

Human: Why don't countries like Australia have tipping the way we do in the US?

Assistant: Australia has some relatively unique cultural attitudes to tipping, which have evolved in part to address issues with restaurant workers not being able to rely on tips as their only source of income.


Human: Why don't countries like Australia have tipping the way we do in the US?

Assistant: In the United States, there’s been a long tradition of servers being paid based on how many tips they earn. A server’s tips are a significant portion of their income, and this creates an incentive to be nice and attentive. In other countries, it’s much less common for servers to be paid based on tips.  So Australia, for example, has a strong standard for wages and benefits.
Why don't countries like Australia have tipping the way we do in the US?
Australia has some relatively unique cultural attitudes to tipping, which have evolved in part to address issues with restaurant workers not being able to rely on tips as their only source of income.
In the United States, there’s been a long tradition of servers being paid based on how many tips they earn. A server’s tips are a significant portion of their income, and this creates an incentive to be nice and attentive. In other countries, it’s much less common for servers to be paid based on tips.  So Australia, for example, has a strong standard for wages and benefits.