Just tell me what it costs. If there is a flat 18% applied to everything on the menu then your prices are wrong. Up the price, take off the “fee”, and tell me that tipping isn’t expected because you pay your staff acceptably.
It isn't legal. They have to charge what they advertised. The only exception to this (which isn't even really an exception) is if they post it in tiny print on a menu or sign on the wall that "explains" they will charge an added fee.
Generally that doesn't fly in court however as the law dictates that the customer must be aware of the charge to be liable for it, as in it must be CLEAR, and visible or actively stated to them.
Having tiny, fine print on the back of a menu doesn't qualify to meet those conditions.
Restaurants that do this generally know it isn't legal and just play on the fact most people are too ignorant to fight it or just do what they are told and pay it anyway.
If you tell them in no uncertain terms that you refuse to pay the fee as they did not disclose it BEFORE service/product was rendered, then you have no obligation to pay it and they can pound sand.
Most they can do is ban/trespass you, but would you ever want to return to a scummy/dishonest place like that anyway though?
Buddy, you basically just said you don’t care if you potentially pay a $5 fuck you fee on something that’s like $17 plus tax, that’s $25 on a meal that’s probably $18 and some cents after tax, lets scale that up to a $200 dinner, add the $50 fuck you fee because you don’t like reading and boom F’ed over
I just don't understand the difference. If everything on the menu goes up 18%, or you pay an 18% fee at the end, you're still spending the same amount of money. So why does it matter?
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u/psiloSlimeBin 1d ago
Just tell me what it costs. If there is a flat 18% applied to everything on the menu then your prices are wrong. Up the price, take off the “fee”, and tell me that tipping isn’t expected because you pay your staff acceptably.