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Originally Posted by mtdjed
Article in Daily Sun today regarding Court Ruling in Miami that restaurant service charges are not Tips. Tips ruled to be added monies determined by customer.
My question is what are service charges? Article states that they are largely for providing larger wages for employees.
I have not seen restaurant bills in The Villages that have included Service charges as a line item. I don't like the concept. I have seen this overseas and in most countries I have seen them, tipping seems to be much less.
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Just another way of charging more, rather than re-printing the menus.
In Europe, "Servis Compris" means the tip is already added to the menu price. You can leave more if you'd like. There are pros and cons to both (Europe vs. US).
I would think that the servers in Miami would be totally against any "service charge" since the customer would think it's the tip. It really wouldn't last very long.
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