Restaurants are adding labor surcharges to help offset minimum wage increases

[francoHFW]

The customer wants a bottom line price, they don't need to know that you have to surcharge because of employees.

No, YOU don't want the customer to know that the business has to add "X" dollars to their bill because of a radical increase in the minimum wage.

Everyone wants the menu to be a divisive political statement. Why not point out the surcharge because of GOP tax policy on the little guy businessman?

 

[francoHFW]

If so few are receiving Minimum Wage, you shouldn't be concerned about it being raised. Y'all greedy white Republican folks just need to escape your greedy fantasy bubble.

Your instance to ignore facts and the truth is almost inexplicable. Except for the fact that you are a Progressive and pretend to be so ignorant. That explains it all.

Also strange how so many are just above the min wage for purposes of duping fools like you...

 

[Markle]

Refuse to pay the surcharge. I did.

WOW! I'm really impressed!

 

[Markle]

Companies make a profit off of every employee

WOW! Can't slip anything past you, can we?

 

[Markle]

Everyone wants the menu to be a divisive political statement. Why not point out the surcharge because of GOP tax policy on the little guy businessman?

WOW!

Who'd have guessed you'd come down on the side of the exorbitant taxes imposed on the little guy businessman? I take it you realize that these taxes were imposed by Democrats? Good for you!

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

If so few are receiving Minimum Wage, you shouldn't be concerned about it being raised. Y'all greedy white Republican folks just need to escape your greedy fantasy bubble.

Your insistence on ignoring facts and the truth is almost inexplicable. Except for the fact that you are a Progressive and pretend to be so ignorant. That explains it all.

Pretend???????

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Refuse to pay the surcharge. I did.

Leave the tip in cash but use a credit card to pay the bill and on the Total line, deduct the surcharge.

Let the smartass owner spend $.35 of his time reconciling his books.

Works for me, if he wants an extra 3%-4% then tack it on to the price and drop the surcharge.

I disagree. It's about time we voters understand the results of our support. In fact, if I were Trump, I would legislate we do the same thing with green.

If up to me, everything we buy today would have a "green" cost on it; let people know what costs go into making a product to the satisfaction of environmentalists.

Buy a car, on the price tag, it has $3,600 to make this car green. Buy a lawnmower, it has a $50.00 green cost. Buy a new computer desk, $12.00 went to making this desk green. Buy a can of peaches, it has a 12 cent green cost. Every item should have a green tag (not surcharge) so people know that it does COST US and not the business owner since he passes down all costs.

This is what the owner of this restaurant did. It's the people that either vote for minimum wage increases or the representatives they elect. So why not let them know what the results of their actions were?

 

[Papageorgio]

The customer wants a bottom line price, they don't need to know that you have to surcharge because of employees.

No, YOU don't want the customer to know that the business has to add "X" dollars to their bill because of a radical increase in the minimum wage.

It's not the customer's concern, they are there to eat not be bothered by a business's politics.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

To say nothing of the fact the over half the workforce makes $20/hr or less. All of them are going to demand raises too when they go from comfortably twice the MW to just a dollar or two above it.

And the last thing America needs is a well paid workforce.

The last thing America needs are employers leaving the country because of labor costs or investing in even more automation.

Zero employers will leave the country because of a minimum wage increase

Wrong, because when you increase minimum wage, you don't increase it just for one group of people. It has a domino effect that all business have to deal with. While labor costs are not the only thing that makes business react negatively, it is a huge part.

We're trying to keep jobs in this country--not get rid of them. My company lost a lot of customers because of unions. Unions kept making more and more demands, and finally the company put a pad lock on the door and left for higher grounds. How does this help America?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Refuse to pay the surcharge. I did.

Leave the tip in cash but use a credit card to pay the bill and on the Total line, deduct the surcharge.

Let the smartass owner spend $.35 of his time reconciling his books.

The owner will probably make the server pay the surcharge. I ask for the manager and had it removed from the check.

Right. So you support a forced increase of wages, but don't want to pay for it yourself. Brilliant.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

To say nothing of the fact the over half the workforce makes $20/hr or less. All of them are going to demand raises too when they go from comfortably twice the MW to just a dollar or two above it.

And the last thing America needs is a well paid workforce.

The last thing America needs are employers leaving the country because of labor costs or investing in even more automation.

Prosperity through lower wages!

Way to go pub dupes.

So what's better, a lower paying job or no job at all? And when there are no lower paying jobs, are you going to support the people that can't find jobs with your tax dollars?

Kind of reminds me when you liberals say don't buy Chinese products because Chinese are working for slave wages. So what's the alternative, not buying their products and then they have no wages?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

You must live in your mothers basement. Get out in the real world and see what's going on instead of reading lib blogs.

A few years ago one of my tenants became increasingly late with rent. I asked them to come to my apartment to discuss the problem. It was a couple with two kids, a large dog, and three cats.

He worked 40 hours a week but she stayed home "supposedly" home schooling the kids. He had no option to work overtime at his company, so I suggested that on the weekends, he watch the kids and she could get a part-time job at Walmart or McDonald's to make ends meet.

She didn't even entertain my solution. Why? Because she was getting $225.00 a month in food stamps, and any income would work against that stipend.

So I had no choice but to evict them, and later sued him for back rent which of course he didn't pay. I had to get his wages garnished for over a year.

Now they have an eviction on their record which any landlord can dig up on the computer. They lost their home and had to scramble to find a new place to live. All for what? Food stamps.

So don't tell me what goes on. I work in industry every day and get to talk to a lot of people.

Very rare. But y'all greedy Republican folks act like that represents the majority of American Workers. You're just demonizing to justify treating your fellow Americans like shite. It makes you feel better about it.

But i assure you, most working folks i've ever known, work as many hours made available to them. So stop living in your greedy fantasy bubble. These folks are good Americans just trying to get by.

I did't say a majority of American workers, I said low income workers. Big difference. 97% of our workforce do not make minimum wage, so there is no reason for them to refuse work because they are not using any social programs.

If so few are receiving Minimum Wage, you shouldn't be concerned about it being raised. Y'all greedy white Republican folks just need to escape your greedy fantasy bubble. Most American Workers aren't the 'Evil Lazy Welfare' Boogeyman you believe they are. They're actually good fellow Americans just trying to get by.

No, most of them who remain on minimum wage are either drug users who can't pass a drug test for a better job, or they are playing the system like so many do.

Most workers who start off at minimum wage and stay on the job receive increases if they are worth a crap. When I was younger, I worked plenty of minimum wage jobs because that's what minimum wage jobs are for.

When I got a little older and decided I couldn't get the things I wanted or needed working a minimum wage job, I sought better paying jobs; jobs where I leaned things; jobs where I was able to advance myself.

Oh man, just more pathetic demonizing to justify your poor treatment of struggling fellow Americans. I guess it makes y'all greedy white Republicans sleep better at night.

You're fighting some imagined 'Evil Boogeyman.' But in reality, these folks are just hard-working fellow Americans. We're an incredibly rich nation, we can do much better for our People.

How long have you lived in this country? Do you even have an understanding about how our government should work?

It's not up to "we" to do better for our people, it's up to people to do better for themselves. That's the entire concept behind a free country and society. Getting government involved in all our personal decision making is what socialist, communist, and dictator societies are about. The only people that we should help out are those who cannot do for themselves---not those that don't feel like doing for themselves.

 

[Papageorgio]

Refuse to pay the surcharge. I did.

Leave the tip in cash but use a credit card to pay the bill and on the Total line, deduct the surcharge.

Let the smartass owner spend $.35 of his time reconciling his books.

Works for me, if he wants an extra 3%-4% then tack it on to the price and drop the surcharge.

I disagree. It's about time we voters understand the results of our support. In fact, if I were Trump, I would legislate we do the same thing with green.

If up to me, everything we buy today would have a "green" cost on it; let people know what costs go into making a product to the satisfaction of environmentalists.

Buy a car, on the price tag, it has $3,600 to make this car green. Buy a lawnmower, it has a $50.00 green cost. Buy a new computer desk, $12.00 went to making this desk green. Buy a can of peaches, it has a 12 cent green cost. Every item should have a green tag (not surcharge) so people know that it does COST US and not the business owner since he passes down all costs.

This is what the owner of this restaurant did. It's the people that either vote for minimum wage increases or the representatives they elect. So why not let them know what the results of their actions were?

I don't go to restaurants to pay to hear or observe the owner's or anyone else's political views. I go to relax, eat and enjoy my evening.

 

[francoHFW]

To say nothing of the fact the over half the workforce makes $20/hr or less. All of them are going to demand raises too when they go from comfortably twice the MW to just a dollar or two above it.

And the last thing America needs is a well paid workforce.

The last thing America needs are employers leaving the country because of labor costs or investing in even more automation.

Zero employers will leave the country because of a minimum wage increase

Wrong, because when you increase minimum wage, you don't increase it just for one group of people. It has a domino effect that all business have to deal with. While labor costs are not the only thing that makes business react negatively, it is a huge part.

We're trying to keep jobs in this country--not get rid of them. My company lost a lot of customers because of unions. Unions kept making more and more demands, and finally the company put a pad lock on the door and left for higher grounds. How does this help America?

Yup, ruining the nonrich and the country's infrastructure to save the rich is working great- for only the rich. WE NEED DEMAND, DUPE.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Refuse to pay the surcharge. I did.

Leave the tip in cash but use a credit card to pay the bill and on the Total line, deduct the surcharge.

Let the smartass owner spend $.35 of his time reconciling his books.

Works for me, if he wants an extra 3%-4% then tack it on to the price and drop the surcharge.

I disagree. It's about time we voters understand the results of our support. In fact, if I were Trump, I would legislate we do the same thing with green.

If up to me, everything we buy today would have a "green" cost on it; let people know what costs go into making a product to the satisfaction of environmentalists.

Buy a car, on the price tag, it has $3,600 to make this car green. Buy a lawnmower, it has a $50.00 green cost. Buy a new computer desk, $12.00 went to making this desk green. Buy a can of peaches, it has a 12 cent green cost. Every item should have a green tag (not surcharge) so people know that it does COST US and not the business owner since he passes down all costs.

This is what the owner of this restaurant did. It's the people that either vote for minimum wage increases or the representatives they elect. So why not let them know what the results of their actions were?

I don't go to restaurants to pay to hear or observe the owner's or anyone else's political views. I go to relax, eat and enjoy my evening.

Understood. So you just want to pay for something and not know about it because it is political?

 

[francoHFW]

Very rare. But y'all greedy Republican folks act like that represents the majority of American Workers. You're just demonizing to justify treating your fellow Americans like shite. It makes you feel better about it.

But i assure you, most working folks i've ever known, work as many hours made available to them. So stop living in your greedy fantasy bubble. These folks are good Americans just trying to get by.

I did't say a majority of American workers, I said low income workers. Big difference. 97% of our workforce do not make minimum wage, so there is no reason for them to refuse work because they are not using any social programs.

If so few are receiving Minimum Wage, you shouldn't be concerned about it being raised. Y'all greedy white Republican folks just need to escape your greedy fantasy bubble. Most American Workers aren't the 'Evil Lazy Welfare' Boogeyman you believe they are. They're actually good fellow Americans just trying to get by.

No, most of them who remain on minimum wage are either drug users who can't pass a drug test for a better job, or they are playing the system like so many do.

Most workers who start off at minimum wage and stay on the job receive increases if they are worth a crap. When I was younger, I worked plenty of minimum wage jobs because that's what minimum wage jobs are for.

When I got a little older and decided I couldn't get the things I wanted or needed working a minimum wage job, I sought better paying jobs; jobs where I leaned things; jobs where I was able to advance myself.

Oh man, just more pathetic demonizing to justify your poor treatment of struggling fellow Americans. I guess it makes y'all greedy white Republicans sleep better at night.

You're fighting some imagined 'Evil Boogeyman.' But in reality, these folks are just hard-working fellow Americans. We're an incredibly rich nation, we can do much better for our People.

How long have you lived in this country? Do you even have an understanding about how our government should work?

It's not up to "we" to do better for our people, it's up to people to do better for themselves. That's the entire concept behind a free country and society. Getting government involved in all our personal decision making is what socialist, communist, and dictator societies are about. The only people that we should help out are those who cannot do for themselves---not those that don't feel like doing for themselves.

Yup, helping only the rich and giant corps works great! IDIOT!

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

To say nothing of the fact the over half the workforce makes $20/hr or less. All of them are going to demand raises too when they go from comfortably twice the MW to just a dollar or two above it.

And the last thing America needs is a well paid workforce.

The last thing America needs are employers leaving the country because of labor costs or investing in even more automation.

Zero employers will leave the country because of a minimum wage increase

Wrong, because when you increase minimum wage, you don't increase it just for one group of people. It has a domino effect that all business have to deal with. While labor costs are not the only thing that makes business react negatively, it is a huge part.

We're trying to keep jobs in this country--not get rid of them. My company lost a lot of customers because of unions. Unions kept making more and more demands, and finally the company put a pad lock on the door and left for higher grounds. How does this help America?

Yup, ruining the nonrich and the country's infrastructure to save the rich is working great- for only the rich. WE NEED DEMAND, DUPE.

We already have demand. Demand by the American consumer is lowest prices no matter how we get it. I don't agree with it, but I'm not the majority.

 

[francoHFW]

Refuse to pay the surcharge. I did.

Leave the tip in cash but use a credit card to pay the bill and on the Total line, deduct the surcharge.

Let the smartass owner spend $.35 of his time reconciling his books.

Works for me, if he wants an extra 3%-4% then tack it on to the price and drop the surcharge.

I disagree. It's about time we voters understand the results of our support. In fact, if I were Trump, I would legislate we do the same thing with green.

If up to me, everything we buy today would have a "green" cost on it; let people know what costs go into making a product to the satisfaction of environmentalists.

Buy a car, on the price tag, it has $3,600 to make this car green. Buy a lawnmower, it has a $50.00 green cost. Buy a new computer desk, $12.00 went to making this desk green. Buy a can of peaches, it has a 12 cent green cost. Every item should have a green tag (not surcharge) so people know that it does COST US and not the business owner since he passes down all costs.

This is what the owner of this restaurant did. It's the people that either vote for minimum wage increases or the representatives they elect. So why not let them know what the results of their actions were?

I don't go to restaurants to pay to hear or observe the owner's or anyone else's political views. I go to relax, eat and enjoy my evening.

Understood. So you just want to pay for something and not know about it because it is political?

We KNOW we're helping the working man, dolt.

 

[Papageorgio]

Refuse to pay the surcharge. I did.

Leave the tip in cash but use a credit card to pay the bill and on the Total line, deduct the surcharge.

Let the smartass owner spend $.35 of his time reconciling his books.

Works for me, if he wants an extra 3%-4% then tack it on to the price and drop the surcharge.

I disagree. It's about time we voters understand the results of our support. In fact, if I were Trump, I would legislate we do the same thing with green.

If up to me, everything we buy today would have a "green" cost on it; let people know what costs go into making a product to the satisfaction of environmentalists.

Buy a car, on the price tag, it has $3,600 to make this car green. Buy a lawnmower, it has a $50.00 green cost. Buy a new computer desk, $12.00 went to making this desk green. Buy a can of peaches, it has a 12 cent green cost. Every item should have a green tag (not surcharge) so people know that it does COST US and not the business owner since he passes down all costs.

This is what the owner of this restaurant did. It's the people that either vote for minimum wage increases or the representatives they elect. So why not let them know what the results of their actions were?

I don't go to restaurants to pay to hear or observe the owner's or anyone else's political views. I go to relax, eat and enjoy my evening.

Understood. So you just want to pay for something and not know about it because it is political?

When dining, I am fine with that. I won't go to the new Beauty and the Beast, I am smart enough to figure and make choices without someone telling me.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I did't say a majority of American workers, I said low income workers. Big difference. 97% of our workforce do not make minimum wage, so there is no reason for them to refuse work because they are not using any social programs.

If so few are receiving Minimum Wage, you shouldn't be concerned about it being raised. Y'all greedy white Republican folks just need to escape your greedy fantasy bubble. Most American Workers aren't the 'Evil Lazy Welfare' Boogeyman you believe they are. They're actually good fellow Americans just trying to get by.

No, most of them who remain on minimum wage are either drug users who can't pass a drug test for a better job, or they are playing the system like so many do.

Most workers who start off at minimum wage and stay on the job receive increases if they are worth a crap. When I was younger, I worked plenty of minimum wage jobs because that's what minimum wage jobs are for.

When I got a little older and decided I couldn't get the things I wanted or needed working a minimum wage job, I sought better paying jobs; jobs where I leaned things; jobs where I was able to advance myself.

Oh man, just more pathetic demonizing to justify your poor treatment of struggling fellow Americans. I guess it makes y'all greedy white Republicans sleep better at night.

You're fighting some imagined 'Evil Boogeyman.' But in reality, these folks are just hard-working fellow Americans. We're an incredibly rich nation, we can do much better for our People.

How long have you lived in this country? Do you even have an understanding about how our government should work?

It's not up to "we" to do better for our people, it's up to people to do better for themselves. That's the entire concept behind a free country and society. Getting government involved in all our personal decision making is what socialist, communist, and dictator societies are about. The only people that we should help out are those who cannot do for themselves---not those that don't feel like doing for themselves.

Yup, helping only the rich and giant corps works great! IDIOT!

No idiot troll, the rich and corps don't need any help.