Post Converstaion
Jäke says:
what did you do yesterday?
Victoria says:
i ate sushi until i couldnt eat anymore
Victoria says:
i took my friend Blob out...you must have seen him in one of my posts
Victoria says:
cause he quit his job last week and was depressed the whole week
Jäke says:
i have never seen that journal
Jäke says:
well, i do enjoy sushi, so i conclude it was indeed a good day
Victoria says:
the price was not bad and the sushi was great...slash decent for 19.99 canadian, green tea included
Victoria says:
it was a great day
Victoria says:
just cold though...-26 with the wind (centigrade) -15 f
Victoria says:
how are things with you
Jäke says:
things are pretty good
Victoria says:
i am sure the sushi there is nothing compared to the one here...fresh wise anyways
Jäke says:
i'm working tonight down in sydney for a little theatre company.. just bartending. that's tonight and tomorrow night. but after work i'm going to catch up with one of my ex;s
Jäke says:
sushi?
Jäke says:
the sushi here is awesome
Jäke says:
but i don't eat meat, so the ingredients tend to be always fresh
Victoria says:
how are sydney people in terms of tips
Jäke says:
lol we tip at restaurants.. if the service is genuinely good
Jäke says:
otherwise, no
Victoria says:
not at bars
Victoria says:
well i tip my hairdresser, the manicurist, the taxi driver, bars restaurants and coffee shops
Victoria says:
i think i covered them all
Jäke says:
bars people tip like mad
Jäke says:
my friend shawn goes out and gets balls-to-the-wall.. hands the girl a 20 for a drink that costs 7 and doesn't wait for change
Jäke says:
he's a nutter
Jäke says:
no way do we tip the hairdresser
Victoria says:
seems like it
Victoria says:
well i've known him for so long
Victoria says:
10 years or so
Jäke says:
even so
Jäke says:
it should be him giving you the discount if anything
Jäke says:
for being a loyal customer
Victoria says:
i guess it's an incentive for him to arrange my hair nicer the next time
Jäke says:
but does he?
Victoria says:
i was not shocked by the idea but i heard a big WHY in my head when i found out
Victoria says:
he's top notch
Jäke says:
then you pay him what he charges
Jäke says:
here it's more you get exactly what you pay for and that's that
Victoria says:
right...and i have to pay the girl who washed my hair, and the colorist
Victoria says:
but they are cheaper than most salons
Jäke says:
ha
Jäke says:
i pay $24 to have my hair cut... that includes wash & massage
Jäke says:
the one girl does the whole job, but it doesn't matter if one girl washes and one cuts, i still pay the business 24
Victoria says:
i pay 50 to get it washed coloured and massaged
Victoria says:
let me convert
Victoria says:
50 canadian is 52.6339 AUD
1 CAD = 1.05268 AUD
Jäke says:
lol so the same
Victoria says:
just about
Victoria says:
i never asked why we tipped the hairdresser i guess it's just the way it is
Victoria says:
so you guys only tip bartenders and restaurants
Victoria says:
and what is the average tip...the average here is 15%
Jäke says:
whatever you feel neccessary
Jäke says:
if you're at dinner and the meal is 45 bucks, you might pay with a 50 and leave
Jäke says:
if it's 75, you might pay 80 and leave
Victoria says:
ahh that's convenient
Jäke says:
it could be as little as a dollar, 20c, it just depends on what is convenient
Victoria says:
i usually give what i paid in taxes...depending on the service
Jäke says:
well see here our tax is 10% on everything
Jäke says:
but that's included in the price
Victoria says:
it's 15% here
Jäke says:
if we go to a shop, the chips say $2, it means we pay $2 at the counter
Victoria says:
not here, when you buy a candy bar for a dollar you actually have to pay 1.15
Jäke says:
i know! i worked that out the embarassing way when i visited
Jäke says:
i had a bit of an argument with the check-out-chick
Jäke says:
til my friend pointed out that tax is added at the register
Victoria says:
only certain things have taxes like cigarettes, soft drinks, soap, hair products...except veggies, meat, milk eggs and so on
Victoria says:
they should add it at the price and that's another thing i never understood
Victoria says:
i learned that at 11 when i first went to the store and i knew the candy bar was a dollar and all i had was a dollar...the mean mister did not sell it to me cause i did not have enough
Jäke says:
lol