Re: 3.5% surcharge at restaurant (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

I'm guessing that this person has never eaten at a restaurant in France
which has fixed and added tips.

But, there is a good point that Google, etc. do get special discounts that
other businesses don't.

I wonder how much tax revenue the downtown Googleplex will generate.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:42:08 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:49:30 +0000 (UTC)
 >  > Subject: 3.5% surcharge at restaurant
 >  > From: "Nextdoor Japantown" <http://www.rs.email.nextdoor.com/~reply>
 >  > 
 >  > Gary Seiler, Northside 
 >  > 
 >  > Very good food, however, when receiving the bill, I noticed at 3.5% living
 >  > wage surcharge. I was shocked, however, I understand the owner's worries of
 >  > government imposing increases on adding more to their expenses. Many small
 >  > businesses can't afford rising costs on their establishments and are either
 >  > forced to add this surcharge, lay off people or close their doors. Also, 
 >  > this
 >  > is an added cost for my wallet and was forced to limit my tip for the 
 >  > waiter.
 >  > I couldn't justify a waiter making more money than the restaurant owner. The
 >  > owner took the risk (money) in opening his/her/their business and now the
 >  > government is imposing their will on them so they have to use draconian
 >  > measures to survive.   This isn't the first time I have noticed an 
 >  > additional
 >  > fee, I have seen the ACA surcharge on another restaurant menu in small 
 >  > writing
 >  > so people wouldn't notice.  Does this surcharge bother me, YES it does.
 >  > However, I have empathy for the business owner/owners because having a
 >  > successful business is tough and they don't get the special favors as
 >  > companies like Google, Facebook etc...because of the money these 
 >  > monopolistic
 >  > companies have thrown into the political machine.