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Have you been to a sit-down restaurant recently? Where I live (major southeast US city) there's a 50/50 chance there will be some random bullshit fee (sometime
by cmeacham98 3y ago
Have you been to a sit-down restaurant recently?
Where I live (major southeast US city) there's a 50/50 chance there will be some random bullshit fee (sometimes even more than one!) tacked onto the bill (and I'm not talking about tax or a tip).
- Beldin 3y agoTaxes are (should be) completely predictable. There's no reason not to include them in the price. So those definitely constitute bs fees.
- musicale 3y agoGiven that they compute the tax on your receipt, they could compute the tax up front unless it depends on delivery location - which they need to ask for anyway.
- cmeacham98 3y agoI agree it would be ideal if taxes were displayed in the price, but they are a known constant easily accounted for. The types of fees I'm referring to are included at the bottom of the menu in 2pt font. You're typically already halfway through ordering before discovering that you'll randomly be charged an extra 20% because the restaurant relies on misleading consumers about their prices to draw them in.
- musicale 3y agoHappens all over. I have seen "employee" fees (I guess it's good to have employees), covid recovery charges (I guess I'm glad I didn't get covid there), and other surcharges. The bogus fees are always taxed, and then the full amount is used to compute a recommended tip (even at food kiosks.)
- Simulacra 3y agoI subtract those from the tip.