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Bay Area and California in general. San Francisco was first with the 5% restaurant healthcare fee, which I think was a citywide tax that explicitly allowed busi
by hot_gril 3y ago
Bay Area and California in general. San Francisco was first with the 5% restaurant healthcare fee, which I think was a citywide tax that explicitly allowed businesses to list the fee separately. Maybe this inspired other restaurants in adjacent cities to start adding similar things despite not having any law like that, usually (but not always) mentioning the fee in fine print. It got even more widespread lately with the classic "covid fee" which later got changed to "inflation fee." The other less rigid thing is asking for a 22-30% tip on the credit card machine, often for things you don't traditionally tip for; at those places I use cash.
Highest I've seen is 8% while also asking for a tip, but at least the fee is clearly listed at the top of the menu: https://asliceofny.com/sunnyvale/menu/ https://asliceofny.com/sunnyvale/menu/
- meindnoch 3y ago"An 8% Co-op Wellness service charge is added to all orders and is split 40/60 between employees+managers and the cooperative. It is not a tip." Yeah, this is the kind of bullshit I'm talking about. It's a percent-based surcharge, so why can't they just increase their prices by 8%? Prices on the menu are meaningless at this point. With sales tax, the "obligatory" tipping and these new bullshit fees you'd be closer to the real price by mentally doubling everything on the menu. How people put up with this shit is beyond me.
- hot_gril 3y agoIt's more like 30-35% but yeah. Don't forget the credit card fee if you're using that, except that one actually makes sense since you can opt out.
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoJust deduct it from your tip and move on.
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- hot_gril 3y agoIt's take-out pizza, shouldn't have a tip anyway.