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]

  • rab
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    1 year ago

    You can also afford to buy a house. Finland best country

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      1 year ago

      I’m sure it’s like every other country where a house out in the country is cheap but Helsinki is unaffordable.

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        1 year ago

        It’s the same here in Germany except for the cheap house in the country part.

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          It’s all relative but housing in Germany is pretty cheap as a percentage of income compared to most western countries

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          Yeah don’t let that dude fool you, there are not really any first world countries where house in the country is cheap

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            1 year ago

            What do you mean? A house in the city is almost always more expensive than a house in a rural area, in every country

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              Yeah that’s not what I meant, more like there are not many first world countries with affordable housing in any sense (like Germany and Canada)

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        In canada, I make good money but will never afford a house except butt fuck nowhere Saskatchewan or Manitoba

        My wife and I are actually hoping to permenantly relocate to Finland after many years of pondering. I am in IT so even Helsinki is affordable but we want to live in Vaasa

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        It’s a non issue, Finns won the winter war and were greatly outnumbered lol