Went to a restaurant in LA today and when I got the check I noticed that it was a bit higher than it should be. Then I noticed this 18% service charge. So… We, as customers, need to help pay for their servers instead of the owners paying their servers a living wage. And on top of that they have suggested tip. I called bs on this. I will bet you that the servers do not see a dime of this 18% service charge. [deleted a word so it wasn’t a grammatical horror to read]

  • Waldowal@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This isn’t an auto-grat situation though. This is the restaurant increasing their prices by 18%, then blaming it on the staff.

    By not tipping, you’re just punishing the wait staff for the restaurant’s shitty behavior. Better to tip normally, then tell the restaurant you won’t be back until they get their heads out of their asses.

    • FlowVoid@midwest.socialEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It’s a service charge. That implies the money is going to the staff. So they are already getting approximately what they would have been tipped.

      Now, maybe “service charge” is a lie and they aren’t actually seeing that money. But if so, then the waitstaff are complicit in that lie, because they handed it to me. And if I’m supposed to assume they are lying then I’m certainly not tipping them.