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Smoogs ,

Add to the fact all the food in the restaurant is much higher in caloric intake, sodium and sugar than any meal you could prepare at home. You get to have some wonderful heart disease with a side of stress. Hardly worth going out to restaurants anymore.

Blackmist ,

That’s the whole point of going to a restaurant. So you can convince yourself that the food is somewhat healthy, without seeing all the salt, sugar and fat they put in it.

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Tvkan ,

That’s the whole point of going to a restaurant. >So you can convince yourself that the food is somewhat healthy, without seeing all the salt, sugar and fat they put in it.

I thought the point of going to a reastaurant was eating tasty food. No one’s lying to themselves about reastaurant food being healthy.

sanguine_artichoke ,
@sanguine_artichoke@midwest.social avatar

It’s also eating food in a social atmosphere without having to shop, prepare or cleanup.

Pyr_Pressure ,

Straight up fees like that should not be legal, if they even are in that location.

They should instead just add 18% to every menu item since it applies to everything anyways.

As it is right now advertising their cannoli for $11.00 is a straight up lie since it’s really $12.98. They simply don’t because they want to hide the actual cost and make their menu appear to be cheaper so you cant walk out until after you’ve ordered and eaten.

Also if got a bill with an 18% service charge I would definitely not tip, since tips are supposed to adjust for the low wages anyways.

Cyberflunk ,

Completely fuck this shit.

RustedSwitch ,
@RustedSwitch@lemmy.world avatar

$16.25 for a kids size pasta dish?

PetDinosaurs ,

Try the pasta…

ZombiFrancis ,

I feel like I have seen multiple receipts from this same place, likely posted by the same person, because I remember noting $16 Kids Shells on some other thread months ago.

Seems odd. They should really stop going.

AlternateMrPapaya ,

The $5.00 glass of lemonade is ridiculous. Water and a small scoop of powdered flavoring/sweetener costs them about a quarter.

LemmyFeed ,

These prices are crazy. Lemonade costs as much as a beer. Drip coffee for $5. One cookie for $4. Over $15 for a kid’s plate. Geeze.

Mango ,

Yesterday I bought some alcohol that was literally cheaper than the water they were selling.

CodingCarpenter ,

My man never cheap out on the liquor

Mango ,

Meh. It was a good time. D&D is better with alcohol.

roofuskit ,

Kids shells are $16 each? Fuck this place.

test1 ,
@test1@calendario-lunar.com avatar

What are "kids shells"?

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T00l_shed ,

Likely a kids pasta shell dish.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, it looks like this person just went to an overpriced restaurant.

Dining at the Ritz and then throwing a fit over your bill is… idk, man. Maybe you should have walked out before ordering a $6 glass of lemonade.

WhipTheLlama ,

Restaurant: $11 cannelloni and $6 beer.

Lemmy: fuck the rich for paying these high prices!

sanguine_artichoke ,
@sanguine_artichoke@midwest.social avatar

That’s not the point though… it’s that everything is 18% more than advertised on the menu, regardless of whether the original price was high or fair.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

it’s that everything is 18% more than advertised on the menu

More than that if you factor in sales taxes. Or “valet only”. Nevermind tip.

Definitely qualifies as mildly infuriating, but this sort of bullshit surcharge is standard fair for upscale retail in the service sector.

TotalFat ,

The real crime here is $125 for bread and pasta…

LemmyFeed ,

And almost $5 for drip coffee

SpaceNoodle , (edited )

And yet only $6 for a beer

Edit: downvotes from dim bulbs who can’t divide 12 by 2

SpaceNoodle ,

$16.25 for each “kids shells”

pete_the_cat ,

I was gonna say “The real crime is $11 for a fucking cannoli”. I could get two, large, freshly made cannolis in downtown NYC for about $7.

SpaceNoodle , (edited )

You can also get a slice for $3. It’s about supply and demand.

Edit: downvotes from hermits who don’t understand that things cost different prices in different places

pete_the_cat ,

You could get a slice for $1, it won’t be fancy and served with a fresh cannoli though (they served both, a slice was like $4 and it was huge)

Aarrodri ,

Ok where is this so we can avoid it?

Zeroxxx ,
@Zeroxxx@lemmy.my.id avatar

It does seem tipping is American culture? Never heard this accross SEA and China. Who in the world would put suggested tip in the bill?

RogueBanana ,

It very much is and suggested tips seems to be common from what i heard

figaro ,

It is so engrained into society that suggested tip amounts on the receipt are welcomed, because then you don’t need to do the math

killeronthecorner ,
@killeronthecorner@lemmy.world avatar

The UK has been infected with service charges but it’s extremely common to either a) have it removed from the bill, as there is no obligation to pay it, or b) forego the tip because of it.

Karyoplasma ,

In 2019, I went to Shanghai to attend my cousin’s wedding and one thing he told me before going is that I should not tip under any circumstance. It’s regarded as an insult to the service provider because you insinuate that they are unable to pay their employees well enough.

macaro ,

$18.25 for a kids meal, $6 for lemonade is ridiculous. Don’t walk, run away!

Pyr_Pressure ,

The lemonade is the same price as a beer 🤣

linearchaos ,
@linearchaos@lemmy.world avatar

You’re taking my 18% to pay them living wages, they they don’t need tips.

$11 canoli? $16.25 kids shells?

Screw that place

Pratai ,

I would have not paid the 18% fee and let them explain it to the cops when they arrived. I guarantee that’s not posted anywhere that they do that- so…

False advertising.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

I would have not paid the 18% fee

Putting in a -18% tip when I swipe my credit card.

runner_g ,

I frequently see “an 18% gratuity charge will be applied to parties of 6 or more” on menus. It’s possible that this was posted and OP just missed it.

Edit: JK just read the text at the bottom where it calls it out as not a gratuity.

June ,

It’s not a gratuity, but restaurants like this often don’t expect tips either. At least in my area.

SeaJ ,

Places that do this will have fine print at the bottom of their menu mentioning the charge so they can avoid legal issues.

DreBeast ,

So the patron not only pays for the food/service, but there’s a separate fee to pay for ALL employees living wages??

If this trend continues the customers will end up making the food too!? Lol, I would talk to the manager for sure.

allywilson ,

In the UK we tend not to tip if there’s a service charge.

BritishJ ,

If they add on a service charge at a bar. I always ask them to remove it. A service charge for me walking to the counter and ordering a drink… Really!

TWeaK ,

The rip is that service charges tend to be higher than the tip. I’ve always worked to 10% all my life, or I’ll add 10% and then round up to a nice sounding number. This was even considered reasonable in a lot of US places back in the early 90’s, but these days restaurants typically set their service charges at 12.5% or higher.

That might be fine; if the service is actually good I won’t mind, but if it’s just half assed service and the food isn’t great then I’ll kick up a stink.

I mean, I probably won’t, but I’ll fantasise about doing it while in the shower for a few days after.

WoefKat ,

In Spain we don’t generally tip at all.

mifan ,
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Neither do we in Denmark. I think that’s generally how Europe works. The price on the menu is the price you will be expected to pay. Nothing more, nothing less.

If I have a restaurant or bar experience out of the ordinary or just have pleasant time with the staff I will tip. Otherwise I won’t, at it will be perfectly fine for everyone.

Craftkorb ,

It’s crazy how it’s your job to pay the workers when you’re not employing them. Just put the damn living wage into the price of the food, there, done. I’m going to a restaurant to eat stuff, not to haggle the worth of someone’s work.

MalachaiConstant ,

But but but if customers know how much it’s going to cost ahead of time, they might decide to go somewhere else!

aidan ,

Well you are employeeing them, in that you’re exchanging your money for the product of their labor, it just passes through a few hands to get to them.

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