“if they just raised their prices across the board 3% nobody would know. “yup, just inflation and higher costs of doing business.”
people’d pay and not bitch.
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you are missing the point. It is only AFTER you ordered a meal to you realize you have to pay more.
Think of it this way: If you went to a gas pump and filled up at say $3.30 per gallon which it says on the pump, then filled up and you got the receipt which tacked on an extra 10 cents per gallon, would you be happy?
no.
but if they raised the meal prices, you would see that on the menu because the menu has prices for each item right next to it.
so you do know what you’d be paying ahead of time.
I’m just saying they could build all this into their menu prices. Prices for dishes go up each year. Sometimes seasonally.
For the places that add in stuff on the bill, that you are not expecting because they don’t let you know you’re facing a mandatory gratuity of x % or separate surcharges, UNTIL you get the bill, yeah that is underhanded. They need to advertise all this stuff before you order.