That’s literally what they did and you just posted this comment flipping shit because they had the audacity to tell you it was going to the workers.
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SeaJ@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I don’t return to restaurants that pull this bullshit. Raise your prices to provide a living wage or take a hit to your profits.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 7 months ago
even in countries that actually pay their staff right, there’s no way those base prices don’t cover the cost of food, staff and overheads.
then they have the gall to charge a “service charge” to pay the staff.
THEN they have the gall to imply you still need to tip
fuck that to hell
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 7 months ago
That’s not implying anything that’s just listing the amount that any given percentage would be if you want to tip the waiter specifically, you might notice that all the percentages are below what’s seen as the base for a good tip, save the 15% which is just at it depending on where you’re eating at.
The service charge is for the pool for all the staff while the tip on this one is actually a good service reward since they adjusted price to facilitate a better wage, like they literally said at the bottom of the stub.
Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 7 months ago
absolute crazy bullshit. don’t stand for that. restaurant price here what you see is what you pay. no stupid surcharges and no stupid tipping. fuck all that
KneeTitts@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Or, you know maybe the owner would like without a 5th cottage possibly?? naaaaaaa
SeaJ@lemm.ee 7 months ago
That would be the ‘take a hit to profits.’ Yeah, I don’t expect that either. What’s annoying is that it is always the very profitable douche bag restaurants that do this. Most restaurants struggle to make ends meat.
Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev 7 months ago
AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ya this. The extra 18% should be baked into the menu pricing so that at least the cost is known up front. This is kind of like sneaking it in.
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 7 months ago
As a european, not knowing and legit asking: isnt that the thing all over the usa? I mean, you pick up something at the store, go to the counter and then SUPRISE, tax is added on top of the price. Like, that also feels like sneaking in extra costs?
Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Basically. People just get used to the nebulous mental calculations of how much tax one can expect. It encourages a culture of routine overspending and should be illegal.
People expect to budget roughly tax and tip, they are basically mad because this is not a cultural norm and they got stung by surprise.
SeaJ@lemm.ee 7 months ago
A sales tax is expected in most states and is generally fairly similar within each state and almost never come to more than 10%. That also pays for services that most people use.
This extra charge at this restaurant is not common nor is it expected. They also set it at 18% which is a standard tip rate but specifically say it is not a tip. They claim it is to provide decent wages but considering they still allow tips (some places do this but do not allow tipping on top) , that pretty obviously is not true. This is just a bullshit tactic to have prices seem lower than the menu price.
SeaJ@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yes, prices on each item should increase. This is just a sneaky way of avoiding doing that. A bunch of dick head restaurant owners tried doing shit like this when my city passed a law making $15/hr the minimum wage with no exemptions for tipped workers. Restaurant owners like Tom Douglas had to raise prices but didn’t want to so they tacked on an extra fee and claimed it was a living wage fee but you were still expected to tip just as much. If I was certain that money was actually going to workers, I might be okay with it but there is nothing forcing them to give it to workers. Also, it is straight up admitting that you were paying starvation wages before.
People expected tons of restaurants to close after the minimum wage went up. None really closed and prices are fairly similar to most large cities. Some place did love to a no tip model with higher prices but generally it has been the same where you to 18-20% on the cost of the bill.
s_s@lemmy.one 7 months ago
So, restaurants might do this to avoid the cost of printing new menus with new prices.
Much easier and cheapers to just print signs at the table.
But this looks like they’re trying to screw you.