• splinter@lemm.ee
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    15 days ago

    No, it is instead of tipping. That’s what they mean by “in lieu of”.

    The question about prices is a good one, and the answer is that you can’t just raise prices when most other restaurants don’t include gratuity. It would just seem like your restaurant is much more expensive than everyone else.

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      13 days ago

      It would just seem like your restaurant is much more expensive than everyone else.

      Its a forced 23% gratuity, it IS more expensive than everyone else, except the restaurant isn’t being honest about it and hiding it in fine print only to be discovered when the bill comes.

      That seems to be a great way to alienate customers from ever returning because they won’t know how much they’re being charged until the bill comes.