• Rediphile
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    1 year ago

    I 100% would after offering to pay the full bill as indicated in the menu. I bet 99% of the time they would just accept it too. Only a sucker would pay a random tacked on fee they never agreed to.

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      1 year ago

      Stuff like this is on the menu and posted on the restaurant windows usually.
      I agree tipping culture is insane and owners of restaurants use tips and fees to pass on labor costs to consumers, but this shouldn’t be a surprise to you.

      Edit: not you as in op I was responding to but “you” being whoever is going to the restaurant

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        1 year ago

        A lot of times I don’t read the drink sections of the menu because I’m not having a drink. Or I might skip the dessert section. Sometimes the special that the server tells me about sounds so good so I just say ‘I will take that please’ without looking at the menu at all. I don’t read menus cover to cover nor do I inspect all signage on a window…but I guess I will now when visiting the USA since apparently that’s the expectation. If I did notice such a thing before ordering, I would just not eat there.

        And any mandatory fee is not a tip by definition so I see this as a completely different issue from tipping culture.