EezyvilleCalifornia says restaurants must bake all of their add-on fees into menu prices
disguy_ovaheaOnly fees that are entirely optional — like leaving a tip for staff — can be left out of the posted price.
How do you say you’ve never worked as a server without saying you’ve never worked as a server?
Edit: I think there’s a misunderstanding. I’m commenting on describing tips as “entirely optional.” If you can’t afford to tip, don’t eat at a restaurant. Servers are paid below minimum wage because they receive tips.
Second edit: My bad. NY has a tip allowance, and that’s where I waited. I didn’t know it varied so greatly from state to state. California does, in fact, pay their servers $16 per hour minimum.
MelodiousFunkWork a Sunday brunch shift and watch the raft of churchies leave nothing but condescending notes, if anything.
Awful. Almost as gross as those fake half bills with scripture on the back.
VoyajerRude comment aside, at least that restaurant would have accurate pricing in cali now.
wavebeamHoly shit. They give god 10% of their income. This server is “asking” for 18% of the price of their bill. They’re not even remotely the same thing.
I’m generally against tipping, but still do it. I’m way against illogical comparisons like this though.
It’s called tithing. It’s described as giving 10% of your income or possessions to god in the Old Testament.
I’m aware of tithing. I’m saying that 10% of your income in a tithe is not even remotely the same thing as 18% tip for a single purchase. It’s more comparable to a sales tax than a tithe. One is percentage of a total income, the other is a percentage of a purchase.
i thought you weren’t meant to use the lord’s name in vain
The name of the Christian god is Yahweh or Jehovah.
Holy snark aside… 18% preprinted on the bill? That brunch better included a BJ then. And yes, I’m European.
Parties of 8 or more often have gratuity on the bill like this. It’s rare to see it otherwise, unless there’s a particular reason (like they know these people never tip).
Flying SquidIt gets worse than that.
Some of them leave these on the table. Carefully concealing the deception, of course.
That’s not even the only type they have available to them: