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]

  • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
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    That doesn’t say “on the worker’s side” though. It says anti-consumer and selfish. They’re not willing to pay any more if it means they make a little less, they’re just comfortable taking more money from other people.

    • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
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      You realize 100% of the money they’d use to pay their workers more would come from consumers right?

      • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
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        It could come from profit margin, but that would require the higher ups to not be greedy assholes.

      • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
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        Of course it would. It doesn’t have to (Dan Price is an example of a different model), but it would. At least by wrapping it into the prices consumers can clearly see that increase, instead of this shoddily hidden tactic.