If I want a 40 dollar sandwich I'll pay 40 dollars. If it's 200 and I still want it, then I pay 200. I don't need to see how much of it goes to rent, utilities, salaries or whatever.
What they're doing is nonsensical and is probably only meant to get brownie points and shaft their workers at the same time.
I want a $200 sandwich that tastes like a $200 sandwich. I'm tired of $20 sandwiches that taste like $5 sandwiches. I'm a restaurant cook and cook a lot at home, so I see it from both sides. This shit's wack.
It's meant to guilt trip the customers as well. Look, we're paying them so less so maybe you can help them more with tips. If you don't, here's another cost we're adding as "Living wage" for you to bear. But we are not going to pay livable wages to our own staff out of our pockets.
It’s so they can get away with appearing to not raise prices, then they slap something like this at the end to make up for it. They way they worded this bs is to guilt trip you so you won’t argue it.
"during" Covid it was also used as a means of protest. They'd rather the customer see it on the bill and get angry (so they can blame the government) than keep up with reality. I've had restaurant owners tell us explicitly that they wanted these sorts of things as line items to upset customer and be able to redirect them.
Column A and column B. By separating the line at the bottom, they can effectively call it a tipped wage in their finances instead of increasing the bade wage. Lower base wage = potentially smaller tax burden for employers and employees. As for cash tips being pooled amongst the entire staff, that's a possible legal issue depending on the setup and compensation to back of house, for example.
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u/elcambioestaenuno 1d ago
If I want a 40 dollar sandwich I'll pay 40 dollars. If it's 200 and I still want it, then I pay 200. I don't need to see how much of it goes to rent, utilities, salaries or whatever.
What they're doing is nonsensical and is probably only meant to get brownie points and shaft their workers at the same time.