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No comment on restaurant surcharges
Most everyone commenting is missing the point of the surcharge. The restaurant wants you to know they feel a living wage for their employee should not be mandated. So, the surcharge, rather than a price increase on an item, is the way to tell each customer in blatant terms we want you to know we disagree with the mandate. Raising prices by $0.45 on a $15.00 item who cares, but add a 3% surcharge instead and you get attention and outrage! And, by going the surcharge route, now everyone is upset with the servers instead of the restaurant. Keep in mind many of the upscale restaurants share tips with the back room employees and most restaurants are not high end with servers getting much in the way of tips.— January 7, 2017 10:20 a.m.