They would lose business to stores who didn’t. Once I used to live in a city where the top restaurant decided to voluntarily do away with tipping and just build the gratuity into their menu prices and pay their staff what they would’ve made with tips. Cool idea, but didn’t work. After 6 months they went back to the old way citing a huge loss of business. Sticker price matters. Hidden costs just aren’t real to most people even if they’re known.
They would lose business to stores who didn’t. Once I used to live in a city where the top restaurant decided to voluntarily do away with tipping and just build the gratuity into their menu prices and pay their staff what they would’ve made with tips. Cool idea, but didn’t work. After 6 months they went back to the old way citing a huge loss of business. Sticker price matters. Hidden costs just aren’t real to most people even if they’re known.
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