You nailed it. It’s artificially deflated prices, and dishonest…
Would be the last time I visited them.
Comment on higher wages for the servers... by the customers. Fnbs
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 10 months ago
All wages are paid by customers. Where do you think the money to pay them comes from? Heaven?
The underhanded and sneaky part is that the menu prices are a lie. If they want to pay a decent wage to their employees, good on them, but they should just raise all menu prices by 18% instead of surprising you later.
Kinglink@lemmy.world 10 months ago
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Upvoted, but just want to say that the payment usually goes customer -> owner -> employee. Don’t let the owners trick anyone into thinking that someone other than themerlves are responsible for paying employees.
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why though? Why does that asshole get to decide how much the cook makes, and his much the server makes? Why do I get no say in it? After all, they’re making and serving food for me, not the owner. I should be allowed to negotiate with the cook and the server and write up a contract we all agree to. The owner gets a cut, too, for providing the space, and paying for the ingredients, but the cook and server pay him out of the money they make. Don’t forget the dishwasher. He rents the dishes to the cook.
I realized this sounds very silly and weird, but that’s exactly how contracting works. You directly pay who you interact with for the work they are offering, and if their work requires good or services from other people, they pay them.
Why not run a restaurant like a hair salon where a cook rents a time slot and a part of the kitchen. And the server is like hiring a private courier.
Again, its silly. I’m just saying… The whole customer -> owner -> employee relationship you seem to hold sacred is totally arbitrary. It’s a system some men with capital invented thousands of years ago. Why is it necessarily good?
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Nobody’s saying it’s good, I’m saying it’s usual. Partly because it’s simpler in this situation, but you’re right to point out alternative models. Heck, where I’m from tipping is an alternative model.
BigDiction@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Kids pasta shells are already $16.25. I don’t think they can raise them any more.
MNByChoice@midwest.social 10 months ago
Of course they can raise prices higher.
Sadly, there have been studies (too lazy to find a link) that indicate being sneaky like this, instead of raising prices, leads to a better reaction from customers.
partizan@lemm.ee 10 months ago
if by better reaction you mean never ever return there, then for sure…