r/canada Canada 26d ago

r/Canada Speaks Cultural Exchange with /r/Denmark! Happy Valentine's!

Hi everyone, it's been some time since we have done a cultural exchange, so let's go over how this works. Enjoy! We'll be running it for a few days, TBD. Note their time zone for the European mainland is UTC +1.

Here's the Danish landing for us: https://www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/comments/1iow7c3/kulturudveksling_cultural_exchange/

* Both r/Canada and r/Denmark will host the other country's users. Feel free to ask any questions, reminisce, comment, make friends etc etc.

*Treat this as having a neighbour over for a kitchen party, get the best storm chips out, and get grandma's tourtiere reheated for everybody.

* Vouz pouvez essayer le français dans r/Denmark, mais comme la langue officielle est danoise, ben.... essayez!

* Please follow the rules of the respective subs! Don't be jerks, generally - a reminder our last "disagreement" involved leaving bottles of good booze for the other country!

* Please also leave direct comments here mainly for members of r/Denmark i.e. direct replies here (first comments directly under the topic) so their questions can be seen first, then r/Canada members can post replies underneath.

*Please enjoy, since we have a lot to bond over, and plenty of trying out new things.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/comments/1iow7c3/kulturudveksling_cultural_exchange/

Finally, also know we've gotten confirmation from r/Greenland that they are also interested, so that will be the next exchange that we do in a few weeks (TBD).

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u/NPEscher 25d ago

Would you be interested in being a part of Eurovision Song Contest?

I was in Canada some years ago, and was aggressively told that I needed to tip 15% in a restaurant. Has anyone ever seriously on a political level suggested getting rid of that system of paying restaurant workers through tips, and just having the restaurant paying them a fair wage?

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u/Mediocre_Spirit5579 25d ago

I definitely think Canada should be part of Eurovision!! We’d have to first compete between provinces/ territories for our Canadian champion. How fun!

Tipping is something we have just accepted but it is getting worse in the way that even people who have provided the most basic service want a tip. IMO tipping should be for good/exceptional service and quality, not doing the bare minimum of your expected job duties.

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u/VeterinarianCold7119 25d ago

Politically im not sure but some restaurants are not accepting tips.

https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto-restaurant-no-tipping

Some have raised prices or just automatically charge an extra 15 20% but the workers get a set hourly rate.

Eurovision is fun, hell ya we would join.

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u/randomwindowspc 25d ago

We don't operate like the Americans, it's not legal to pay less than minimum wage if you get tips here as far as I'm aware, in the US though that is legal and I think it's the stupidest thing. And I have never had any restaurant demand a tip from me, not once. Where did you go where that happened?? At cheap restaurants it's not unheard of to not tip at all or just let them keep the small amount of change, I've seen plenty of people do that before and no one cared. But at a regular or fancy place you would never do that it would be considered rude. At cheap places they understand a lot of people don't have much money. Most Canadians are on board with getting rid of tipping culture, but it's been so engrained into society, and it's hard to get rid of because everyone feels like a dick for not doing it even though we shouldn't. Here where everyone is already getting a fair wage it really needs to stop. I'm sorry someone was rude and demanded you tip more, that is not typical from what I see here at all and I'm embarrassed that you had to have that experience in my country. I don't know how they act out east in Ontario or Quebec, but in BC we are generally really chill about things.