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I was at a restaurant the other day and on the bottom of the menu it said "a 2.5% tip will be added to all transactions to help us pay our staff" and all I coul
by colpabar 3y ago
I was at a restaurant the other day and on the bottom of the menu it said "a 2.5% tip will be added to all transactions to help us pay our staff" and all I could think was why can't they just add a dollar to some/all of the menu items instead? If a restaurant needs more money to pay its employees, they should just charge more money. I really don't get it.
- JohnFen 3y agoI refuse to return to businesses that do this. Restaurants, stop being sleazy and manipulative. Just be honest and raise your prices.
- voisin 3y agoThey fear being honest because not everyone will do it. So the right answer is regulation to ensure everyone does the same thing transparently.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago> I really don't get it. It is as simple as the business wanting to trick people into thinking prices are lower than they actually are.
- Wowfunhappy 3y agoNo, to me that's totally fine! They know what their costs are and they charge you accordingly. What bothers me is "the price is $X, but if you don't pay $Y our workers won't be able to make ends meet, please support them!" I don't know how much your workers need, that's your job when you set prices! (And if the price is too high, I won't eat there, no harm done.) I just wonder if they expect you to also add an additional tip, since 2.5% is so much lower than the standard percentage.