very hard tipping in the US as mostly the service was unsatisfactory.

[@carolinesanguinetti-ws1mq]

Thanks for your kind words Ryan. What has happened in Sydney over the last few days is unheard of here. I enjoy watching your videos and hope you and your family get down here some day soon. You seem very passionate about Australia. I just know that if you do visit and or move here, our beautiful country will not disappoint. If you haven’t heard the songs, listen to “Sounds of Then” by Gang Gajang and “Great Southern Land” by Icehouse. Close your eyes and you will be transported here…..of course once you know the lyrics. 😁 Happy Arvo!

[@stevetarrant3898]

The tipping scene in Reservoir Dogs shows it's a complex issue, even in America.

[@elenawilliams32]

Brilliant movie though. It's one of my favourites. Mr Blond and 'that' scene... With the music that makes you want to dance going on during it...

[@gregoutridge6173]

Just wanted to say your empathy, decency and your sense of character really comes through Ryan. Thanks very much for your thoughts mate.

[@arrscottywell897]

The cover on a Bar in Australia Goes to the band playing the gig

[@susie9893]

Well it's supposed to anyway

[@arrscottywell897]

@@susie9893 it definitely use to when my step dad played in bands but that was 70/80's good times

[@susie9893]

@@arrscottywell897 yup, back in the day. I'm not sure it still works that way. I'm pretty sure many clubs and pubs keep a lot of the cover charge for themselves (especially since I've sometimes been to clubs that were charging a cover and no band or any live entertainment)

[@SpookyFoxyMulder]

Hi Ryan, thank you for the touching message at the end. I too think about tragedies in the U.S for days afterward. We need to hold hope for a less violent future for the next generations.

[@evalovesbread]

The stabbing attack in Sydney will be one of those things everyone alive at the moment will remember. So terrible.

[@JB-zs1oq]

Sad but true. As an older Aussie I still vividly recall the disbelief and horror of the Port Arthur massacre. I didn't want to add to this list of horror events that we as a nation did not want to experience.

[@evalovesbread]

@@JB-zs1oqThat’s just awful. I’m only 15 so I wasn’t alive but my parents talk about it with such shock and sadness. For me, the 2019 - 2020 bushfires were a horrific event and I can add the Sydney attacks to the list.

[@JB-zs1oq]

@@evalovesbread It is sad that, no matter what our age, there are some events that will always remain in the minds of Aussies. However, as an unapologetic "true blue" Aussie who believes that this must be one of the best nations, if not the best, I have to say that resilience is part of our nature. Indeed, perhaps these types of events bring out the best in most of us and make us more protective of what we have as citizens of this wonderful country. Being 15 is exciting and you must enjoy, utilise and celebrate all that Australia offers you.

[@evalovesbread]

@@JB-zs1oq Thank you for sharing this wisdom! I absolutely agree with you. In spite of the tragedy that occurred, it really reinstated Australia’s values which I feel have been overlooked after covid which divided this country so greatly. I love it here and my generation vows to protect and love this country to the best of our ability.

[@JB-zs1oq]

@@evalovesbread If you are typical of your generation I am confident that Australia will be in good hands.

[@jamielinsdell4900]

Come to Australia. You'll fit right in. Americans do well here because of their caring natures and enthusiasm towards life. And we love you for it.

[@nolajoy7759]

It's just like deja vu all over again.

[@alyn927]

We like hearing your American perspective on our Australian perspective too Ryan. Thankyou

[@stawka2859]

The cover charge is for the musicians providing the live music. The establishment doesn't pay them. They rely on the cover charge to get paid.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

as long as that is disclosed I have no problem with it.

[@johngreydanus2033]

Cover charge we all understand, he said they asked for a TIP on top of the entry fee.

[@stawka2859]

@@johngreydanus2033 Yes, he did, but he was outraged that he had to pay to get in to a bar.

[@lachdubh]

Thankyou for your genuine words of sympathy It's much appreciated.

[@c8Lorraine1]

We are not expected to tip service people. Many establishments have a sealed tin can (like a money box) for people to drop loose change to support a charity. I always donate to the Royal Flying Doctor Foundation. This medical service is free to anyone in emergency situations outside of the city. I think they deserve all our loose change. FYI, some doctors use their vacation time from their practice to volunteer with the RFDS. Some pilots use their own plane at a moment’s notice. Yeah, I prefer the tip tin.

[@neilf1059]

pilots using their own planes - Angel Flight

[@nicksiii]

I was waiting for your episode this werk to see how you would react to the weekends tradegies. I live in sydney and my dad was there at the time of the bondi incident and i couldnt get ahold of him. I knew he was there at bondi because of the life 360 tracker app... And we are regulars to bondi... I knew he'd been in the area all day. I also had friends there too .. who were messaging in real time to our 'friend group chat'...and thats how I found out... before I even heard from any media outlets. And like we were all freaking out for our friends... But also quite a few of us have relatives and friends who practically live at bondi/the junction. In my case my family take our dogs down to bondi 2-3 times a week (I was at that mall most of last week even.. because i see health care professionals at the junction and shop there also. So it really hit home for me and my loved ones.... I mean i was at that mall less than 24 hours prior ...and if it hadnt been for work comittments I probably would've been there on saturday too, with my dad, tbh, as I am all the time.. and we often get seperated... Thats what mobiles are for!! Im thankful my dad wasn't hurt, but he's had enough pain and trauma for a lifetime... He didnt need this tragic event to add his suffering 😢 I feel so sorry for ALL the lives lost + loved ones...and those injured too of course. That poor 9 month old baby 😔. This doesn't happen in australia!!! 😮Like ever. No wonder such news went global straight away!!! Thankyou for thinking of us N xx

[@Puppydoug]

This ridiculous USA tipping thing is one reason I'll never bother going back to the States. Lived there from 1984 to 1987 and I could cope with the 10 percent. Since 2003 I have been a small business owner (retail) and my attitude is - if you can't afford to pay your workers a decent living wage, your business should close down. Having staff RELYING on tips is PATHETIC. Just so the business owner/s can MAXIMIZE profits and screw their hapless employees. Not to mention their customers.

[@richardmajewski7523]

The thing is most businesses particularly large corporations can afford to pay the staff living wages plus holiday, health care, pension funds but they choose not to, why, because they can and they want to protect their salaries and bonuses. Why don’t the workers arch up and do something about it!. Beggars belief that they just accept this

[@michaelfink64]

Thank you Ryan for your kind words and thoughts about the Sydney massacre. It is clear from your voice that you are very emotional about it.

[@anth5189]

Well the problem in the U.S. is that traditionally certain jobs like waitressing are very poorly paid. So nice people would give them some money to help, which became a thing. We paid people fairly in Australia, at least we used to, so tipping was never needed. Although you were of course free to give a waitress a tip if you liked the service. The problem now is that these corrupt companies that have never paid people fairly in the first place are now treating the tip as some sort of extra fee for service they are not even giving you. It is just insane greed. Unfortunately this attitude does make itself to Australia.

[@c8Lorraine1]

I refuse to support these businesses and frankly don’t understand how they can get away with it , especially in this day of social media when your opinion can grow ‘legs’ instantly.

[@anth5189]

@@c8Lorraine1 Social media is controlled by these people.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@c8Lorraine1 You do realize that ANY location you go to in the USA expects everyone to tip since they are allowed and do pay their wait staff $2.50 a hour which is far below even the poverty federal minimum wage of $7.25 a hour. You don't tip, the various restaurants, hotels, etc. cannot stay in business making the profits their owners on Wall Street demand. The entire hospitality industry in the USA simply would not exist if they had to pay decent wages instead of tips.

[@meykhou5823]

Thanks Ryan for your heart felt thoughts x

[@martindolding]

I just get my coffee at the BP servo and they know your name and smile when they greet you

[@hayleym2122]

That is such a common thing in Australia, I didnt even think of it until you pointed it out 😊

[@DarkSister.]

Me and my husband got chased down the street in Florida for not tipping. I wouldn't have left a tip in the UK for the crappy service we received, so I wasn't in the USA. Woman came running down the street having a right go at us, and told us to learn the culture of the USA, I told her to learn how to do her job.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

You do realize that the location you were at expects everyone to tip since they are allowed and do pay their wait staff $2.50 a hour which is far below even the poverty federal minimum wage of $7.25 a hour. You don't tip, the various restaurants, hotels, etc. cannot stay in business making the profits their owners on Wall Street demand. The entire hospitality industry in the USA simply would not exist if they had to pay decent wages instead of tips.

[@DarkSister.]

@@gregorybiestek3431 for a start, I won't tip for bad service. If you want a tip, then earn it. It isn't customers job to pay for the wages of the staff, every other developed and even some that are not considered developed, pay their staff for the job they do. The USA stands alone in its barbaric minimum wage. My suggestion, or at least one of them.... stop serving a meal fit for 3 people to everyone, that'll sort out the costs, and it'll slim down the country. It's really not rocket science.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@DarkSister. Well, California just mandated a decent living wage for all restaurant workers and 10%-15% of all restaurants in the state have closed. Those that are still open have DOUBLED the cost of their meals. Most people and especially the paying customers in California are NOT happy with the results. The now unemployed workers are hoping to find some sort of work before they become homeless and then get jailed for being a public nuisance. The USA punishes people for being poor.

[@DarkSister.]

@@gregorybiestek3431 I know the US punishes poor people, I have zero love for the way the USA is run, but again it's not up to visitors from other countries to pay peoples wages, most Americans are angry at the tipping system there, I mean you even get asked to tip at a self service checkout?!! Are you tipping the computer? The USA is a shit show that treats its citizens like crap, I am the first to admit that...but your country puts people off actually giving a shit anymore when all the rest of the world hears is how America is the best country in the world and the rest of us are far inferior, or the fact that half your country wants that tangerine menace back in office where he'll do his damnedest to cause world disorder, and also won't back Europe if Russia decides to attack any of our countries. HALF of your country is batshit enough to want that, yet you expect us all to be concerned that your government is basically causing your poverty. Your country has no security net, Europe does, we have incredible social security for housing, benefits, child care, maternity care, paternity care, vacations of at least 4 weeks a year, yet Americans call that socialism and reject it. People there should educate themselves and stop allowing the government to just treat you all like cattle.

[@mollygrubber1]

I have worked in the service/hospitality industry in Australia since I was 16 I am now 50... my wages at 16 were $106/week at a $1.70/hr. I did 60 hours a week... however, that was back in 1989... now that same job pays $28 per hour... I once worked in a Chinese Restaurant and a customer tipped me a $2 coin, my boss made me chase the customer down the street and return the "tip" :P I clean up tables when I go out to eat, I know what the staff have to do, so I help out where I can so they can get home a little earlier or have one less thing to worry about. I have worked in motels/hotels and whenever I need to stay at one, I clean the room and strip the sheets, do a general tidy, and empty our bins, because there is nothing like cleaning 29 rooms and the 30th is always the worst, so I make sure to help out too, one day they might get to that 30th room for the day and find it tidier... it made me smile when I had an easier room to do :D I couldn't fathom living in America and the whole tipping thing, it would be weird to me.. I guess I wouldn't know how to tip properly and get chased too :O

[@francis6888]

Mate, you really need to visit Australia.

[@robynjefferson4779]

Thanks from Australia Ryan. We are in shock. Will see you tomorrow.

[@denisewilson9783]

Last time we ate at the Cheesecake Shop in Hawaii, the server wouldn't take our oder until we agreed the pay 18% tip. She basically treated us like scum because we're Australian and crap Tippers. This after waiting for a table for 35min. Needless to say never going back. 1 of our friends lives there and was furious.

[@theBallisticMystic]

That's like the third time I've heard something like that about Hawaii 😳 maybe I don't wanna go there after all

[@DeepThought9999]

You should have refused the extortion attempt and walked out. Bad enough “service” already. Tell the manager why you are going and on your way out where they could stick their cheesecakes.

[@FairnessFobe]

I recently spent some time in Melbourne. Eat at big restaurants & modest restaurants. I noticed the bill gave you the OPTION to tip. No big deal. The service was amazingly good, the staff were so polite & grateful that we were there. Small restaurants' service was equal to that in the biggest top restaurants. The staff were all lovely. It makes the diner feel they are being served by their best friend.

[@_alifeallmine_]

If people supported a living wage in America tipping wouldn’t be necessary, but apparently this is ’Freedom’, which mostly benefits major Corporations above the larger Populace, and is more important than abject Poverty.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

California just mandated a decent living wage for all restaurant workers and 20% of all restaurants in the state have closed. Those that are still open have DOUBLED the cost of their meals. Most people and especially the paying customers in California are NOT happy with the results.

[@_alifeallmine_]

@@gregorybiestek3431 So the changes went into effect less than 3 weeks ago, and 7,700+ Restaurants have closed in that time, and the rest have “DOUBLED” [sic] their prices, also in that time. Things sure seem to move fast in California.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@_alifeallmine_ I am simply quoting numerous media outlets who claim "a mass exodus" since the law was passed six months ago and went into effect this month. These various media stories make the claim that there were 68,086 restaurant locations in June 2023, and they expect only about 60,000 by the end of 2024. I believe that comes out to about 20%. The same media reports state that a fast-food meal now costs $19 on average, up from $9.95 last year.

[@_alifeallmine_]

@@gregorybiestek3431 From the various reports I found, the figures were wildly different. It seems, depending on the particular Media Outlet’s Political bent, it goes from very low key, to quite hysterical. Bloody Media, it’s hard to get agenda free Reporting these days. It’s getting worse over here in Oz too. It’s very frustrating.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@_alifeallmine_ I quite Agree.

[@shanegates678]

Thanks Ryan. The tragedy last week hit us all hard and the pain of the families for those who lost their lives is unfathomable. I was at that westfield a week earlier and i just can't imagine what that place became in those moments.. its just so damn tragic. I feel terrible for the victims and even the perpetrator who suffered a complete psychotic breakdown. We must do more for those with mental health issues. Its just sad all round.😢

[@CalinDee]

I visited the US in 2016 and again in 2019 and noticed a big change then in expected tipping amounts. The 'suggested tips' appearing on receipts - wow - even more crazy was the fact that such amounts for over a quarter of the bill - utterly bonkers! THAT is not a tip anymore - that is a 30% tax for no good reason. Piss off!! I got no better service in the US than I did at home, and the prices werent lower to balance out the arbitrary tipping - its mad.

[@gregorybiestek3431]

California just attempted to change that and mandated a decent living wage for all restaurant workers and 20% of all restaurants in the state have closed. Those that are still open have DOUBLED the cost of their meals. Most people and especially the paying customers in California are NOT happy with the results.

[@CalinDee]

@@gregorybiestek3431 Wow! Conversion rates considered, US meals werent cheaper in any significant ways over the same available here in Oz. Doubling the cost of the meals would put them in silly territory; I can understand why folk would be annoyed at that! I equally feel sorry for the servers when needing the tips to make ends meet. Hopefully the kneejerk price change will self level over time and land at a sane median, where the business owners are still turning a profit and their employees can afford to live!

[@gregorybiestek3431]

@@CalinDee I am simply quoting numerous media outlets who claim "a mass exodus" since the law was passed six months ago and went into effect this month. These various media stories make the claim that there were 68,086 restaurant locations in June 2023, and they expect only about 60,000 by the end of 2024. I believe that comes out to about 20%. The same media reports state that a fast-food meal now costs $19 on average, up from $9.95 last year.

[@CalinDee]

@@gregorybiestek3431 Yeah, that's crazy! $19 USD = ~ $29 AUD at today's conversion rates. That's pub-meal prices - not fast food! No good! Something seriously out of whack there 😞

[@The_Stoic_PhilosopherAU]

Thank you Ryan for your sympathies. I knew you were a good guy. Your Karma is good my friend.

[@denisehooke3833]

Thank you Ryan for your thoughts. Unfortunately I say America land of guns but we are becoming Australia land of knives. Another stabbing last night in a church for goodness sake. Would love to see your little boy again 💞🇦🇺

[@Tt-qm2xg]

Thank you for saying something. It means a lot that others are hurting with us ❤

[@Iceman12123]

Looks like an Aus medium coffee 😂

[@amishgirl1000]

Aussies are really kind caring people. Doesn’t matter who you are or, where your from, your going to get people smile at you and say good morning and how are you today?

[@lawrenceswann433]

Thank you for your thoughts and condolences

[@TedRad56]

The band would have to be pretty good if they have a cover charge. Here’s a tip, pay your workers a decent wage. The tipping culture is a hangover from slavery and needs to be stopped.

[@scott1001]

Thank you Ryan ❤

[@russellstockley117]

tipping system is BS, pay your workers the right amount and Tips are a bonus not a necessity

[@craigjenks9064]

should be no tipping at all . imagine working at kmart and not getting tips on a shit wage then having to tip lol

[@vee_tinymoose]

Thank you for your wishes for us here in Australia, and thank you for saying any unpleasant about the perpetrator. I have relatives with schizophrenia and some of the media reporting has been so hard for them and their families

[@gordonhall5983]

You've done this one before mate.

[@erindarcy3899]

Here in hospitality - from my experience - tips are generally put in the tip jar at pub or cafe and distributed amongst staff at the end of each week

[@stephaniebell4272]

I think you should come to Australia, Ryan. Watch a few videos of the Johnson family migrating to Australia from England. He gives some great tips. ( pointers)

[@FionaEm]

I find the Johnston guy really obnoxious.

[@evalovesbread]

If he comes to Melbourne I volunteer as a tour guide!

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

Mutual respect & appreciation between service staff & customers is the key to this video. Owners, managers & most of all politicians - take note.