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I recently went to a restaurant and looked at my bill; I'm being told that I must subsidize the wages of the kitchen staff with a 3% tax on the total bill. Then the restaurant charges a meals tax on top of this kitchen tip which is probably not authorized under state law. Interestingly enough, the kitchen staff gets 3% for things they didn't do like pour beverages.

To me, this is nothing but virtue signaling. This pisses me off. They could simply raise the menu prices 3% and then pay their staff more.

I recently went to a restaurant and looked at my bill; I'm being told that I must subsidize the wages of the kitchen staff with a 3% tax on the total bill. Then the restaurant charges a meals tax on top of this kitchen tip which is probably not authorized under state law. Interestingly enough, the kitchen staff gets 3% for things they didn't do like pour beverages. To me, this is nothing but virtue signaling. This pisses me off. They could simply raise the menu prices 3% and then pay their staff more.

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[–] • 1 pt

expecting the customer to pay the wages of their employees on top of the meal

This is how every single business works. Who else pays for wages besides customers?

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

For how much they charge for food and drink they should be able to pay their employees. Charging 40 dollars for a 10 dollar steak and 8 dollars for a 2 dollar beer? There are markups and then there's insanity. But then you have to pay a markup on their markups to pay their employees.

You can make better food at home for 300%+ lower cost