VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoGordon Ramsay one of the first celebrity chefs to bring US-style 20% service charge to Londonwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1180
arrow-up1180external-linkGordon Ramsay one of the first celebrity chefs to bring US-style 20% service charge to Londonwww.independent.co.ukVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareunderisk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 days agoHe did increase the prices by 20%, he just did it in a way that passes the blame on to his employees.
minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 days agoAnd where he doesn’t take the loss if people refuse to pay it.
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoWait you can just refuse? I thought you’d get arrested
minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoIf someone refuses to pay the tip it doesn’t affect the owner. It hurts the waiter/waitress.
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoI am just imagining the logistics of this. If the table bought $100 of food and the bill added a 20% service charge, and the party puts down $100 and leaves, refusing to pay the rest, I think that is larceny and a crime, and they could be charged.
He did increase the prices by 20%, he just did it in a way that passes the blame on to his employees.
And where he doesn’t take the loss if people refuse to pay it.
Wait you can just refuse? I thought you’d get arrested
If someone refuses to pay the tip it doesn’t affect the owner. It hurts the waiter/waitress.
I am just imagining the logistics of this.
If the table bought $100 of food and the bill added a 20% service charge, and the party puts down $100 and leaves, refusing to pay the rest, I think that is larceny and a crime, and they could be charged.