Originally Posted by jhrc4 (Post 733388)

The individuals who are slinging mud at the originator of this post who by the way merely asked a perfectly honest question leaves me wondering this...

Are you the same individuals who regularly " Pop " into Panera Bread to re-fill your to-go coffee cup ?? And then with a casual who me look, jump back into your golf cart without even the thought of paying for it..One only wonders..

Originally Posted by PandG (Post 565495)

Has anyone dealt with the "split fee" issue at restaurants here in The Villages?

The other day we had lunch for the first time at Athens in Spanish Springs. The host explained it's a family Greek restaurant, and seated us outside. We weren't super hungry, so decided to order one gyro with fries. I noticed the menu said there was a $1.00 fee for split orders. When we ordered, I specifically told the waitress we did not want to pay for them to cut it in half, and just requested 2 plates.

Many restaurants will bring the second plate at no charge, and let the customers do the "work" of cutting the sandwich in half. When we got the bill, sure enough they charged the $1.00 split fee. But for what, because they didn't even cut the sandwich! I asked the waitress about it, and she got argumentative with me, and said she'd have to ask the manager. The host walked by, and I asked him about it. He was blase', said it was taken care of, and hoped we would come back. I said I doubted we would.

Sure, restaurants and businesses are hurting for extra money, and it was only a dollar. But it was the principle of the thing, and I felt it was not disclosed properly. Any thoughts?

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist (Post 733403)

I am rereading the original post. I believe the poster thought and reasonably so, that a "split" fee meant that the charge was for the restaurant to prepare one entrée and then "split" it placing one share on each of two plates.

The complaint that it is the principle of the thing has clearly fallen on deaf ears. The principle is that if the fee had been called a "sharing" fee, it would have been clear to the diners what the fee meant.
I agree.

And I empathize with the OP for having been thrashed, trashed and bashed for an innocent query which was carefully written to say it was the principle of poor disclosure, not the dollar.

Originally Posted by bkcunningham1 (Post 733412)

This question is almost one year old. The OP stated in the 8th post that they were sorry they posted the question and misunderstood the phrase split fee.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 733411)

I say.

Ask for take out and do with it whatever you want.

I know that many innocent questions are misinterpreted or disagreed with because we are all just different people with different life experiences. I am thrifty but I am not a "haggler" like people do at garage sales. I am a searcher for the best price though. I don't think it's wrong to get a better deal. I think being careful with my money is my way of being green and sort of a game I play with myself, looking for bargains, saving a little money to use for a lot of GOOD reasons.

I think that the question was how does this work here in this area,in this restaurant, pure and simple.

I have learned to expect surprising answers on this forum.

As I said before, I think the prices at most restaurants here are very, very reasonable, the service is almost always the best I have ever experienced, and I think as a group we undertip. Those hard working people are very patient with a lot of us miserly folks.

Originally Posted by bkcunningham1 (Post 733412)

This question is almost one year old. The OP stated in the 8th post that they were sorry they posted the question and misunderstood the phrase split fee.