The tipping culture in the US does seem insane though. There is an 18% surcharge to every meal you purchase from a restaurant? Seems crazy to me. Here in Australia we don't really tip at all. Waiters are paid by their employers. Wild, right?
@@kristinrodriguezrealtordmv3434 you think the restraunts cant afford to pay them? no they count on nice people like u to pay, then the server gets mad when we dont tip😂😂get mad at ur boss not me
Only in the US is a tip considered mandatory and considered as a service person's salary.. there are countries where tipping is considered rude/insulting
In the uk it is not expected to tip at all. Usually you could tip £5 no matter the cost of the meal if you were really impressed by the service but usually it is just the spare change you have at the time eg £1 or £2.
@@jason18401 It doesn’t bother me, I’ve lived here my whole life and was just raised to tip 20% if there is a service being performed. If I don’t feel like tipping I pick up takeout, do my own nails/hair etc
My experience in the UK and AUS is that we only include a tip at all if the service was above expected. Staff aren't expected to subsist on tips and actually get paid a fair wage for their work
Yes every country has their own tipping culture no duh. But when traveling to other countries you should always respect what is normal to that culture. One way isn’t better than the other or worth more respect.
Americans should also learn to tip when they go abroad, a lot of yanks try to cheap out on tipping while traveling but yet if i visit your country i get lambasted for not leaving a heavy tip, smh.
@@4evahodlingdoge226 Something there ain't adding up. With the expected 18-20% tip Americans are used to giving, even "cheaping out" and giving half that would still be surpassing most countries' expected tipping. Look up the tipping culture before you travel and give that expected amount. In the U.S. it may be 18-20 but in some places it's rude to give a tip at all.
I'm from Portugal and we don't have a rule on tipping, you just give what you can honestly. There isn't a specific percentage here, but I agree they should have respected the US tipping culture since they spent all that money anyway.
A tipping culture está errada, empregados dependem de gorjeta (aquela sugestão de 18%) visto que recebem o ordenado mínimo. A solução óbvia seria aumentar os ordenados e por gorjeta opcional como noutros países.
@@sre12100 Não estou a dizer que está certa ou errada, só estou a dizer que faz parte da cultura deles quer se queira quer não estou pode muito bem ser visto como falta de respeito. Claro que concordo que os salários deviam de ser aumentados mas não acho que isso é desculpa para não dar a gorjeta devida/esperada.
Portuguese here, they are being generous in my opinion when it comes to tipping, when you compare waiters in the US vs waiters in Portugal in the US they get paid pretty well (even when considering the higher cost of living in NYC in this case), $40,557 is the average annual salary in NYC for a waiter, $12,720 for a waiter in Lisbon, (both are gross values, apply 23% and 21% tax respectively for liquid amounts). Even if you imagine that a room in NYC city is double the price of one in Lisbon, in NYC they get paid above 3x's more. If waiters in Portugal don't get tipped, I can't see why in NYC they should. But maybe someone can enlighten me on this matter. PS: In both countries, they should get paid more!
@@HyDrzZ actually without tips in america you dont make much at all. i have friends serving who have a base wage of $2-4/hr. - it varies where you work. the minimum wage in my state is $12 or $13/hr, rising by a dollar every year. they seem to make more in the cities because tipping culture exists. tips are their wages! :)
I’m Australian and we don’t have a tipping culture. But I looked up what was considered appropriate tipping before I went to the US. It wasn’t that hard. Google makes it very easy. It is annoying to have to factor in the tip and tax, would be so much easier if it was just incorporated into the price. Especially because I still had to think about what the price was in Australian dollars so I could really understand the cost. I just wonder what they were tipping housekeeping, if anything.
It's a hassle to tip in the US, but it's the epitome of capitalism. The places that don't have tipping simply increase their prices by 18% anyway. So you're paying regardless.
Anywhere outside the US, a tip is not expected, because the servers actually get paid a liveable wage. I can see how 60 might seem like a small tip on 660, but it's still $60 for a couple drinks. Funny how 60 is a big tip for them when they dropped a grand on drinks
Tipping here in the UK isn’t mandatory as servers get paid at least a living wage so maybe they didn’t know… not that that makes it ok, just saying that’s probably why
That's understandable, but they are in the U.S. Any restaurant you go to here has a suggestion at the bottom of receipt for tip. Some places automatically include it just because of people like her. Serving jobs here make horrible money. Not even sure how its legal.. Really sad.
@@lyd2044 I was just thinking this, if she’s been before she should know. Also I haven’t been in so long I didn’t know they added how much to tip so thank you! Maybe she’s just arrogant then!
Tipping at least in Finland is considered wierd. Staff are payed well and tipping isnt a thing. You pay what the tab is and you leave. The only time Ive tipped is when buying with cash. For an example I went for dinner with my girlfriend and the tab was like 46 euros and I just gave them a 50 bill and thats it
I found the drinks to be frivolous, and they could've stayed at a cheaper hotel. The makeup however I get, because she might the same price for make-up and spend the same amount to account for international shipping to UK especially if she's shopping online. Here she got more and got it right away. It also can be taxed as a business expense as she uses the make-up daily and in her videos. Same goes for the food.
Just to let you know, you’re the only country in the world along with Canada to have a really big deal with tips. Literally everywhere else, the workers are paid a good wage, no need to wait for someone help to pay their bills. You tip only if the person did something not included in the service
That’s the way it should be, but unfortunately it isn’t the way it is in the US. All the more reason to avoid eating out as much as possible to save money!
And in plenty of other countries, waiters don't get paid a good wage (barely enough to live with) and still don't get tipped. In a country where most struggle, people won't to pay anymore than the bill.
My best friend literally makes $800 some nights with tips. I don't know why you're acting like it's impossible to make a living in the US as a server. Tips are most of his salary.
When someone travels they usually look up tipping culture in that country AND her friend called her out for being a stingy tipper AND 18% is recommended on some of her receipts. That is people’s livelihoods, so it is extremely unkind to spend extravagantly on a meal and skimp on the tip
I’m from Malaysia and i’ve never tip. It’s really not a thing at all here since regardless of your job, you get a decent salary and you get paid more if you work overtime sooooo we only pay for the stuff we ordered. Coming from a country like this, i could never get used to having to tip 15-25% every single time i eat out. Just seems like an unnecessary added cost to my budget which i could put into my savings 😬 I mean it’s ridiculous in and of itself that people in the US have to rely on tips just to survive. That responsibility should be paid by the restaurant or company, not the customers.
@@stefancoban59 nah, she is being responsible by bringing a ridiculous subject. You, on the other hand, being rude and cheap by immediately segregating her based of almost every culture in the world who don't tip or tip rarely 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I feel like where I live in the US 20%-25% is expected on everything at this point especially since all the tills have these tip options even at the local bakery etc. I wanna help, but everyone can't afford to pay 25% more for every little thing even when you are not sitting down and eating. Literally if you buy one cookie it's asked that you tip. I get restaurants, but Literally everything?!?!
Yeah, I live alone, I'm 28, making 130k a year in Las Vegas. Do you know what causes you to spend more money than anything else? It's being lonely. Take it from me, get a partner or a roommate.
Wild how people with the most money tip the least. Yes, it is culture and what not. But when you go to a new country you have to adapt to the location.
If you’re coming to the US you should know about the tipping factor, and the appropriate percentages, don’t put down a 600 dollar tab unless you can tip like it.
Yes Graham, tipping that much is only a US thing because servers there have basically no salary. In Spain we don't usually tip because the servers don't depend on it
I love how she starts the video by saying she’s on a budget😂 2 minute later spends more on dinner than I spent all month on Groceries for a family of three🤗. I’d love to see what she spends not on a “budget”
Went on a trip and spent $25 on a beautiful and filling meal and felt bad about spending that much for the rest of the day. I drank water from fountains only! haha they're crazy for spending so much on drinks.
As a British person... what an embarrassing pair! Service in the UK if added by the restaurant is usually 12.5%-15%. Hopefully they haven't scammed anyone out of money with this nonsense!
I'm from a country called Malaysia and there is no tipping here like at all we just pay for the meal we don't tip anything... It's not just me it's just how it is here
@@ungkuaiman62 luckily it’s like that in most countries. I think the US is the only country where tips are expected and staff is paid taking tips into account (low wages + tips = wage). In Europe tips are a nice extra but not expected. Love Malaysia by the way!
You know with her being on social media so much, tiktok, and youtube...i really feel like the horrible undertipping isn't excused because she's british. She has to know better with how prevalent the usa tipping hate is everywhere. Sorry girl, if you can drop 500+ at sephora and get a brand new iphone, you can tip people that are making $3 an hour.
We don’t tip in the uk! Yes there are service charges sometimes but only in big cities due to the fact that employees in the uk get paid a decent pay (obviously it’s not the greatest) but it’s much more than American employees that get paid $5 per hour
Omg i love Europa, just imagine spending that much money on tips. I wouldn't leave my house. Lord the money they give in tips is what i'd spend in a single lunch (and not fast food).
I can't believe the amount of people defending her for the tipping being low because its different in the UK... anytime I travel to a different country, the first thing I look up is what is the customary tip amount. Some countries it's impolite to tip, in others you tip 15-25%. It's so rude to go to any country and not do the bare minimum research on what their general customs are (and yes, people from the US can be at fault for this as well and I will call them out just the same)
I don't understand if I live in an alternate mental reality or something. Why the f do I have to help pay someone else's wage by tipping them 20% or more. It is actually insulting to me that everyone else expects me to do this and accepts it as normal. Ya'all should pressure the employers to pay more not us to tip more.
Server in the USA here. 20% is the average for high end establishments. But mostly it’s 18-25%. Typically anything under 35$ is 20-25%. We also get paid off tips cause our hourly is 2.13$ because of the tips
The tipping culture is kinda scary and I had a really bad experience the first time I visited the u.s as I just gave him the amount I was supposed to, he got really angry and insulted me at my hotel. That's when the receptionist told me about the tipping culture.
The biggest scam in tipping is that its by percentage and not by actual dollars, $60 extra on anything is good money (unless the waiters have to tip out the staff as well) but $60 for a server serving you is good
A bunch of non Americans are commenting on our tipping culture. I agree it is crazy. Just remember that while you’re here, you do have to follow our rules so our restaurant workers can survive. I actually tip while overseas even though it’s not expected, but I usually feel the bartenders spend extra time talking to me, knowing I’m American, anticipating that I’ll tip heavy if they chat with me. They’re always right lol.
Well, you admittedly bring your culture with you overseas. A lot of people do the opposite as well. Though life. Max I've ever tipped is like 5€ if any. And it will stay that way.
"survive" man have you been sold a lie if they dont make minimum wgae, they must be compensated. and servers make tons more than minimum wage with tips. many restaurants offered 24 bucks an hour as standard wages and servers left them cause tips make them more money than anything "fair"
No matter how many times you mention that tipping is pretty exclusive to the US, it doesn't stop it from being how it is. You can move if you don't want to tip.
I'm no radical anti tipping guy and I'm not another one of those "in my country..."-commenters that clog up this comment section with their pointless talk that has nothing to do with what is happening in an American restaurant, but honestly, at some point it makes no sense anymore to tip by percentage. Just because they are charging 600 Dollars for a steak, you are supposed to tip a waiter 120 for carrying your food from the kitchen to your table? That is demented. As I said, I am not opposed to tipping, but it has to be in relation to the work done, not determined by the price of the food. What is next? You're going to give your car salesman 20% of the price of your new car for handing you the keys? It is dysfunctional and sickening how the customer is made "the bad guy" by this ridiculous, lacking in nuance, system. I always hear that waiters don't make enough money. Who does though? Nowadays there are basically totally overpaid tech people and then there is the rest of us and I see no justification for why waiters should get mandatory tips when nobody else gets compensated for their shitty wages. There are people who work way harder and get paid really badly and nobody gives them tips, like people in Amazon warehouses or package delivery drivers. How do waiters deserve this special status? It really just seems to be a ransom situation. "Please don't spit in my food! Here, have that money!" This is unacceptable!
We don't tip in the UK because we pay our staff enough. I think it's outrageous for a restaurant to expect the customer to pay the waiter as well as the food, may as well just cook it at home. I get that it's their culture, but damn, it's one corrupt system. I used to work at a bar, and if I got tipped £5 it was awkward to take it....
@@thechrisverhoeven I’m not taking any offense. Prices is what the seller charges and there will be customers that pay for it. You don’t have to eat at places that charge $600. They chose to go out and eat. They chose to pay that much. $600 for food is definitely too much for me personally, they could have gone to a cheaper place, but they’re paying $5000 on hotels. They can afford to pay the proper tip.
@@gidd If you’re visiting a country, I expect you to respect the culture of that country. That includes tipping culture. Yes, it’s not required by law- but it is absolutely good and respectful to tip properly in America when you’re eating out.
Millie T is so dense.. not all of us Brits are like this I can promise you. I always tip anything between 18% and 25% dependant on the level of service whilst in the USA, it is what it is... even if I think that it's mad this culture still exists in 2022.
Where I'm from tips is not even a thing. We don't do tipping, it a weird things to do. But whenever I go to the US I never really calculate the % I just do for the sake of respecting the culture and round off them.
I think most young people can’t afford to live alone. You have to have a room mate. Speaking from the perspective of living in California. Being able to live on your own without a room mate is an accomplishment in itself.
people say they dont want tips, but they obviously never had service from someone who thought you were going to give them a hundred dollar bill... Ive been on both sides and when I think someone is going to tip me very well I put an exorbitant of effort in
But how much of an effort do you have to put in to get 120$ (which would be 20% of what they had)? Will you bring in the food while dancing ballet? Will you tell them a story about how the world was created? I get it for normally priced things like a 40$ meal (8$ tip, ok that’s justified). But a 120? For bringing someone their food? Must have chosen the wrong job 😯
I love the intro! 🤜🤛 finally, a video you can get aggravated about the irresponsible spending. No matter how much you have no excuse for irresponsibility.
The thing with tipping in the UK is that we see it as a bonus and a lot of places have different staff serving you and you do not not who is getting the tip , in the US it must be hard to budget a night out !
Doesn't it bother you Americans how broken your system is? Like you get the bill on let's say $100. Then you have to add taxes, then you add tip of a quarter of the bill!?. Why don't you simply put the full price right away?
i remember stephan legit made videos on how he works the system to get free coffee instead of paying 60 cents and this girl spends 14 bucks. u can see how annoyed he is lmao
Watching each generation getting more and more careless with their spending is like going into debt and thinking it's free money. Soon our society will pay a very hefty price.
so they are visiting from who knows where staying just outside the Manhattan lines probably in Queens by the looks of it perhaps Long Island City but not Astoria for sure. Being that close to Manhattan in Brooklyn doesn't have that sort of flat top view. Spending that much money, I'd just buy my groceries and liquor at the closest local stores but if they can afford that and pay their house payments afterwards.....good on them I guess. Upon further inspection by 4:34, yeah definetely in LIC near by Hunter's point perhaps. That's just a a mix of a tourist spot and "high cost" living area.
$60 to serve two people at dinner? it's a huge tip Graham. Just because a meal costs more doesn't mean it was more work, unless it's a big group. It should never be %.
Graham, the tipping in America is so unreal. Here in Australia you almost never tip unless the service is absolutely exceptional and even then it isn't much
So she wasn't "living" she was visiting. And by alone, she means spends entire time with another person. I'm pretty sure she will atleast break even so it won't have cost anything though.
That's why I'm not really interested in visiting the US. The entitlement, expecting people to tip on already way too expensive things too begin with. In my opinion, tipping is something you could do if you enjoyed the experience, but should just be something you want to do. not expecting this or this amount, otherwise it would be considered rude.
I do agree with the whole tipping thing but this video is a horrible example of how expensive things are here. You can easily get a fantastic meal for 12$ or less.
Food is extremely cheap in the United States. They were eating at ridiculously priced restaurants. And unlike a number of other countries, waiters don't make a living wage here. They pretty much depend on tips. But that's also why you get excellent customer service. Generally, anyway.
Unfortunately, restaurants pay waiters wayyy under minimum wage and get away with it because of tips. So we are stuck paying the server's wages AND for the meal instead of it being included in the meal. It's not entitlement on the part of the server, but the employer. And you can't just boycott and not tip here because the only person who suffers is the waiter.
@@thatonedog819 Yea and the alternative is that restaurants will simply charge 20% more for everything at the restaurant to account for paying the staff more where you're fully forced to pay for it rather than having the option
In Australia, you never tip people would look at your weird. What's even crazier..... you go to the supermarket and the tax is included in the marked price.
The tipping culture in the US does seem insane though. There is an 18% surcharge to every meal you purchase from a restaurant? Seems crazy to me. Here in Australia we don't really tip at all. Waiters are paid by their employers. Wild, right?
Very wild, it's like that everywhere except for Americans capitalism
Seems like no other country tips like the US, cause in other countries THEY PAY THE STAFF SALARIES. :D
I think you basically answered your own comment! We tip crazy here because the waiters don't get paid an hourly rate or salary.
thank u my man
@@kristinrodriguezrealtordmv3434 you think the restraunts cant afford to pay them? no they count on nice people like u to pay, then the server gets mad when we dont tip😂😂get mad at ur boss not me
She doesn't even live in NY... and she isn't alone
and if she DID live in NYC she would be run out of town leaving awful tips like that! hahaha
Is she even 21?! since everything else she said was a lie!
Exactly. This was her vacationing in NY for a week. Not living in NY.
@@michael_harren why?? Cause the family of the waiters depend on her charity??
@@nathanfernandes7085 🙄
Only in the US is a tip considered mandatory and considered as a service person's salary.. there are countries where tipping is considered rude/insulting
Yeah like Japan
Yeah same here it's just so wierd
Not only US but ok
Wait...so you're saying different countries have different cultures? No way. Never would have guessed.
Its definitely not just in the US bro, Tipping culture is prevalent throughout parts of North, Central, and South America....
In the uk it is not expected to tip at all. Usually you could tip £5 no matter the cost of the meal if you were really impressed by the service but usually it is just the spare change you have at the time eg £1 or £2.
Time to start to DCA back into index funds, SPY, QQQ, etc over the upcoming months!
That’s fine but when you visit the US shouldn’t you be polite and follow our customs lol
@@MorganM2399 tipping in the US is out of hand tho
Yes that is true, I worked as a bartender in London. Surprisingly I got better tips while working in Warsaw.
@@jason18401 It doesn’t bother me, I’ve lived here my whole life and was just raised to tip 20% if there is a service being performed. If I don’t feel like tipping I pick up takeout, do my own nails/hair etc
“living alone in NYC”
*visiting NYC with her friend for a crypto scam*
I agree
Finally a video, where Graham can just yell at them for spending money 😂
Right, right? lol Time to start to DCA back into index funds, SPY, QQQ, etc over the upcoming months!
@DON'T CLICK ON PROFILE PHOTO damn it
Those are the best
I can imagine Graham on holiday, being at the police station every day reporting theft for being charged way too much for Fiji water
My experience in the UK and AUS is that we only include a tip at all if the service was above expected.
Staff aren't expected to subsist on tips and actually get paid a fair wage for their work
Yes every country has their own tipping culture no duh. But when traveling to other countries you should always respect what is normal to that culture. One way isn’t better than the other or worth more respect.
Americans should also learn to tip when they go abroad, a lot of yanks try to cheap out on tipping while traveling but yet if i visit your country i get lambasted for not leaving a heavy tip, smh.
@@4evahodlingdoge226 Something there ain't adding up. With the expected 18-20% tip Americans are used to giving, even "cheaping out" and giving half that would still be surpassing most countries' expected tipping. Look up the tipping culture before you travel and give that expected amount. In the U.S. it may be 18-20 but in some places it's rude to give a tip at all.
@@ThatGuy-nv7cx this maybe of the reasons they have such high credit card debts
I'm from Portugal and we don't have a rule on tipping, you just give what you can honestly. There isn't a specific percentage here, but I agree they should have respected the US tipping culture since they spent all that money anyway.
A tipping culture está errada, empregados dependem de gorjeta (aquela sugestão de 18%) visto que recebem o ordenado mínimo. A solução óbvia seria aumentar os ordenados e por gorjeta opcional como noutros países.
@@sre12100 Não estou a dizer que está certa ou errada, só estou a dizer que faz parte da cultura deles quer se queira quer não estou pode muito bem ser visto como falta de respeito. Claro que concordo que os salários deviam de ser aumentados mas não acho que isso é desculpa para não dar a gorjeta devida/esperada.
Portuguese here, they are being generous in my opinion when it comes to tipping, when you compare waiters in the US vs waiters in Portugal in the US they get paid pretty well (even when considering the higher cost of living in NYC in this case), $40,557 is the average annual salary in NYC for a waiter, $12,720 for a waiter in Lisbon, (both are gross values, apply 23% and 21% tax respectively for liquid amounts). Even if you imagine that a room in NYC city is double the price of one in Lisbon, in NYC they get paid above 3x's more. If waiters in Portugal don't get tipped, I can't see why in NYC they should. But maybe someone can enlighten me on this matter. PS: In both countries, they should get paid more!
@@HyDrzZ actually without tips in america you dont make much at all. i have friends serving who have a base wage of $2-4/hr.
- it varies where you work. the minimum wage in my state is $12 or $13/hr, rising by a dollar every year. they seem to make more in the cities because tipping culture exists. tips are their wages! :)
@@noellesimoes but that burden shouldn't be on the customer, I bought my food, I'm paying taxes, I shouldn't have to pay more again b
I’m Australian and we don’t have a tipping culture. But I looked up what was considered appropriate tipping before I went to the US. It wasn’t that hard. Google makes it very easy.
It is annoying to have to factor in the tip and tax, would be so much easier if it was just incorporated into the price. Especially because I still had to think about what the price was in Australian dollars so I could really understand the cost. I just wonder what they were tipping housekeeping, if anything.
It's a hassle to tip in the US, but it's the epitome of capitalism. The places that don't have tipping simply increase their prices by 18% anyway. So you're paying regardless.
Anywhere outside the US, a tip is not expected, because the servers actually get paid a liveable wage. I can see how 60 might seem like a small tip on 660, but it's still $60 for a couple drinks. Funny how 60 is a big tip for them when they dropped a grand on drinks
Tipping is just a scam made by those stingy American businessmen
yep the bill is the bill ....expected means nothing ....that's why some places include the tip in the bill
It was a nice Steak house with full service not just a few drinks.
@@desertguy1362 Unless the waiters also did the decor and played the music I don't see how it's not part of the bill.
Regardless of where you travel to, informing yourself on tipping culture and rates should be a given.
Tipping here in the UK isn’t mandatory as servers get paid at least a living wage so maybe they didn’t know… not that that makes it ok, just saying that’s probably why
That's understandable, but they are in the U.S. Any restaurant you go to here has a suggestion at the bottom of receipt for tip. Some places automatically include it just because of people like her. Serving jobs here make horrible money. Not even sure how its legal.. Really sad.
Nobody outside of us knows that you have to tip way more.
@@lyd2044 I was just thinking this, if she’s been before she should know. Also I haven’t been in so long I didn’t know they added how much to tip so thank you! Maybe she’s just arrogant then!
@@Kay-ly3hb its usually the really expensive places that automatically include gratuity.
@@lyd2044 ahh ok but regardless, she said she’d been before so maybe she’s just arrogant idk
Tipping at least in Finland is considered wierd. Staff are payed well and tipping isnt a thing. You pay what the tab is and you leave. The only time Ive tipped is when buying with cash. For an example I went for dinner with my girlfriend and the tab was like 46 euros and I just gave them a 50 bill and thats it
I love how upset Graham gets every time they spend money 😂 Completely agree with you Graham, money down the drain
I love how there’s a huge emphasis on ‘alone’.
Reminds me of the SpongeBob episode when Squidward was all allllonnnne.
I found the drinks to be frivolous, and they could've stayed at a cheaper hotel. The makeup however I get, because she might the same price for make-up and spend the same amount to account for international shipping to UK especially if she's shopping online. Here she got more and got it right away. It also can be taxed as a business expense as she uses the make-up daily and in her videos. Same goes for the food.
That's not living in NYC, That's vacationing 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🥵
Just to let you know, you’re the only country in the world along with Canada to have a really big deal with tips. Literally everywhere else, the workers are paid a good wage, no need to wait for someone help to pay their bills. You tip only if the person did something not included in the service
Tipping is common in MANY countries. Though it might be at a lower percentage.
That’s the way it should be, but unfortunately it isn’t the way it is in the US. All the more reason to avoid eating out as much as possible to save money!
Cultures are different, are you new to this human thing?
And in plenty of other countries, waiters don't get paid a good wage (barely enough to live with) and still don't get tipped. In a country where most struggle, people won't to pay anymore than the bill.
My best friend literally makes $800 some nights with tips. I don't know why you're acting like it's impossible to make a living in the US as a server. Tips are most of his salary.
I’m living for Grahams growing agitation as this video goes on 😂😂
When someone travels they usually look up tipping culture in that country AND her friend called her out for being a stingy tipper AND 18% is recommended on some of her receipts. That is people’s livelihoods, so it is extremely unkind to spend extravagantly on a meal and skimp on the tip
I’m from Malaysia and i’ve never tip. It’s really not a thing at all here since regardless of your job, you get a decent salary and you get paid more if you work overtime sooooo we only pay for the stuff we ordered. Coming from a country like this, i could never get used to having to tip 15-25% every single time i eat out. Just seems like an unnecessary added cost to my budget which i could put into my savings 😬
I mean it’s ridiculous in and of itself that people in the US have to rely on tips just to survive. That responsibility should be paid by the restaurant or company, not the customers.
If u can't afford the tip in USA just don't dine out. It is very simple. Otherwise u are just being rude and cheap
@@stefancoban59 nah, she is being responsible by bringing a ridiculous subject. You, on the other hand, being rude and cheap by immediately segregating her based of almost every culture in the world who don't tip or tip rarely 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Well if you come to U.S please be prepared to tip.
@@stefancoban59 i don’t think it’s being cheap since if we travel to the US, your currency is like 4x our money 🥹 but will def keep that in mind!
@@kristinrodriguezrealtordmv3434 will definitely have to dedicate a side budget just for tips!
I feel like where I live in the US 20%-25% is expected on everything at this point especially since all the tills have these tip options even at the local bakery etc. I wanna help, but everyone can't afford to pay 25% more for every little thing even when you are not sitting down and eating. Literally if you buy one cookie it's asked that you tip. I get restaurants, but Literally everything?!?!
I say no unless I have a seever
Wtf
raising the percentage makes no sense, inflation already makes the food cost more, so doesn't that account for that already?
Graham, thank you for actually being real and calling this crap out🙏🏼
Yeah, I live alone, I'm 28, making 130k a year in Las Vegas. Do you know what causes you to spend more money than anything else? It's being lonely. Take it from me, get a partner or a roommate.
Some of us like being alone.
I am lonely nd broke sorry :(
@@wednesdaysbliss1 Me. Spend way more when I have a partner or seeing people
I spent a lot less money before I met my wife, my friend. lol
@@everydayedgar5782 it’s all relative. Plus your wife brings in extra income I’m sure.
As a Server in NYC that hurt my soul. 6,000 dollars in a week thats nuts
Wild how people with the most money tip the least. Yes, it is culture and what not. But when you go to a new country you have to adapt to the location.
If you’re coming to the US you should know about the tipping factor, and the appropriate percentages, don’t put down a 600 dollar tab unless you can tip like it.
Yes Graham, tipping that much is only a US thing because servers there have basically no salary. In Spain we don't usually tip because the servers don't depend on it
I'm in a Graham Stephan video and my life has been made
He’s done itttttt
Hahaha cmon
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yes man 🙌🏻
tip better next time
In the UK tipping is not a thing. Servers are paid a wage by the restaurant and not by customers
I love how she starts the video by saying she’s on a budget😂 2 minute later spends more on dinner than I spent all month on Groceries for a family of three🤗. I’d love to see what she spends not on a “budget”
“This ISNT going to me living on a budget by the way” is what she said
I love watching these videos and reacting almost exactly as Graham 😂
Went on a trip and spent $25 on a beautiful and filling meal and felt bad about spending that much for the rest of the day.
I drank water from fountains only! haha they're crazy for spending so much on drinks.
After spending like $6000 living the high life in nyc, they manage to tip under the expected tip in the U.S. Good on you Graham for calling that out.
As a British person... what an embarrassing pair! Service in the UK if added by the restaurant is usually 12.5%-15%. Hopefully they haven't scammed anyone out of money with this nonsense!
They don't tip in the UK. I've had many people from the UK here in Austin tell me that. They're shocked at the tipping culture here
Tipping should just be included like in the rest of the world. When I'm in the US I tip 15% but its honestly ridiculous.
I'm from a country called Malaysia and there is no tipping here like at all we just pay for the meal we don't tip anything... It's not just me it's just how it is here
@@ungkuaiman62 luckily it’s like that in most countries. I think the US is the only country where tips are expected and staff is paid taking tips into account (low wages + tips = wage). In Europe tips are a nice extra but not expected. Love Malaysia by the way!
@@ungkuaiman62 same in india bro
well then that wouldnt be a tip, it would be the cost.
I believe that's just called "paying your employees a livable wage"
You know with her being on social media so much, tiktok, and youtube...i really feel like the horrible undertipping isn't excused because she's british. She has to know better with how prevalent the usa tipping hate is everywhere. Sorry girl, if you can drop 500+ at sephora and get a brand new iphone, you can tip people that are making $3 an hour.
We don’t tip in the uk! Yes there are service charges sometimes but only in big cities due to the fact that employees in the uk get paid a decent pay (obviously it’s not the greatest) but it’s much more than American employees that get paid $5 per hour
Omg i love Europa, just imagine spending that much money on tips. I wouldn't leave my house. Lord the money they give in tips is what i'd spend in a single lunch (and not fast food).
Legend has it, he still hasn't been introduced
I can't believe the amount of people defending her for the tipping being low because its different in the UK... anytime I travel to a different country, the first thing I look up is what is the customary tip amount. Some countries it's impolite to tip, in others you tip 15-25%. It's so rude to go to any country and not do the bare minimum research on what their general customs are (and yes, people from the US can be at fault for this as well and I will call them out just the same)
I don't understand if I live in an alternate mental reality or something. Why the f do I have to help pay someone else's wage by tipping them 20% or more. It is actually insulting to me that everyone else expects me to do this and accepts it as normal. Ya'all should pressure the employers to pay more not us to tip more.
In the U.S, the tip makes up part of the salary but in the U.K its just an added bonus that says thanks
Same in Portugal, and I think the US runs in sympathy when it comes to tips cause of the minimum wages. I mean up to 20%tip🤔
Bruhhhhhh the way gram likes to plug his stuff is so funny makes me crack up keep it up love your stuff man 💯💯
The old adage applies to most of these, "A fool and his(her) money are soon parted". Ridiculous spending I'm with Graham 😂
Love how people actually think tipping is expected anywhere outside the US
Basically in almost all of Europe a tip isn’t mandatory, or it’s suggested to be tipping 5-10%
Server in the USA here. 20% is the average for high end establishments. But mostly it’s 18-25%. Typically anything under 35$ is 20-25%. We also get paid off tips cause our hourly is 2.13$ because of the tips
Like almost a decade back it seemed to be 15-20% did the percentages rise with inflation?
“Buy alcohol at the store and just put it in a cup.” My life in a nutshell
The tipping culture is kinda scary and I had a really bad experience the first time I visited the u.s as I just gave him the amount I was supposed to, he got really angry and insulted me at my hotel. That's when the receptionist told me about the tipping culture.
and then they all clapped.👍
The biggest scam in tipping is that its by percentage and not by actual dollars, $60 extra on anything is good money (unless the waiters have to tip out the staff as well) but $60 for a server serving you is good
I just about fell over with that $14 iced coffee. I can buy a jar of caramel for $4 so I'm in shock.
A bunch of non Americans are commenting on our tipping culture. I agree it is crazy.
Just remember that while you’re here, you do have to follow our rules so our restaurant workers can survive.
I actually tip while overseas even though it’s not expected, but I usually feel the bartenders spend extra time talking to me, knowing I’m American, anticipating that I’ll tip heavy if they chat with me. They’re always right lol.
Well, you admittedly bring your culture with you overseas. A lot of people do the opposite as well. Though life. Max I've ever tipped is like 5€ if any. And it will stay that way.
It’s not our problem that your workers are underpaid. I don’t tip I pay the bill ONLY.
"survive" man have you been sold a lie
if they dont make minimum wgae, they must be compensated.
and servers make tons more than minimum wage with tips. many restaurants offered 24 bucks an hour as standard wages and servers left them cause tips make them more money than anything "fair"
Graham's opinion on all of this is on point
I’m glad you’ve made this video I had to unsubscribe from her a while ago & this video highlights just some of the reasons why 😬
No matter how many times you mention that tipping is pretty exclusive to the US, it doesn't stop it from being how it is. You can move if you don't want to tip.
I'm no radical anti tipping guy and I'm not another one of those "in my country..."-commenters that clog up this comment section with their pointless talk that has nothing to do with what is happening in an American restaurant, but honestly, at some point it makes no sense anymore to tip by percentage. Just because they are charging 600 Dollars for a steak, you are supposed to tip a waiter 120 for carrying your food from the kitchen to your table? That is demented.
As I said, I am not opposed to tipping, but it has to be in relation to the work done, not determined by the price of the food.
What is next? You're going to give your car salesman 20% of the price of your new car for handing you the keys?
It is dysfunctional and sickening how the customer is made "the bad guy" by this ridiculous, lacking in nuance, system. I always hear that waiters don't make enough money. Who does though? Nowadays there are basically totally overpaid tech people and then there is the rest of us and I see no justification for why waiters should get mandatory tips when nobody else gets compensated for their shitty wages.
There are people who work way harder and get paid really badly and nobody gives them tips, like people in Amazon warehouses or package delivery drivers.
How do waiters deserve this special status?
It really just seems to be a ransom situation. "Please don't spit in my food! Here, have that money!"
This is unacceptable!
Thank you for putting my thoughts into words.
wait till he finds out that she earns around £60 thousand a year 😬
tipping is stupid, the restaurant already pays their servers
In america they dont pay enough thats the problem
Regardless of your opinion, you should tip when eating out in the US.
@@michael_harren - no you shouldnt. Either raise the price of the food or get a better job
@@Brismo7 you really shouldn’t insult people who handle your food.. 🤣
FYI the guy is Ben Morris. He has his own RUclips too
You know you spend too much time on this channel when you know what Graham is gonna say before he does 🤣😅
Tips in the UK are not expected. It could be included in the prices already too. Generally servers in the UK make more hourly.
“She didn’t pay for that (bottle), they’re like $10k-$50k at the club… I have a huge one in my living room”
Huge markups, he got it as a gift from a friend, and they are available on eBay for far less
We don't tip in the UK because we pay our staff enough. I think it's outrageous for a restaurant to expect the customer to pay the waiter as well as the food, may as well just cook it at home. I get that it's their culture, but damn, it's one corrupt system. I used to work at a bar, and if I got tipped £5 it was awkward to take it....
Bro. Tipping $60 on a $600 meal is crazyyyyyyy. Should have easily been $120
no offense, but charging $600 for food is already crazy.
Yall are delusional
acting like it's law to tip that much
@@thechrisverhoeven I’m not taking any offense. Prices is what the seller charges and there will be customers that pay for it. You don’t have to eat at places that charge $600. They chose to go out and eat. They chose to pay that much. $600 for food is definitely too much for me personally, they could have gone to a cheaper place, but they’re paying $5000 on hotels. They can afford to pay the proper tip.
@@gidd If you’re visiting a country, I expect you to respect the culture of that country. That includes tipping culture. Yes, it’s not required by law- but it is absolutely good and respectful to tip properly in America when you’re eating out.
@@kenjiang21 like the Americans that inform and respect our cultures?! Laughable!
We do not tip much in the UK. There is usually a service charge somewhere in the bill.
Why did she say ‘Ben’s first time seeing Canary Wharf’ I thought that was in London
Millie T is so dense.. not all of us Brits are like this I can promise you.
I always tip anything between 18% and 25% dependant on the level of service whilst in the USA, it is what it is... even if I think that it's mad this culture still exists in 2022.
We don’t tip in the UK. It’s normally discretionary.
@@markstaley5461 what cheaper food? A friend of mine went to the US he told me the prices there were like twice to trice what you pay here
@@markstaley5461 If by food you mean that over processed bs fast food then yeah it's cheaper
@@markstaley5461 isn’t it because Americans don’t get paid a living wage
Where I'm from tips is not even a thing. We don't do tipping, it a weird things to do. But whenever I go to the US I never really calculate the % I just do for the sake of respecting the culture and round off them.
I think most young people can’t afford to live alone. You have to have a room mate. Speaking from the perspective of living in California.
Being able to live on your own without a room mate is an accomplishment in itself.
people say they dont want tips, but they obviously never had service from someone who thought you were going to give them a hundred dollar bill... Ive been on both sides and when I think someone is going to tip me very well I put an exorbitant of effort in
But how much of an effort do you have to put in to get 120$ (which would be 20% of what they had)? Will you bring in the food while dancing ballet? Will you tell them a story about how the world was created? I get it for normally priced things like a 40$ meal (8$ tip, ok that’s justified). But a 120? For bringing someone their food? Must have chosen the wrong job 😯
I love the intro! 🤜🤛 finally, a video you can get aggravated about the irresponsible spending. No matter how much you have no excuse for irresponsibility.
In Finland you dont tip anything unless you literally got the best service of your life
Graham’s face 👁___________👁 when anyones spending money 😂
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I'm fairly certain the first hotel they were staying at was The William Vale in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
We don’t really tip where I am from. I am not a big spender but did 20-25% when I visited the USA. Do your research. It annoys me to!
The thing with tipping in the UK is that we see it as a bonus and a lot of places have different staff serving you and you do not not who is getting the tip , in the US it must be hard to budget a night out !
Graham got a new coffee Cup lol😂
In Portugal in a usual meal in a restaurant, we don't tip or just round the number.
Only in a big meal, but more than 5/10€ it's rare.
Doesn't it bother you Americans how broken your system is? Like you get the bill on let's say $100. Then you have to add taxes, then you add tip of a quarter of the bill!?. Why don't you simply put the full price right away?
As soon as I saw this video I knew you would react! Great content.
i remember stephan legit made videos on how he works the system to get free coffee instead of paying 60 cents and this girl spends 14 bucks. u can see how annoyed he is lmao
I've come to understand that tipping is done in the states due to the crap wages.
Watching each generation getting more and more careless with their spending is like going into debt and thinking it's free money. Soon our society will pay a very hefty price.
Na I don't think majority of the people spend like that this is just a rich American youtuber in a big city
@@sivangisankar5126 she’s not even american she’s british. how do you not hear her accident
Ok boomer
@@laniraffe found the dumbass tiktoker
so they are visiting from who knows where staying just outside the Manhattan lines probably in Queens by the looks of it perhaps Long Island City but not Astoria for sure. Being that close to Manhattan in Brooklyn doesn't have that sort of flat top view. Spending that much money, I'd just buy my groceries and liquor at the closest local stores but if they can afford that and pay their house payments afterwards.....good on them I guess.
Upon further inspection by 4:34, yeah definetely in LIC near by Hunter's point perhaps. That's just a a mix of a tourist spot and "high cost" living area.
Total rip off for that area.
So not only was she not alone but she was also on holiday not living there lol wow can get away with any clickbaity title 😂
That’s a good intro. Keeps me intrigued to stay and watch the entire video
$60 to serve two people at dinner? it's a huge tip Graham. Just because a meal costs more doesn't mean it was more work, unless it's a big group. It should never be %.
Tipping in the UK is really a thing, but 15% is a "cheap tip" here in the US. Servers here in the US rely on tips as their salary is sooo low.
Says all about restaurant owners in the US
Cool that you mentioned Ryan, I have his newest video open in another tab :)
same
Graham, the tipping in America is so unreal. Here in Australia you almost never tip unless the service is absolutely exceptional and even then it isn't much
So she wasn't "living" she was visiting. And by alone, she means spends entire time with another person. I'm pretty sure she will atleast break even so it won't have cost anything though.
I have been waiting for Graham to yell at someone 🤣
Love your videos
Bruhhhhh, 15-20% of the bill down the drain every time to have a meal at a restaurant!!!! Tf!!
These people who throw their money around like it's nothing should take advice from Graham on how to manage it.
That's why I'm not really interested in visiting the US. The entitlement, expecting people to tip on already way too expensive things too begin with.
In my opinion, tipping is something you could do if you enjoyed the experience, but should just be something you want to do. not expecting this or this amount, otherwise it would be considered rude.
I do agree with the whole tipping thing but this video is a horrible example of how expensive things are here. You can easily get a fantastic meal for 12$ or less.
Food is extremely cheap in the United States. They were eating at ridiculously priced restaurants. And unlike a number of other countries, waiters don't make a living wage here. They pretty much depend on tips. But that's also why you get excellent customer service. Generally, anyway.
Unfortunately, restaurants pay waiters wayyy under minimum wage and get away with it because of tips. So we are stuck paying the server's wages AND for the meal instead of it being included in the meal. It's not entitlement on the part of the server, but the employer. And you can't just boycott and not tip here because the only person who suffers is the waiter.
@@thatonedog819 Yea and the alternative is that restaurants will simply charge 20% more for everything at the restaurant to account for paying the staff more where you're fully forced to pay for it rather than having the option
In Australia, you never tip people would look at your weird. What's even crazier..... you go to the supermarket and the tax is included in the marked price.