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We had dinner tonight at a place that had an 18% automatic gratuity and a 12% healthcare surcharge. I'm this situation, would you leave extra tip?

Posted by amandaphone (aka amanda) Mar 3 '24, 19:02

We also had a 5% credit card surcharge if that was a question.

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Nope. And I wouldn’t ever go back. Service charges for so out of hand in DC some places removed them as their businesses got killed. - MDH Mar 3, 19:28
18% automatic gratuity IS the tip -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 19:28 2
- it’s what the restaurant is forcing you to pay. what is less clear is how much of that actually gets passed on to servers at the end of the night -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 3, 19:39 1
  - The meaning of gratuity is clear. Do some of that lawyer Jedi mind trick stuff -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 3, 19:41
No. -- nm - Pippy Mar 3, 19:25
was the food good? -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 3, 19:21 1
- B/B- maybe. Not the best Mexican food I had today. (Yes I had Mexican for both lunch and dinner. Look when I'm in a city, all bets are off.) -- nm - amandaphone Mar 3, 19:28
Our Pizza Hut adds a surcharge for "doing business in California" -- nm - budice Mar 3, 19:19
Were you told in advance? -- nm - David Mar 3, 19:16 2
- It might have been on the website (I did not make the reservation) but it was not on the menu. Sash does not recall a message upon booking. -- nm - amandaphone Mar 3, 19:26 1
  - Then, yeah. That would annoy me if the meal cost 12% more than indicated without any warning. -- nm - David Mar 3, 19:28
no, and that would be my last ever visit there and I'd tell them why. -- nm* - Reagen Mar 3, 19:11
probably not? I probs wouldn’t go again either. I’m happy not needing to tip, but I hate surcharges. don’t make me do math at dinner. -- nm - mafic Mar 3, 19:08 5
- I wouldn't go again either -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 19:28 1
  - Nope, I’m out too -- nm - Pippy Mar 3, 19:30
- If the point is "don't tip," then quote me all in pricing (credit card charges excluded). Also don't give me a receipt that has suggested tips. - amandaphone Mar 3, 19:11 2
  - It wouldn't surprise me if that's the receipt software they're using, but hell they could put a sign up and on the menu. -- nm - Max Mar 3, 20:03
  - this is what Australia does (but surcharges on holidays). I wonder if too many people balk at the list prices then, in spite of it being no different. - mafic Mar 3, 19:16
not that i think all those charges are getting to your server's pocket but . . . hell naw -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 3, 19:03 1
- Yeah that was kind of our thinking. -- nm - amandaphone Mar 3, 19:08

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We had dinner tonight at a place that had an 18% automatic gratuity and a 12% healthcare surcharge. I'm this situation, would you leave extra tip?

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