At 06:27 AM 03-02-03, Paul Cowan wrote: >In Oz, tipping is becoming more and more mandatory as time goes on. >I don't know why that is, and I don't like it, but even compared to >3 or 4 years ago tipping is much more commonplace, Well, I haven't been there since 1996, so I'm not up-to-date on everything. :) Madhu