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]

  • @[email protected]
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    21211 months ago

    All the arguments about tipping here are missing the point. The restaurant owner just came up with a bullshit way of raising the prices without showing larger numbers on the menu. That should honestly be illegal.

    • @[email protected]
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      1111 months ago

      A lottt of restaurants in socal do this, unfortunately. I’ve never seen it this high, though.

    • @[email protected]
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      411 months ago

      maybe it’s to allow take-away at a lower price, like a dine in vs eat out charge.

      Very rare, I’m from Ireland & have only seen it once in a Chinese restaurant. They were very clear about it in the menu though so it wasn’t a sticker shock price

      • Dept
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        311 months ago

        we have that in Egypt. normally like 15% service charge when eating in the restaurant but nothing when taking out.

        • @[email protected]
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          311 months ago

          Won’t somebody think of the poor restaurant owners?? They need all the money they can squeeze out of us!

      • @[email protected]
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        111 months ago

        Reading the article, I’m not feeling too encouraged that this will actually impact small restaurants. From the article it sounds like the FTC is just going after large corporations.

        • @ponfriend
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          211 months ago

          This is already about to pass in California. https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/SB478/2023

          The FTC is going to write a rule similar to what local governments have given themselves power to regulate. The article gave some examples, but it is not exhaustive.

    • @[email protected]
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      -211 months ago

      You can,

      1. want the owner to take a smaller cut

      2. be willing to pay more to raise the wages of the employees

      3. want to control via tips how much people make

      What is BS is hidden costs.