I pre-ordered a pair of Jennen shoes (elevator shoes, so I can be a big boy) from their online site (they no longer have the shopfront on Johnstone street) and got asked for a tip at the end. For basically changing a stock allocation assignment. I had a whinge on their contact forms, and they replied “the tip function is optional”.
2 years later I emailed again, saying “I haven’t bought a replacement pair of shoes, all because of the audacity to ask for a tip. I get that it’s optional, but so is a cashier going ‘hey give me that twenty from your wallet’, and when the customer goes ‘wtf??’ the cashier replies ‘oh lol it’s optional’. You may have thought ‘you know, a tip screen could give us free money! What’s the harm?’, and I guess this follow up email is proof of that harm. Don’t bring tipping culture here please!”
I get this reply a day later, and can confirm the tip function is now gone. Loverly! Whinging may be one thing, but persistent whinging made the difference.
There’s a lot of odd things that really grind my gears but I’ve got to admit, this isn’t one of them.
Including a tip at a restaurant would bug me, but I couldn’t care less about this.
Loads of restaurant receipts have a spot to write in a tip which everyone happily ignores.
You might even say, it’s part of the cultural fibre of Australia to ignore tip requests.
This dude eats shoes.