Tipping in los

[Mommy_of_3_boys]

i might tip every now and then but its very rare! im cheap. i have a change collection, dont want to ruin it by giving the money to some random bar for charging me for over priced beers! the fact that they get to talk to me should be enough to keep them happy...555

 

[McWolf]

Care to reference that "Regulation" !?
I've had several Liquor Licences and never heard of this.

BTW the best OZ steak is exported.
Same same seafood.
It's those damn Japs over-paying again, just like they do at Rock Hard.

 

[aomf]

Fall asleep more like........ :zzz:

 

[Kyle 13]

wow im shocked ... a first world country like australia and you telling me the service is better in los....i think you are pulling my chain or just dont want to tip...i always give the barman/waiter a good first tip at home especially if the bar is busy..you never battle for sevice after that..lots of staff make there living from tips

 

[Damon A]

That was the highest price I could find. Most prices sat at the $35 area.

 

[Metropolisforever]

How do bm tip in bars in los....for me it all depends on the quality of the service ...if you ordered a beer at 80 baht would you let the bg keep the change from a hundred??
i find i generally leave a better tip (bigger %) if i spend some time in a bar rather than just having one drink....do the expats tip at all??? dont think the thais tip .. im sure the guys that are there on holiday tip reasonable well apart from those that are on a small budget

 

[bubblesthepowerpuffgirly]

Being from OZ, tipping if foreign to me. Normally I leave 20 B or upto 100 B if the service was good.

In OZ, the minimum wage is enough to live off, which is one of the reasons restaurant prices are so high there. In Thailand for a steak dinner with good Aussie beef you'd pay A$25 (~700 B) at most. In OZ it starts at A$60 for the same thing.

Sometimes service staff get paid more than minimum wage when there is a glut of good service staff. Plus there's bonuses for working Sundays, after 12 midnight and before 6 AM so I don't feel the need to tip and it's not part of our culture (same same with service charges).

However in Thailand I do realise this is not the case. I generally leave 30-40 B on the bed each day for the cleaners, but this is mainly because the the same job my Mum does back in OZ but she gets paid A$18 per hour for it.

 

[Dennis A]

On the whole, yes. Australian's are descended mostly from Pom's so we've inherited the pommy service attitude. Not to say that service is particularly bad in OZ, but it's nowhere near the level of LOS. Assuming you're not being sarcastic. See my post above.

Every now and then I get a waitress who is at LOS levels of service, last time I went to Little Creatures (pub) in Freo our waitress was never more than 2 metres away from the table and was always there with PDA open whenever somoene's glass got near the bottom. That being said, service in Little Creatures has always been well above average for Perth.

 

[kazlith]

Glenn - Makro in Phuket have whole cube rolls (rib eye or scotch fillet) from NZ.
Also lamb.
Maybe your local Makro could get for you.

Now there's a project.

 

[kicker]

Yeah love - two Olds, a porterhouse medium rare and a BJ well done 55555!

 

[Patrick D]

I am like you... I tip depending on service... the TG I have been with lately tipped probably more than me though... she was always giving me 20 baht to tip someone I wasn't even gonna tip! 555

 

[Bella Ella]

I encourage tipping in LOS especially in restaurants. Wages are very low in comparison to Western standards and staff have very little or no workplace benefits or rights. They rely upon tips for living expenses and in some cases for their own insurance.

In many restaurants in Patong should a waitress make an error in a meal or drink order, often as a result of language translation or more likely when the farang customer is pissed and couldn't remember what they ordered, the waitress needs to pay for that mistake out of their own salary. They do however get to keep meal or drink as the result of the incorrect order but in western styled restaurants farang food such as pizza has little appeal for a TG so they usually give it away to friends or the homeless. Also should a customer leave without paying and the waitress was responsible for that table then she needs to pay.

Just keep this in mind the next time you get good service. A tip is always appreciated.

 

[technicolourlassie]

OZ and US food prices are very different. A lot of a restaurant's price in OZ is for wages (as per previous posts in this thread).

I dont know what Jigger calls quality, but as carondolet_Bill if you have linen, service, sauce not made from a packet, you start to pay. I dislike bad steak, so I don't order it at pubs, typically they are cheap cuts, wafer thin and charred to death. I've worked in pub kitchens, the right amount of care required for good steaks is never paid to them in a short order kitchen. As EvilBaz says, you cant go wrong with the parma, they're pretty hard to get wrong, provided you don't start off with crap chicken.

$14 in OZ will pick up a top steak from just about any butcher. But then you have to cook it yourself.

BTW, I've found a 160 B steak at the Diana Dragon, but someone else will have to try it.

 

[Mel (:]

I found that they'll break up your change to accomodate tipping 20 baht per drink ie give u the last 100 in 20's out of a 500 etc, for frequent good service I'd tip 100, their faces light up and I got a few free(sorta) drinks out of it.

 

[Hannahtater]

I do as a home: tip most of the time about 10% if the service is good. But just like you say Mr.W.: my TGF also always tips 20 THB when she's with me. Even when i wasn't planning to.

 

[realityshowjunkie]

h: :rofl:

that one took a min, sorry lmao

 

[what?]

Is this a typo (x2) or do you prefer American English?! no:

 

[serena doom]

Nope...no chain pulling. If you don't believe us - fly Qantas h:

IMHO there are two factors that make service standards in Oz so low. One is that the service staff get paid well regardless - there is no such thing as "working for tips" in Oz. Try that and employ staff that way and the unions will shut you down - if the customers don't burn your place down first when they find out.

That brings me to the other point - the much vaunted "egalitarian society" of Oz is not a myth. Ozzies are uncomfortable with other ozzies (new or born here) fawning around us or acting like "servants". In all but the silver service type restaurants your waiter is likely to call you "mate" rather than "sir" - and have a chat with you or banter with you.

When I tip in Oz it is usually with the add on "Thanks...here, grab a beer after work on me."

Whilst we Aussies are the first to whinge about our "poor" service standards (another trait we inherited from the Poms :sarcastic - the truth is we wouldn't (and couldn't) have it any other way here.

Enjoy es:

 

[tatiana ooh ahh]

Villa Mart Chalong has Australian Wagyu Baz....I usually pay around 1400 baht for a couple of good sized steaks...but to me that's absolutely worth it...way better than anything I have ever eaten in a restaurant here

 

[Jen Davies Farts A Lot!]

Face saving for her, to show that she's not with a Cheap Charlie. Probably wouldn't tip if she was alone.