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• lime@feddit.nu ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  sure but if it doesn’t happen very often there’s no real reason to charge for it?

  maybe it’s differing alcohol cultures, idk. according to some bullshit map i saw years ago i live in the “vodka belt”, so maybe i’m too drunk off of ambient fumes to get it.

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  • Keilik@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes but the up-charge on wine is absolutely obscene and can frequently be more than what they earn on the food. Additionally, the places that can get away with this are the kind of places where arguing about what would be a relatively small charge on the bill would be so incredibly awkward that you wouldn’t dare.

    So it’s extortion basically, but fancy.

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      so the reason i haven’t seen it is probably the alcohol tax that adds 50€/liter of pure ethanol to every beverage. it’s just not useful here.

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      • grillgamesh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        wait.

        as in, every beverage has 50£ worth of pure ethanol added to it? if so… no wonder Slavs are always depicted as drunk off their asses LOL

        or is it a 50£ per litre of pure ethanol on each pallet of alcoholic beverages (eg… 2l of pure ethanol adds 100£ of tax to the pallet price)?

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  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If there was no charge then everyone would bring their own, and they would have to start charging more for the food to make up for the loss.

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      not if they just say no.

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