Active Anti-Tipping Move

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31029, 7 April 1966, Page 17

Active Anti-Tipping Move

(N.Z. Press Assn.— Copyright) LONDON, April 5. ’ All over London, taxi ] drivers, waiters, doormen j and others are collecting little cards instead of tips. The cards say: “Thank you; > I do appreciate your services i but I have not left a tip. I believe that tipping is a patronising habit end that you should receive a proper wage without having to rely on charity. Please pass this to your employer or union.—Published by the Anti-tipping Campaign.”

The no-tipping group started their campaign a month ago after Mr Michael Eliman. of London, sent a letter to a newspaper. More than 100 supporters wrote to him saying they would join the effort to reduce tipping in Britain, where paying a little extra is a part of every-day life. The small but active group leave their “thank you" cards wherever they would have left a tip previously. “I don’t expect to change public opinion over-night,” says Mr EUman. “But it is

really time this iniquitous system was done away with. “Every place I go I now leave a card behind. So far everyone has been very pleasant to me. I still get the same service that I had before.

“But I must admit some people are rather puzzled to receive a card instead of a tip,” he said. Mr Ellman has heard no rude comments, but he admits he does not wait until the card has been read to the end.