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> This is also the reason why I find this article distasteful. So if you are really that sure about your position, why the hell don't you raise your prices 20%

by doktrin 13y ago

> This is also the reason why I find this article distasteful. So if you are really that sure about your position, why the hell don't you raise your prices 20% or even 30% for that matter Unless they have forged a particularly tight bond with the community, simply raising prices is a sure fire way to lose potential customers. Tipping is so ingrained in American restaurant culture that everyone assumes it to be in place. Unless they have a gigantic sign that flashes "NO TIPPING" in neon colors, you can bet that anyone scanning their menu will just assume it's a really expensive restaurant.

JanezStupar 13y ago
So you are saying that tip is not a cost of the meal somehow? It just tells me that people are content with additional mental pressure because of sentimentality. I understand that Americans are used to it. But it is still absurd and in absolute discord in regards to America attitude towards business.
- RogerL 13y ago
  No, he is saying that when I look at the menu of a restaurant, before walking in, I look at the prices and make a decision on whether it is in my price range or not. If I don't notice that the tax is included on this menu (but not the dozens of others I have looked at over the past years), I will think, say, a sandwich at $10 is a bit expensive because I didn't realize tax was included in the price (tax is almost never included in American retail prices).
  - JanezStupar 13y ago
    Ok taxes are different between places. But if you wanted to sort it out, you could have - like we have. We just abstract accounting away from the point of sale. Thus all the prices could be advertised with tax. But I was asking about tips in GP. I think we all know it is actually preying on the dumb and those weak willed people(look a 12$ lunch! Which turns out to be in fact a 15-20$ lunch in reality).

by doktrin 13y ago

JanezStupar 13y ago

So you are saying that tip is not a cost of the meal somehow? It just tells me that people are content with additional mental pressure because of sentimentality. I understand that Americans are used to it. But it is still absurd and in absolute discord in regards to America attitude towards business.

RogerL 13y ago
No, he is saying that when I look at the menu of a restaurant, before walking in, I look at the prices and make a decision on whether it is in my price range or not. If I don't notice that the tax is included on this menu (but not the dozens of others I have looked at over the past years), I will think, say, a sandwich at $10 is a bit expensive because I didn't realize tax was included in the price (tax is almost never included in American retail prices).
- JanezStupar 13y ago
  Ok taxes are different between places. But if you wanted to sort it out, you could have - like we have. We just abstract accounting away from the point of sale. Thus all the prices could be advertised with tax. But I was asking about tips in GP. I think we all know it is actually preying on the dumb and those weak willed people(look a 12$ lunch! Which turns out to be in fact a 15-20$ lunch in reality).