alt Hacker NewsThe worst part of restaurant fees are the people (both owners and somehow the patrons) that will justify the existence of the fee as if it's too difficult to just print the final price in the menu.
I live in a touristy part of the world and effectively all restaurants above baseline level will have a "+7% service +11% tax" line.
To me this is clearly deceptive practice.
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Teever • today at 2:30 PM
What happens if a tourist refuses to pay the fee? Or asks for resolution by a neutral third party like law enforcement?
Seems like a kind of practice that could quickly become impractical if people simply DDOS it by disputing it.
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> I live in a touristy part of the world and effectively all restaurants above baseline level will have a "+7% service +11% tax" line.
In Germany and Croatia, there is no % at all, the prices are final and include all taxes and fees by law and no one will bat an eye if you pay straight cash - however I personally always tip around 10%, simply because I was happy about that when I worked in hospitality myself.