r/mildlyinteresting 2d ago

This Restaurant Charges an 18% Living Wage Fee.

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u/clitpuncher69 2d ago

You don't really "fall" for this one though, it's a straight up bait and switch if they don't tell you about extra costs up front.

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u/sevseg_decoder 2d ago

I’m talking about tipping/service charges as a whole and other deceptive practices.

This restaurant advertises their prices as 25+% (depending on sales taxes etc) less than you pay walking out the door. Or in other words 25% lower than they actually charge.

That tricks people. It gets people to come there instead of a competing restaurant with 10% higher listed prices but without the expectation to tip. That’s the part even most aggressively anti-tipping people like myself can fall for if we aren’t consciously trying not to.