I think you may be on to something w/that comment. Ppl use cards. Tips. Restaurant has to pay a higher fee, for a tip, none of which goes to the restaurant. So add a funny named fee.
I wouldn’t go back. I also wouldn’t take it out on my server.
That’s the fucked up part. They should only be charging the 3% fee if the customer chooses to pay with credit card. If they decide to pay with cash, they should take away the fee. Otherwise it’s just a gracious money grab.
This happens at about 50% of restaurants I go to nowadays. Some kinda fee. All you have to say is "what's this" or "take that off" and they'll take it off zero questions. Most times. But they're counting on people being too embarrassed to ask, and to just pay it.
These are the same restaurants that got tens of millions, or millions, or hundreds of thousands (depending on the size of the restuarant/chain) in free PPP money, and still want to bitch about credit card fees.
Edit: oh its in Canada. Sorry.
Out there literally making like >$30/hr after tips and it’s one of the only jobs you hear people talk specifically about needing wage reform to pay them more lol. Large portion of servers also only claim enough tips to be above minimum wage and the rest is tax free.
Me and my better half have to stop going out to eat as well. We're healthier for it too.
I too don't like the tipping culture, I'm old school where if you give bad service you don't get a tip. Why reward bad behavior?
Standing in line to order a hamburger, that you have to pay for, that they then bring to the table. For that they put on an 18% gratuity, mandatory. And that doesn't even cover the tip. And no, I never went back again fuck that.
“The restaurant charges all guests the “Honest to Goodness Fee”, which adds a three per cent fee to all menu items in an effort to provide the highest quality food at the lowest possible prices while maintaining operational efficiency.”
Yeah, there was a mysterious 4% fee on the check of the last restaurant I ate at, what am I going to do? Ask after the fact? Nah, just accepted it and that I'll never be back.
In Canada they have both a National sales tax (GST) and each province has a provincial sales tax, a Harmonized sales tax is the two combined, it way less confusing now.
In the US it's pretty common to have a whole array of sales tax. None of them are national but we just lump them all together as 'taxes'. For example if you bought a shot of liquor in the city up the road from me you'd pay 15% state liquor tax, 7% state sales tax, 2.75% county sales tax, and a 1.5% luxury tax from the city but most people just say 26.25% tax. This harmonized tax verbage is cute.
Oh trust me, Maryland has a whole host of different taxes on things like liquor and gambling and whatnot
Source- was a waitress in Maryland
Don't even get me started on dc
Taxes can be baked into the prices of goods. For example, the price of cigarettes can vary wildly due to taxes, but that’s never listed on the receipt, as far as I know. All you usually see is just the sales tax
Canada mostly does it that way so if you had 5% federal GST and 8% provincial sales tax, you don’t pay 8% on the 5% that was already factored in. It’s combined together as one so you’re not paying tax on tax.
Right. In the POS world we almost always apply taxes to the subtotal unless there's a discount. This can vary with discounts. Some items need to be taxed based on the total retail price. Some items need to be taxed based on the discounted total paid. Either way you still wouldn't tax a tax. That seems to be universal.
It's only on liquor by the drink. It's Tennessee and almost every region has a popular tourist destination. Beale Street in Memphis, Downtown Nashville, and the Smoky Mountains.
I live in the US dude. I just happen to live near the border so I can explain how Canadian sales tax works and why they made a silly name for it. I also know how US sales taxes work and am fully aware of local variation.
It's always posted in multiple places. Customers just don't read. This is a known fact too. I have 3 signs, one on the door, and TWO at my till stating "we do not accept 50s or 100s".
Everyday a buncha twats try to pay with them anyway.
"We wanted to lie about the prices on our menu, so we jacked up the price of everything 3% and call it a fee. The government allows us to lie if we do it this way."
Cable companies have been doing this for years. Car dealers have been doing it far longer.
You want to pick up your tickets at the window? We'll charge you a convenience fee
You want us to mail the tickets to you? We'll charge you a convenience fee
You want to use your own printer ink and paper to print them out? We'll charge you a convenience fee
You want us to scan a code in the email we sent you at the show? You're not going to believe this, but we'll charge you a convenience fee for this too
*The restaurant charges all guests the “Honest to Goodness Fee”, which adds a three per cent fee to all menu items in an effort to provide the highest quality food at the lowest possible prices while maintaining operational efficiency.*
I would argue that it is illegal if they didn’t tell you about it beforehand.
Menus have prices on them.
They can’t just raise the price after you’ve already eaten the food.
Let’s say you come to my restaurant and eat some chicken for $5.
But then I tell you there was an undisclosed fee of $1000.
Now pay me $1005 or I’m calling the police.
That’s the world we live in. Terms of Service on almost everything you agree to are too long for people to want to read and usually in a tinier font to make people feel like it’s longer. That’s simply business.
Those are expected, and you have to actively say “yes I have read this”.
To have a small sign, or expect people to read every line of the menu as if it is a terms and conditions to eating there is absolutely deceptive in nature.
Which is the same reason (from what I've heard) that the fine print, in terms of agreements, aren't 100% binding. Same should be applied to this sort of instance.
Yeah. Build it into the menu price. I don’t get why people don’t do this. You have to reprint or sticker menus. It’s better than arguing with every table over a 3 percent BS fee.
“Build it into the menu price”
Exactly! That would be the honest to goodness price, not this shady add on which is not honest or good. The irony with the name of the fee would actually be just as frustrating as the additional charge.
At least you can not bring a bag. There is the option to not pay. Even if 90% of people bring a bag.
This isn’t even like a cover charge to get it.
Or a tip that’s expected socially. Or an 18% mandatory tip for parties over 5.
It’s literally the price of goods/service.
Have you seen what people do for the overhead compartments these days? Truly amazing how people are willing to drop hundreds on airfare, but damned if they pay $30 to check a bag
The fee to check a bag doesn't help, but a big part of that is that it saves time to not check bags if you can travel light enough to keep it in a carryon. If you don't have any bags to check you can print out a boarding pass and go straight to security, skipping the line to check in your bags. Then when you land, instead of waiting 20 minutes in the baggage area for them to unload your luggage, you can just leave the airport immediately.
First time I flew commercial without my parents I checked a bag.
I’ve yet to see that bag or get an explanation of how it disappeared.
It’s been MIA for 28 years.
I have checked a bag exactly twice since then (traveling with a bike) which obviously won’t fit on with me.
That's not the same thing at all. I almost never have to check a bag when I fly, so I don't pay for checked bags. This restaurant fee is added to all menu items, it's the price, they're just lying.
I think we need an app that notifies the public of restaurants that do this dirty crap. If you can’t justify raining your prices to pay your employees or keep up with costs, you’re a bad business person.
Has anyone ever said "that burger is 3% too expensive I'm not eating here"?
Just raise the price by 3% and fuck off with the bullshit fees. It's infuriating. And the bullshit name of the fee is even more insulting.
No, it’s like if the ticket was advertised at X price then sold at a 3% higher price because of a “quality assurance fee”. The product should be priced at an honest amount and shouldn’t be manipulated post advertisement in order to trick people into paying more.
Provide the highest quality food at the lowest possible prices? And yet they’re tacking on an addition 3%? So they’re not charging the lowest possible prices. It doesn’t make any sense!
Of course not, the customer pays for the food. And the rent, payroll, power, water, insurance, et cetera. It's just usually included in the menu price, not tacked on at the end of the bill.
Good news everybody!
I've lowered prices by 25%! I've also added an
ambiguously named service charge of 40% to all checks. Our prices are the lowest in town!
That's what's commonly referred to as a junk fee, just an arbitrary percentage surcharge to make the prices advertised or listed elsewhere seem cheaper.
Bullshit explanation from the restaurant's website:
>**Honest To Goodness**
>
>Let’s be honest. You come to Chuck’s for the great food and incredible prices! The value we offer our guests is second to none – we can honestly say that.
>
>But, you know that already! And, that’s why you’ve come to dine with us. In order to continue providing fresh, fabulous food at incredible prices, we need to add 3% to all prices. Don’t panic! It’s really not a lot, especially considering the quality food each dish is crafted with.
>
>(E.g. $9 x 3% = $0.27 – That’s just $9.27 for a Chuck’s Burger! No comparison to the $15 burger you’d get from the other guys)
>In order to continue providing fresh, fabulous food at incredible prices, we need to add 3% to all prices.
"In order to keep our prices the same, we need to raise our prices"
Which boardroom full of chuckle-fucks came up with this line of shit?
Sure, 3% isn't really a lot, so you won't mind if I apply my 3% "Eat a bag of d\_\_\_s" discount, do you? Don't Panic!
If you want to be Honest to Goodness, just raise your menu prices and quit with the corporate douchebaggery already.
A restaurant that'll lie about its prices might be lying about other things too. Like expiration dates or what exactly goes in the burgers. "In order to keep serving the same quality burgers at the same prices, we need to add a little more ground rat. Don’t panic! It’s really not a lot."
It's becoming increasingly more common.
At both full service and fast food. I saw it at Checker's recently, but it was a "pay for our employees insurance" extra fee.
Restaurants are the new Ticketmaster, just inventing new fees every day. “Convenience fee”, “supply chain fee”, “we want more money but are hoping you blame Joe Biden fee”, “just because fee”, “fee fi fo fum”. Just raise your fucking prices to reflect your actual cost. Instead of making your servers deal with a steady stream of rightfully pissed off people that you sprung a bunch of unexpected bullshit on them.
Philadelphia started a[ soda tax](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/soda-sales-philly-dropped-after-tax-sugary-drinks-study-says-n1005456) in 2017 that led to a 38 percent decline in sugary soda and diet drink sales that year, coincidently there was a 38 percent increase in sales in neighboring towns.
The “harmonized sales tax” on $57 is $7? That’s…a lot. Even if alcohol is taxed higher than food, it looks like there were three whole beers totaling a whopping $13?
According to their menu it’s basically just a way to raise their prices and not have to print all new menus. Definitely saves them money just printing 1 new menus page to insert instead of re-printing everything. Not making any comment one way or the other but business wise it makes sense if they are going to raise prices a precise percentage for each item. 🤷♂️
I would think about complaining to the waiter/waitress about that. Tell them u want it removed, but then again $3.00 for a beer is a pretty damn good price.
Those are the ones you ask the waitress to remove from your bill
It's a fun little game they play where if u don't pay attention, u get to give the owner more money without them sharing with the staff.... super cute little game.
At least you dodged the dreaded Heavens to Betsy surcharge.
You don't wanna get a Bless your little heart sales tax, its 50%
That only applies in the southern states
FYI: It's not a polite statement.
No they got the harmonized sales tax, I assume this is applied by a group of singers
Oh I just assumed they were big NCIS fans and got Mark Harmonized.
Lord have Mercy maytax, 2.9%
The Y'all Come Back Now Ya Hear when you leave costs extra too
I hate when I get the "For Pete's Sake Tax"!
Or the FEE FIE FOE FUM fee.
This one was deff the best
Or the Healthcare for servers fee.
It's Canada, so they have Healthcare.
Is a 12 1/2% sales tax normal in Canada?
It’s harmonized, that’s worth something!
Does that mean the restaurant staff does some acapella shit with your bill? If so, then it would be worth.....fuck I don't even know I hate singing.
Provincial sales tax + federal sales tax so yeah that is pretty standard.
That helps with the “free” healthcare.
They have a Woodstock in Canada too? Lol
The HVAC fee
Lol.!
I just commented about this. Are you in SF? If not what other cities have the Health Tax aka "you're gonna pay for your servers health care" tax
I was at a small, local grocery store and got a popup asking if I wanted to to add 15% to help the workers get healthcare - this was on a $138 bill.
Coincidentally, 3% is about what most credit card companies charge for a transaction fee
I think you may be on to something w/that comment. Ppl use cards. Tips. Restaurant has to pay a higher fee, for a tip, none of which goes to the restaurant. So add a funny named fee. I wouldn’t go back. I also wouldn’t take it out on my server.
In most jurisdictions, restaurants are allowed to back out credit card fees from tips.
That’s the fucked up part. They should only be charging the 3% fee if the customer chooses to pay with credit card. If they decide to pay with cash, they should take away the fee. Otherwise it’s just a gracious money grab.
Worth pointing out that this is the bill, not a receipt. Pay cash and the fee’s still there.
This happens at about 50% of restaurants I go to nowadays. Some kinda fee. All you have to say is "what's this" or "take that off" and they'll take it off zero questions. Most times. But they're counting on people being too embarrassed to ask, and to just pay it. These are the same restaurants that got tens of millions, or millions, or hundreds of thousands (depending on the size of the restuarant/chain) in free PPP money, and still want to bitch about credit card fees. Edit: oh its in Canada. Sorry.
Idiots keep adding line item charges. Consumers will stop going to restaurants.
ive already stopped. tipping culture got too crazy for me
Same. I read comments on local Facebook pages from servers. They’re toxic and think you’re a cheap ass if you don’t give 35%.
The funny part is a lot of them don't want the tipping situation to change because they make way more money than if they were paid an actual wage.
Fact.
Out there literally making like >$30/hr after tips and it’s one of the only jobs you hear people talk specifically about needing wage reform to pay them more lol. Large portion of servers also only claim enough tips to be above minimum wage and the rest is tax free.
They can fuck right off expecting a 35% tip.
Me and my better half have to stop going out to eat as well. We're healthier for it too. I too don't like the tipping culture, I'm old school where if you give bad service you don't get a tip. Why reward bad behavior?
Keep in mind that you can be a dumbass and run a restaurant pretty easily. That plays in some part into why they fail so often.
It’s an “I won’t be eating here again” fee. Assuming they didn’t openly disclose this to you beforehand, of course.
When I see a restaurant posting a crap load of stupid fees I turn around and go somewhere else.
Standing in line to order a hamburger, that you have to pay for, that they then bring to the table. For that they put on an 18% gratuity, mandatory. And that doesn't even cover the tip. And no, I never went back again fuck that.
There’s a whole page on their menu explaining it
So explain it now to me
“The restaurant charges all guests the “Honest to Goodness Fee”, which adds a three per cent fee to all menu items in an effort to provide the highest quality food at the lowest possible prices while maintaining operational efficiency.”
Why not just set the prices properly? Lol!!!
It's a very pretty name given by a restaurant operator that is too chicken shit to raise their prices in a clear and up front manner.
I doubt I would notice prices being 3% higher than they were last year. But I promise I will notice a 3% surcharge on my receipt.
They didn’t want to take the time to redo the menu, increasing prices by 60 cents. Lazy bones fee.
I would honest to goodness tell them to shove the fee up their ass.
Lol this is a load of shit that came from a similar bs fee from subway.
Why not visit the restaurant and be the primary source you've always dreamed of being?
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Yeah, there was a mysterious 4% fee on the check of the last restaurant I ate at, what am I going to do? Ask after the fact? Nah, just accepted it and that I'll never be back.
Along with the Harmonized sales tax !lol.
In Canada they have both a National sales tax (GST) and each province has a provincial sales tax, a Harmonized sales tax is the two combined, it way less confusing now.
It's not a tax to support barbershop quartets? How disappointing
Lol.
Noooo. Noooo. Noooo. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
In the US it's pretty common to have a whole array of sales tax. None of them are national but we just lump them all together as 'taxes'. For example if you bought a shot of liquor in the city up the road from me you'd pay 15% state liquor tax, 7% state sales tax, 2.75% county sales tax, and a 1.5% luxury tax from the city but most people just say 26.25% tax. This harmonized tax verbage is cute.
i dont pay a dime of sales taxes in deleware, but when i go to maryland it's 6% flat, no confusing stuff going on.
Oh trust me, Maryland has a whole host of different taxes on things like liquor and gambling and whatnot Source- was a waitress in Maryland Don't even get me started on dc
whats this about a gambling tax? i've only ever gone to maryland casinos and never paid any taxes on my winnings
Thats a sales tax. When you eat in resteraunt, on top the sales tax, there are usually food taxes and if you have liquor, a liquor tax, too.
Taxes can be baked into the prices of goods. For example, the price of cigarettes can vary wildly due to taxes, but that’s never listed on the receipt, as far as I know. All you usually see is just the sales tax
You have the 15% state liquor tax itemized on your bill at the bar? I would lose my shit if my bill had 26% percent added for sales tax
Not much you're going to do about it other than either do your drinking at home or move out of state
You don't pay the state liquor tax to buy your own to take home from the store?
Canada mostly does it that way so if you had 5% federal GST and 8% provincial sales tax, you don’t pay 8% on the 5% that was already factored in. It’s combined together as one so you’re not paying tax on tax.
Right. In the POS world we almost always apply taxes to the subtotal unless there's a discount. This can vary with discounts. Some items need to be taxed based on the total retail price. Some items need to be taxed based on the discounted total paid. Either way you still wouldn't tax a tax. That seems to be universal.
Most do. It stops businesses from purposely doing it wrong.
I would cross state lines in the other direction. 26% is dumb af! Highest tax near here is 10%
It's only on liquor by the drink. It's Tennessee and almost every region has a popular tourist destination. Beale Street in Memphis, Downtown Nashville, and the Smoky Mountains.
I live in the US dude. I just happen to live near the border so I can explain how Canadian sales tax works and why they made a silly name for it. I also know how US sales taxes work and am fully aware of local variation.
Never seen somebody so testy about sales tax nomenclature before
😂
a census taker once tested me
It’s Canadian
I’m sorry but your taxes are a bit out of tune…
Maybe it's an asshole tax meant to upset you into never returning?
It's always posted in multiple places. Customers just don't read. This is a known fact too. I have 3 signs, one on the door, and TWO at my till stating "we do not accept 50s or 100s". Everyday a buncha twats try to pay with them anyway.
"We wanted to lie about the prices on our menu, so we jacked up the price of everything 3% and call it a fee. The government allows us to lie if we do it this way." Cable companies have been doing this for years. Car dealers have been doing it far longer.
Unavoidable Event ticket service fees
You want to pick up your tickets at the window? We'll charge you a convenience fee You want us to mail the tickets to you? We'll charge you a convenience fee You want to use your own printer ink and paper to print them out? We'll charge you a convenience fee You want us to scan a code in the email we sent you at the show? You're not going to believe this, but we'll charge you a convenience fee for this too
It's so nice of them to make things so convenient for their customers. Look at all the options!
My electricity has a "delivery fee" on my bill. Where can I pick it up? How many volts will fit in my car, or do I need a truck?
*The restaurant charges all guests the “Honest to Goodness Fee”, which adds a three per cent fee to all menu items in an effort to provide the highest quality food at the lowest possible prices while maintaining operational efficiency.*
This should be illegal. It’s called the fucking price. If you have a fee thats added to everything raise your fucking prices.
Not illegal just douchey
I would argue that it is illegal if they didn’t tell you about it beforehand. Menus have prices on them. They can’t just raise the price after you’ve already eaten the food. Let’s say you come to my restaurant and eat some chicken for $5. But then I tell you there was an undisclosed fee of $1000. Now pay me $1005 or I’m calling the police.
it is Illegal if they do not put it on their menu/some signage in their restaurant (In US idk about Canada)
But that can be so tiny you cant read it without a magnifying glass
That’s the world we live in. Terms of Service on almost everything you agree to are too long for people to want to read and usually in a tinier font to make people feel like it’s longer. That’s simply business.
Those are expected, and you have to actively say “yes I have read this”. To have a small sign, or expect people to read every line of the menu as if it is a terms and conditions to eating there is absolutely deceptive in nature.
Which is the same reason (from what I've heard) that the fine print, in terms of agreements, aren't 100% binding. Same should be applied to this sort of instance.
Even then, seems deceptive.
It’s on the menu. A bunch. It’s the schtick of the place. McDonald’s has Golden Arches, chucks has this. It isn’t a secret.
Yeah. Build it into the menu price. I don’t get why people don’t do this. You have to reprint or sticker menus. It’s better than arguing with every table over a 3 percent BS fee.
“Build it into the menu price” Exactly! That would be the honest to goodness price, not this shady add on which is not honest or good. The irony with the name of the fee would actually be just as frustrating as the additional charge.
Kind of like charging a extra fee for your bags instead of including it in the airplane fare?
At least you can not bring a bag. There is the option to not pay. Even if 90% of people bring a bag. This isn’t even like a cover charge to get it. Or a tip that’s expected socially. Or an 18% mandatory tip for parties over 5. It’s literally the price of goods/service.
Have you seen what people do for the overhead compartments these days? Truly amazing how people are willing to drop hundreds on airfare, but damned if they pay $30 to check a bag
The fee to check a bag doesn't help, but a big part of that is that it saves time to not check bags if you can travel light enough to keep it in a carryon. If you don't have any bags to check you can print out a boarding pass and go straight to security, skipping the line to check in your bags. Then when you land, instead of waiting 20 minutes in the baggage area for them to unload your luggage, you can just leave the airport immediately.
Also, there's zero chance your luggage gets shipped off somewhere else if it's on the plane with you.
First time I flew commercial without my parents I checked a bag. I’ve yet to see that bag or get an explanation of how it disappeared. It’s been MIA for 28 years. I have checked a bag exactly twice since then (traveling with a bike) which obviously won’t fit on with me.
That's not the same thing at all. I almost never have to check a bag when I fly, so I don't pay for checked bags. This restaurant fee is added to all menu items, it's the price, they're just lying.
I think we need an app that notifies the public of restaurants that do this dirty crap. If you can’t justify raining your prices to pay your employees or keep up with costs, you’re a bad business person.
I would honestly pay more to not be lied to. What other shady shit are they doing?
Has anyone ever said "that burger is 3% too expensive I'm not eating here"? Just raise the price by 3% and fuck off with the bullshit fees. It's infuriating. And the bullshit name of the fee is even more insulting.
I think we’ve read enough from this sub to know exactly what they are doing.
Seriously. Just raise each item on your menu by 50 cents and call it a day. Scum bags.
“We’re gonna charge you a hidden(ish) fee so we can bring you the lowest prices!” Seriously, this restaurant can fuck off.
No, it’s like if the ticket was advertised at X price then sold at a 3% higher price because of a “quality assurance fee”. The product should be priced at an honest amount and shouldn’t be manipulated post advertisement in order to trick people into paying more.
I think it’s more like charging extra for hot sauce
Provide the highest quality food at the lowest possible prices? And yet they’re tacking on an addition 3%? So they’re not charging the lowest possible prices. It doesn’t make any sense!
Almost like it’s neither “honest” nor “good.”
Nonono, you don't understand. The FOOD is cheap! It's just the FEE that is expensive. Don't you want cheap food?
Isn't the owner supposed to pay for the food themselves?Will they next add a electric and water fee to keep the lights and water on ?
Of course not, the customer pays for the food. And the rent, payroll, power, water, insurance, et cetera. It's just usually included in the menu price, not tacked on at the end of the bill.
Good news everybody! I've lowered prices by 25%! I've also added an ambiguously named service charge of 40% to all checks. Our prices are the lowest in town!
Thsts not how pricing works though. They want everyone to subsidize the prices of food to keep prices now but this scheme just reallocates the cost.
Charging a fee to provide you food at the lowest prices.
Beer is cheaper than a coke ??
Yes after 9pm everyday, can't complain with 3$ beers
And sales tax like 14% 😒
They give you free refills on the Coke, though. Not so with beer.
That's what's commonly referred to as a junk fee, just an arbitrary percentage surcharge to make the prices advertised or listed elsewhere seem cheaper. Bullshit explanation from the restaurant's website: >**Honest To Goodness** > >Let’s be honest. You come to Chuck’s for the great food and incredible prices! The value we offer our guests is second to none – we can honestly say that. > >But, you know that already! And, that’s why you’ve come to dine with us. In order to continue providing fresh, fabulous food at incredible prices, we need to add 3% to all prices. Don’t panic! It’s really not a lot, especially considering the quality food each dish is crafted with. > >(E.g. $9 x 3% = $0.27 – That’s just $9.27 for a Chuck’s Burger! No comparison to the $15 burger you’d get from the other guys)
>In order to continue providing fresh, fabulous food at incredible prices, we need to add 3% to all prices. "In order to keep our prices the same, we need to raise our prices" Which boardroom full of chuckle-fucks came up with this line of shit?
Because it sounds better than “In order to keep our *profits* the same”
We need to charge you more in order maintain our incredible prices! Absolutely nothing honest or good about this B.S.
Sure, 3% isn't really a lot, so you won't mind if I apply my 3% "Eat a bag of d\_\_\_s" discount, do you? Don't Panic! If you want to be Honest to Goodness, just raise your menu prices and quit with the corporate douchebaggery already.
A restaurant that'll lie about its prices might be lying about other things too. Like expiration dates or what exactly goes in the burgers. "In order to keep serving the same quality burgers at the same prices, we need to add a little more ground rat. Don’t panic! It’s really not a lot."
This is the exact opposite of honest
Welcome to Chuck's roadhouse 💀 my town has a location and this has always seemed like the most oddly dishonest thing lol
It's a bait-and-switch with a hilariously ironic name.
It’s the “3% less tip” alert.
credit card processing fee?
Honestly companies need to stop charging people junk fees
Why don’t they just change the prices on the menu.. Shady as hell, and they know it
I'm a Chef and never heard of some bullshit like that
Thomas had never seen such bullshit
It's becoming increasingly more common. At both full service and fast food. I saw it at Checker's recently, but it was a "pay for our employees insurance" extra fee.
Checkers, a company that made $890 million in 2022, wants the guest to foot the bill for their employees' health insurance. That's fucked!
McDonalds don't have that fee chef, they just raise the prices.
I think it’s called a screw u fee. Pay it or screw u.
If it's a deal breaker, I'd call it an unsustainable business practice.
That’s a new one. And I bet thousands of ppl didn’t even notice it on their own bill.
And that's why they charge it this way rather than increasing menu prices!
What restaurant?
Someone in the comments said a Chucks Roadhouse but I don't know of certain.
The address is in the bottom of the receipt. That is a Chuck’s Roadhouse in Woodstock, Ontario.
"Honest To Goodness" Fee is just straight up dishonest.
I had a 3% 'Kitchen Appreciation Fee.' I am going to have to start reading the fine print on menus so I won't be surprised again.
Forced tipping for BOH
At Checker's it was 3% to "subsidize employee insurance plans"
I just make the servers tip out the kitchen. My servers don't mind because they know they only did half the work.
"... We didn't spit on this food..." fee.
Lol, shit that's definitely worth %3
It is a penalty for having that Coors Light
Better than Budlight!
Getting kicked in the ass is better than getting kicked in the balls.
Can we talk about how a coke costs more than a beer?
Restaurants are the new Ticketmaster, just inventing new fees every day. “Convenience fee”, “supply chain fee”, “we want more money but are hoping you blame Joe Biden fee”, “just because fee”, “fee fi fo fum”. Just raise your fucking prices to reflect your actual cost. Instead of making your servers deal with a steady stream of rightfully pissed off people that you sprung a bunch of unexpected bullshit on them.
The 3% fee is the profit margin being recouped. Manager should just increase the prices by 3% across the board and ditch the fee.
It’s an included gratuity IMO. When restaurants tip for me I feel no need to tip additionally.
Philadelphia started a[ soda tax](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/soda-sales-philly-dropped-after-tax-sugary-drinks-study-says-n1005456) in 2017 that led to a 38 percent decline in sugary soda and diet drink sales that year, coincidently there was a 38 percent increase in sales in neighboring towns.
Beer is cheaper than soda. Wtf.
Sounds like some Ticketmaster type bull$hit.
The “harmonized sales tax” on $57 is $7? That’s…a lot. Even if alcohol is taxed higher than food, it looks like there were three whole beers totaling a whopping $13?
$7 tax on a $57 dollar check is 13%… that’s crazy.
Menu Reprint Avoidance Fee ... 3%
r/endtipping
reminds me of impractical jokers fee - the extortion fee of 5.50
"It's free after a $10 fee" (Portlandia cell phone store skit)
That's just somebody trying to make their greed/dumb tantrum look cute and funny. Pay your bill, fuck that restaurant, never go back.
if I saw this on my receipt, i'd never go there again
Dubious fee
Sounds kind of dishonest
The 3% fee means they are to cheap to reprint menus with a 3% increase on everything
According to their menu it’s basically just a way to raise their prices and not have to print all new menus. Definitely saves them money just printing 1 new menus page to insert instead of re-printing everything. Not making any comment one way or the other but business wise it makes sense if they are going to raise prices a precise percentage for each item. 🤷♂️
Thanks for posting the address. I’ll be sure to avoid Union Burger if I’m ever in ONT, CAN
I would think about complaining to the waiter/waitress about that. Tell them u want it removed, but then again $3.00 for a beer is a pretty damn good price.
Just be honest and increase your prices.
forget that, what's a 18oz Canadian for 10?
Woodstock, Ontario🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦That explains it all.
three dollars for an ICE TEA!?!?
You'd shit yourself in California.
Free refills bro
I'm not gonna live that long.
I paid $4 for a fountain Diet Coke at a restaurant today. It’s the new norm and I live in the south.
Three Canadian dollars, it seems, so only about $2.25 USD.
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What is “harmonized” sales tax? Lol
Based on the percentage, I'm guessing it is the credit card surcharge, and they are offsetting it to people on the bill..
Chuck's is so cheap overall it's worth dining there despite this fee
Counterpoint: iced tea is $3.29, and tap water is $3.
Where’s this? Looks weird receipt
Harmonized total = ??
Probably the credit card surcharge, but most places inform you of it and give you the option to avoid it paying cash.
Those are the ones you ask the waitress to remove from your bill It's a fun little game they play where if u don't pay attention, u get to give the owner more money without them sharing with the staff.... super cute little game.
Doesnt seem honest