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Some restaurants in the US will charge gratuity/service fees. It’s basically a scam, where the restaurant just forces you to pay extra so their menu prices seem lower, and then that money doesn’t even need to go to the waitstaff like a normal tip. Not to say it doesn’t happen, but I don’t think anywhere around me charges a mandatory gratuity to every single customer, usually just to large parties where they will require more space and likely stay longer.

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Sc00ter@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Just got back from a florida vacation with my family and my parents (7 total). Just about every place we went had the “mandatory large party gratuity” which was 18%. Honeslty felt relieved that was their expectation because i usually tip more than that

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- bytejunk@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  American restaurants are so fucked up it’s unbelievable.
  
  In Europe, restaurants are mandated by law to show final price on menus - including all taxes. Zero math: if I order a €9 plate, that’s exactly what I’m expected to pay, period. I might let them keep the change from a €10 note if they were particularly friendly or the food was better than expected.
  
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  - Sc00ter@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    why not go in as 4+3 instead of 7
    
    Because i want to be with my family?
    
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