{"id":325033,"date":"2019-06-24T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T07:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=325033"},"modified":"2019-06-24T09:32:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T07:32:48","slug":"this-waitress-was-tipped-r18000-heres-how-much-people-typically-pay-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/325033\/this-waitress-was-tipped-r18000-heres-how-much-people-typically-pay-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"This waitress was tipped R18,000 – here’s how much people typically pay in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

A waitress at Fourways-based restaurant, Beerhouse<\/a><\/strong>, recently received an R18,000 tip for her ‘amazing service’.<\/p>\n

According to the restaurant’s owner, Randolf Jorberg, the bill originally came to R1,320, however the patron decided to make it R20,000 as a once-off act of kindness.<\/p>\n

When Jorberg contacted the patron through a private WhatsApp to confirm that the tip wasn’t a mistake, the patron responded that she believed that the waitress will use the money for good.<\/p>\n

“I have no want to reverse this, no second thoughts about it and I was of sound mind when deciding to leave this tip,” she said.<\/p>\n

How much do South Africans usually tip?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Africa currently has no legislation<\/a> <\/strong>around gratuity, which means that restaurants can decide on individual arrangements with their staff for tips.<\/p>\n

This means that the average South African waiter’s income can vary wildly depending on where they work, what tables they are given and the times they are allocated.<\/p>\n

To get around this issue, some restaurants now build tips into the overall costs of the meal to ensure that their staff receive tips more consistently and fairly.<\/p>\n

However, most waiters still rely on gratuity and the kindness of patrons for a large part of their income.<\/p>\n

A recent BusinessTech poll asked readers how much they tip waiters when going out to eat.<\/p>\n

The survey – which had 4,342 respondents – found that nearly two-thirds of people (65%) tip 10%. By comparison, just 9% of people tip less than this amount.<\/p>\n

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Read: This is how much car guards get tipped in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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