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‘Tip-flation’ is getting out of hand for some Canadians: Angus Reid survey

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Following more than a year of high inflation, most Canadians believe gratuities for the service industry are getting out of hand, new polling suggests.

A new Angus Reid survey found that 59 per cent of Canadians would prefer a system that has a “service included” model where employees would be paid higher wages and customers wouldn’t have to tip based on the percentage of their meal.

The survey also found that Canadians are not only being asked to tip more but they are also being asked to tip more often, even in places that haven’t always asked for tips – a phenomena known as a “tip creep.”

“Four-in-five (83 per cent) say too many places are asking for tips these days, including at least three-quarters across all regions and demographics,” the study results read.

According to the report, 23 per cent reported tipping less than 15 per cent, marking a drastic change from the 43 per cent that reported the same range for tipping in a 2016 survey.

Since the world began to “return to normal” following the closures of restaurants and other public spaces due to COVID-19, a 2022 report found that Canadians were tipping more and likely doing so out of sympathy and excitement to the return of public dining.

The Angus Reid survey also noted Canadians are still tipping regardless and some are still following the socially standard 20 per cent tip. Twenty-one per cent of Canadians said they left a tip of 20 per cent or more, a large jump from the 8 per cent in 2016 who said they tipped the same.

REASONS BEHIND TIPPING NO LONGER ABOUT SERVICE

The report found that the majority of Canadians no longer tip depending on the quality of the service but because tips are a way for employers to underpay their employees.

Approximately 73 per cent of Canadians believe this, while 69 per cent said tips are usually the only benefit to working a service job since minimum wage jobs can only give so much.

In 2020, a Toronto, Ont., restaurant Richmond Station banned tipping and followed a “hospitality included” model where they would increase the prices of their food to better compensate the staff. The restaurant said their staff is paid above minimum wage, with most having salary wages. While many countries around the world have moved to a similar model, the restaurant noted it hopes other restaurants in North America follow suit to end a model that is seen as “unfair.”

“The fact of the matter is, tipping has been proven time and again to be sexist, racist, prejudiced and predatory. Every employee hopes to avoid having those traits present in their workplace,” the FAQ page on the restaurant read.

METHODOLOGY

The Angus Reid Institute conducted this online survey between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, 2023, gathering a randomized sample of 1,610 Canadian adults who are 18 and older and members of the Angus Reid Forum. The probability sample size would carry a margin of error of +/- 2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

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World Events Create a Challenge to Your Mental Health Needs

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October 21, 2024

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*Since Saturday morning at the least some 42,519 people have died in the region of Gaza. Palestinian & Israeli.

*The Wall Street Journal has told us that  1 Million Ukrainian’s and Russians have died since the annexation of some territory bordering Russia and Ukraine, and with the warfare escalating more soldiers and Ukrainian civilians will be dying daily. According to Hamas governments Ministry of Health over 99,637 people have been wounded in Gaza since Oct 7th,2023. According to the United Nations @19 people are killed every 24 hours in Gaza.

* Last week @ 955 Mexicans & Migrants on the move to the American Border were murdered, some horribly. That is an approximation by the Ministry of the Interior, which admits the figure is probably very low. The Government and Mexican Police simply cannot know for sure just how many migrants are being murdered, or disappeared by Mexican and International Cartels. That is approximately 46,000 people dead annually. That is a very conservative number as well.

This outrage you folks? I am upset that this sort of thing has been going on since I can form a memory. Death and destruction making the news, and becoming common place to us all. Looking at our diplomats discuss these horrible events and they don’t seem visibly disturbed at all. I know its their jobs to be calm and collected, but damn it, people are dying everywhere and I just don’t know what to say anymore. It’s like being a priest who has to tell a family why God allowed their parents to die to early and in a horrible way too. Anger towards God for allowing it to happen is the alternative to good logic, that would say shit simply does happens.

Psychologists (Psychiatry Times) tell us that during and since the pandemic 1st struck the publics attitude towards illness, death and perceived destruction have changed. Less emotion is invested in a persons social perception of loss, be it personal ,business or national in scope. People are far more distant from events, especially horrible historic events, and misinformation and social media applications introduce the public to far off concepts and easy answers to some very deep personal questions like death of a loved one-how-why-responsibility. How can I deal with obviously significant loss?

Reality has been distorted and logic often does not have a key position in decision making anymore. Death is something many of us fear. But the often caviler attitudes people have regarding the wholesale slaughter of many people seems unfathomable. One death, especially a personal loss, people can perhaps understand, but tens of thousands becomes more difficult to imagine. The mental issues people are facing is in fact real and challenging to us all. Perhaps the only thing we can all do is be human, and listen, learn and comfort others in need.

Selena Gomez is recorded saying “if you are broken, you simply do not need to stay broken”. A little help from others will certainly not hurt. If the death of many people outrages you, be outraged. Speak up, be logically emotional and talk about it. Reality bites, but only if you do not understand it. Grief is an expression of love after all.

If the world is in shambles and you cannot cope, concentrate upon your mental health issues, your family as well. Think small, not to say unimportant but surely manageable.. Think about your own local concerns and never fear of asking for help.

Steven Kaszab
Bradford, Ontario
skaszab@yahoo.ca

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Browns QB Deshaun Watson ruptured his Achilles tendon and is out for the season, AP source says

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will miss the rest of Cleveland’s season after rupturing his right Achilles tendon on Sunday against Cincinnati, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday.

Watson was injured on a non-contact play in the second quarter of Cleveland’s 21-14 loss to the Bengals.

Watson will soon undergo surgery, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the results of imaging tests taken on his leg.

It’s the second significant injury in two seasons for Watson, who broke the glenoid (socket) bone in his throwing shoulder last year.

The 29-year-old Watson went down without being touched on a draw play late in the first half. His right leg buckled and Watson collapsed to the turf. TV replays showed his calf rippling, consistent with an Achilles injury.

As he laid on the ground, there was cheering by some Cleveland fans, leading to some of Watson’s teammates criticizing that behavior during the team’s fifth straight loss.

The injury is yet another twist in Watson’s divisive stay with the Browns.

Cleveland traded three first-round draft picks to Houston and signed him to a fully guaranteed $230 million in 2022. The deal came amid Watson being accused by more than two dozen women of sexual assault and harassment during massage therapy sessions. He settled civil lawsuits in all but one of those cases.

Watson was suspended by the NFL for his first 11 games with the Browns and then made just six starts last season before hurting his shoulder.

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Canada’s Diallo up 31 spots to No. 87 in ATP rankings after reaching Almaty final

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LONDON – Canada’s Gabriel Diallo moved into the top 100 of the ATP Tour rankings for the first time Monday, rising 31 spots to No. 87 after reaching the final of the Almaty Open.

Diallo upset four top-100 players — including 21st-ranked Alejandro Tabilo of Chile and 30th-ranked Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina — to reach his first career ATP Tour final.

The 23-year-old from Montreal forced a decisive third set against 24th-ranked Karen Khachanov of Russia before dropping a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 decision on Sunday.

Two other Canadians were in the top 100.

Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal rose two spots to No. 19 and Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., fell three positions to No. 95.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2024.

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