Go to a high COL city, and you’ll be paying $50 or more for your Chinese buffet.
Comment on higher wages for the servers... by the customers. Fnbs
infyrin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You know what, I’m going to go the opposite of this. Why in the hell are you dining out and paying THAT much to dine out? Here I am griping because recently I paid $12.83 because a chinese buffet usually charges me $11.76 but then I see receipts like this shit and realize that maybe I am better off.
If I was paying triple digits for food, I’d be making damn sure it had better be the best damn tasting food served to me or I wouldn’t leave until it was served to me.
God, people need to cook more. You can gather so many ingredients for the amount you’re paying and have several weeks of meals for the month.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 year ago
MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
In Aus these days if I go to the supermarket to buy food for dinner, just one meal for 5 people, I am not walking out of there spending less that $80
StinkyFinger@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Maybe you would. I’ll be cooking rice at home.
chris2112@lemmy.world 1 year ago
OP said LA so while these numbers are a little high they’re not out of the ordinary for a high CoL American city. I live near NYC and prices at fairly mainstream not particularly upscale restaurants and Manhattan are similar to this. As long as you’re living within your means there’s no reason to avoid doing things you enjoy