Comment on Restaurant Bill

• Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  First, many places have a local, state, and national government. Particularly the ones that use dollars, as shown as the receipt.

  Stop trying to be offended at everything.

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My country, which has dollars and expects tips, doesn’t. And this read like it was addressing unexpected fees at restaurants in general.

    Stop pretending Americans don’t do this constantly. Everyone who’s not American is very familiar with it, and honestly it’s understandable with how big and self-contained that country is. I might not even have commented if it wasn’t for the remarkable thoroughness short of that detail.

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    • Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I presume you’re in Canada. Aside from calling them provinces, and possibly having a different name for your legislative representatives, are you saying you DON’T have a local, state, and national government where my advice would be relevant?

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      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No, you’re advice was great. I just found the phrasing weird enough to point out. Sorry if it came across as angry.

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• Sabin10@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The rest of the world doesn’t exist, it’s just a scam made up by the passport cartel to fleece you of your money every few years.

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can confirm, I’m just standing in a blank white space. It’s weird I get wifi.

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    • gdog05@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Do a search for the Tianamen Square massacre. You’ll at least know if you’re Chinese white space or non Chinese white space

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      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Oh no, it’s turning black. Chairman forgive me!

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• DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Let's see... dollar sign? Well that cuts out a lot of the world. Written in English, so that leaves about 3 countries. Australia doesn't have a tipping culture the same way we do in North America so that leaves either Canada or the US, in which case you can replace state with province and cover your bases.

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t forget New Zealand. They do tip down under, but it sounds like they don’t recommend tips the same way.

    Yeah, sure, the jist applies everywhere. OP could have saved words just saying “representitives”. That’s the part that was interesting, and now people are big butthurt I pointed it out.

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    • Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I mentioned all 3 because people (at least around me) tend to forget the first 2, despite those being much easier to make these types of changes.

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  • wolfpack86@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Percentages on the tip are lower than US tip amounts. So I would guess not US, though this would obviously happen in the states.

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    • Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Do other countries itemize tax separately? I thought the US was alone on that.

      Also, 9.5% is in line with sales tax in a few US states, as is calling it tax instead of VAT (or similar)

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      • wolfpack86@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Idunno. don’t remember what they do in Canada.

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    • DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Good catch, I didn't even notice the percentages. I did look at the date but of course the meal was purchased on the one day this month where that's not helpful lol

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• Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Looks at a picture of a receipt that is almost certainly from the US:

  What about yhe rest of the world?!

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It looks exactly like a receipt that could be here, too. As has been repeatedly pointed out to me, there’s only 2 to 4 countries this could apply to, but you’ll excuse me for expecting the same thing as always was happening.

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