Restaurants have been warned not to ‘insult their customer’s intelligence’ after a hefty tip was unexpectedly left on one person’s bill.
A customer took to Reddit to share a pic of the receipt they had received from a restaurant which had automatically added 18 percent to their total.
Despite stating on the bill that the tip was ‘voluntary’, the customer claims they had not been asked if they would like to pay it.
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They wrote: “An 18% gratuity was ‘voluntary’ yet automatically added to my bill for 2 guests.”
The customer added that they removed the tip from the bill, and it seems as though people in the comments have been left divided by the move.
One user wrote: “Seriously, can we stop this ridiculous arithmetic test you have to do at the end of every meal and just add it to the f**king prices.
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“Y’all do anyway so just do that and be done.”
Another added: "My friend does this at his restaurant, people complain it’s too expensive, and then other people continue to tip anyways (and probably complain about it).
“Americans aren’t able to comprehend non-tipping restaurants.”
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One Redditor went as far as to say that a restaurant doing this is ‘insulting’.
They added: “Like why even insult your customers’ intelligence like that?
“F***ing sick of this whole f***ing world.”
However, it appears as though not everyone agrees.
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One user questioned: "Why would you punish the server? It's not their policy, it's management. I hope you tipped your server with cash."
Someone else added: "Congratulations on being an unhinged d-bag. You are angry at a restaurant's policy so you take it out on the server, who doesn't even know who set the policy."
Others agreed with tipping, but in a more fair way for all involved.
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One user commented: “If anything the tip should go to the kitchen in that instance since a steak is more effort to make than a burger and fries. But it doesn’t.
"Same way that I tend to tip baristas or bartenders on the pain in the a** value of my drink. If I order a black coffee or a beer, I’m going to tip less than if I ordered a cocktail or some fancy drink with syrups, espresso shots, and loads of f**king about.”
It seems as though the 18 percent tip wasn’t really out of line with the standard of tipping in the US, with most servers expecting on average between 15-20 percent.
What do you think?
Topics: Food and Drink, Reddit, Money
Mia Williams