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[–] 180 points 1 year ago (17 children)

If I read this on a menu in a situation where I could go elsewhere, I would.

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  • [–] 116 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I might say this could be a temporary way around having to pay to get all your menus reprinted, but these doofuses appear to have printed it directly on the menu. So yeah, they can get fucked with an egg beater.

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  • [–] 66 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    there's a shitty restaurant near me that does this.

    they call it the 'honest to goodness fee' and state the fee is to ensure they can bring us the lowest possible prices, by charging 3% on the whole bill... when I saw it on the menu after sitting down, I left.

    I don't participate in bait/switch pricing since it's illegal

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's insane to me. It's literally just a sales tactic so they can look cheaper on their menu but you still pay the increased prices. I would have left also.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    It means you don't have to tip.

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  • [+] -14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    If you're not going to tip, then don't eat there. You giving the tip to the owner isn't going to change anything.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Where I live, if the prices need to be higher to stay in business and give your staff a good wage, the prices just get raised. We don't tip except for rounding when it's cash. So I don't think adding an extra cost is weird, but it should be in the prices, and American tipping culture should go back into the hole it came from.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The person you're punishing has the least control over the situation, even if the punishment is small. Screwing over workers only makes it more American.

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  • [+] -12 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    They did make that pretty clear! If they weren't going to tip or their tip doesn't matter, then holding out doesn't matter either. If their tip was going to matter, then they've screwed over the employee and not the employer at all.

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