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]

  • Skyline969@lemmy.worldEnglish
    443·
    1 year ago

    Any auto-grat on a bill is an instant big fat 0 on the tip line for me. Fuck double dipping on customers subsidizing shitty wages. It shouldn’t even need to happen once. If the restaurant can’t pay a reasonable wage it shouldn’t be in business.

    I would be completely okay with a restaurant charging a bit more for meals if they also had a “do not tip” policy. Wait staff should be expected to do their jobs, the restaurant should be expected to pay their employees. As a customer I should be expected to pay the restaurant, full stop.

    • Waldowal@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34·
      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.

    • phillaholic@lemm.eeEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      I wouldn’t go back, but your anger is towards management not the worker. I’d still tip in this situation.

    • RedAggroBest@lemmy.worldEnglish
      222·
      1 year ago

      This isn’t an auto grat tho? This is them saying “You pay more so our employees get better pay, you pay exactly this much more for this effect”. Instead of them just cranking up prices like normal.

      Y’all are bitching and moaning about a restaurant being honest instead of just fucking charging more.

      • magikfish@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        If it’s not an auto-grat why not just raise the prices on the menu 18 percent instead of surprising customers at checkout. Setting prices to cover your business and staff is an important part of running any business. The way they’re doing it is intentianally deceptive. Even down to saying that this is so that they can pay staff instead of just advertising the actual prices in the menu.