On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 08:56:32 -0800 (PST), GM
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>graham wrote:
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>> On 2018-12-06 6:24 p.m., GM wrote:
>> > http://www.grubstreet.com/2018/12/re...051.1526831322
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>> Is there still a non-tipping culture in Australia?
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>Well, I'm not in Oz, but I believe that is the case...Ozzies have a very "egalitarian" (e.g. "socialist"!) mindset and all...thus US -style tipping would be frowned upon, servers "Down Under" (as in much of the rest of the world) probably receive a "living wage", unlike the US...

Australia's egalitarian in the sense that it's pretty classless, but I
wouldn't call it socialist. It's a fairly right-wing capitalist
country.