Giving tips in Canada
 

Guys as most of you know, family going over to London, Ontario in July.

In the UK you do not need to give a waitress a tip, its entirely at your own discretion.

What is the general opinion for tipping over in Canada.

Is it normal practice to always tip when you leave MacDonalds, Burger King, the local restaurant, or chippy !!!!!!!!!!

Is it say 10% of your bill, 20% of the bill

I dont want to offend any hard working waiters or waitresess over there.

Any sound info would be appreciated

Eddie :beer:

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Don't eat yellow snow!!

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It's normal to give double what the bill comes to, maybe write a small thank you on a napkin too.

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MacDonalds, Burger King, forget it.

Restaurants and pubs yes. General marker is about 15% and above depending on how you felt the service was. Basically look at the GST (7%) on your bill, double it and add a bit more (or in your case saying as you're a Jock subtract :p ).

I went to tip the young lads that fill up the car, check the oil and do the windscreen once at the local co-op station but they told me that they weren't allowed to accept tips.

I've only not tipped once when I tried to return a bloody chicken and the Waitress said it was ok to eat it because it was a grain fed chicken! :confused:

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Can I get a job waiting whenever you're eating out?

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No tipping at fast food places.

Places with a real waiter/waitress and sit down service, as a rule of thumb I tip 10% of pre tax cost minimum, unless the service is really dreadfull, which it never has been, Average for me is 15% for reasonable service (use the tax to calculate). 20% for exceptional service above and beyond what youd expect. Mostly I will round these up to the nearest $.

Never less than $2 per person for a meal, unless its just a coffee or something trivial. Remember to tip in Bars too for drinks! but not as much, remember that the waiter/waitress has to split any tip with the bussers, bar staff, and the rest of the staff behind the scenes.

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Never cross the road with your eyes shut.

Look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.


I've noticed the tipping culture creeping into some area's over here. Especially in restaurant's.

So much for the minimum wage.

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Never mind the restaurants.

Just before I left the UK I went to a club in London as part of a farewell party.

There was this lad standing in the toilets, reaching paper towels to everyone and spraying aftershave over them with a tip basket.

He was doing quite well too.

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Canada Revenue's expectation is that waiters/waitresses in the proper restaurants will be declaring approximately 100% to 400% of their wages as tips. So for someone earning $1000 the Revenue expect to see between $1000 and $4000 in tips. Bear in mind the waiter is dealing with a number of tables each hour and you can see how this is possible.

Mrs G

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Also remember that waiters don't get paid minimum wage, they're expected (and usually do) make their money that way. After all in good restaurants with business clients you can get 200 bucks a table.

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Well that opened my eyes a bit, sounds like there can be some serious money to be made, if you put your mind to it !!!! and work yer ass off.
So I can expect to pay around $10 per meal minimum, and more if I get excellent waitress service.

I think I will throw her indoors into the waiting tables game :rolleyes: , then I can maybe a kept man !!!!!!!!!!

Eddie

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If you're in Quebec, waiters appreciate a kiss on both cheeks.

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Probably explains why they drop their pants at your table then ....

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And greengrocer's apostrophe's too? ;)

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Er, exactly how are you pronouncing 'coq au vin'?


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