Restaurants are adding labor surcharges to help offset minimum wage increases

[Skull Pilot]

BUT BUT BUT Libtards laughed when Republicans said higher minimum wages will drive up food costs.

Restaurant diners are footing the bill for rising minimum wages.

In lieu of steep menu price increases, many independent and regional chain restaurants in states including Arizona, California, Colorado and New York are adding surcharges of 3% to 4% to help offset rising labor costs. Industry analysts expect the practice to become widespread as more cities and states increase minimum wages.

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“It’s the emerging new norm,” said Sharokina Shams, spokeswoman for the California Restaurant Association. She said California restaurants are adding surcharges as the state lifts the minimum wage every year until it reaches $15 an hour by 2023. It is currently at $10.50 an hour for employers with 26 or more workers.
Restaurants are adding labor surcharges to help offset minimum wage increases

and?

because you have to pay 5 cents more for your disgusting fast food, they should work for subpar wages?
you'll just have to pay five cents more for your fat and salt.

automatic of certain places would have happened anyway. they didn't close normal places they just added income. and they charged a little extra so their billions in profits aren't affected.

stop whining because you can't earn a decent wage and are bitter because big macs are too expensive for you

billions in profit?

You think a Franchise owner makes billions in profit?

are you fucking high?

 

[Cellblock2429]

Or maybe they are putting it on the bill to show their customers what happens when they support something as idiotic as a huge minimum wage increase: somebody has to pay for that increase.

Or maybe it's way of letting petty douchebags know not to come back to the restaurant.

/---- Obviously you don't own a business, otherwise you wouldn't make such an idiotic statement like that.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Let's not forget:

Tipped wage in the United States - Wikipedia

Waitresses and bartenders aren't going to whine about getting 15 an hour because a lot of them can make 20 or more an hour when tips are included.

No one will tip a waitress who makes 15 an hour

15 bucks where?

Minnesota Restaurant Adds Minimum Wage Surcharge To Customer Bills - Say Anything

That place put on a surcharge because the minimum wage was raised to 8 bucks.

There's a nice tidbit in that link. Look at the bill. This restaurant is getting 8 bucks for a cheeseburger, but they're claiming they can't afford to pay the help 8 bucks an hour.

lol

As the price of Hamburger went up, restaurants had no qualms charging $8 for a burger and passing on the cost
Now that ground beef prices have come down, they keep selling $8 burgers
But feel a need to hold their employees up for scorn

Right.

And they choose to humiliate their employees, by putting a wage surcharge on the bill, a way of saying it's the help's fault your meal costs what it costs,

but where is the beef surcharge? The fuel surcharge? the boss's wife wants a new car surcharge?

Eh. Blame the least of us, the employees, for the woes of the well off.

no it's letting douche bag customers like you who think that every time a price increase is put through that it's solely because the business owner is greedy and not because of increased operating costs know why the price went up

 

[rightwinger]

Because homeschool kids are spoiled little brats who have had mommy hovering around them their whole lives
Public schools have to take all children regardless of parental motivation

Kids are threatened by the idea of having to go to school, so they do try harder. After all, if you don't do well studying at home, the parents ship you off to school.

I hated going to school when I was a kid, and if we had home schooling at the time, I would have done much better simply by the thought of having to go to school.

Some kids thrive in a public school environment. They are subjected to kids of different backgrounds and teachers trained in multiple fields.
Other kids need mommy to screen the kids they meet and monitor every aspects of their lives

And you think there's something wrong with that?

What could possibly be wrong with homeschooling?
Means I don't have pay to educate the little brat

Not now, but as it continues it's popularity, we may be able to syphon some of those school dollars to pay parents to educate their kids, and who knows, maybe other kids nearby their home as well.

My problem with homeschooling is why does it need to be all or nothing?
Why not homeschool for English, history and subjects you are comfortable with and send your kid to regular school for science labs, foreign language and advanced mathematics?

 

[Iceweasel]

Or maybe they are putting it on the bill to show their customers what happens when they support something as idiotic as a huge minimum wage increase: somebody has to pay for that increase.

Or maybe it's way of letting petty douchebags know not to come back to the restaurant.

/---- Obviously you don't own a business, otherwise you wouldn't make such an idiotic statement like that.

Liberals are business experts. They can analyze everything from their busboy position.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Oh, btw, there are too many restaurants around in the first place.

15 bucks where?

Minnesota Restaurant Adds Minimum Wage Surcharge To Customer Bills - Say Anything

That place put on a surcharge because the minimum wage was raised to 8 bucks.

There's a nice tidbit in that link. Look at the bill. This restaurant is getting 8 bucks for a cheeseburger, but they're claiming they can't afford to pay the help 8 bucks an hour.

lol

As the price of Hamburger went up, restaurants had no qualms charging $8 for a burger and passing on the cost
Now that ground beef prices have come down, they keep selling $8 burgers
But feel a need to hold their employees up for scorn

Right.

And they choose to humiliate their employees, by putting a wage surcharge on the bill, a way of saying it's the help's fault your meal costs what it costs,

but where is the beef surcharge? The fuel surcharge? the boss's wife wants a new car surcharge?

Eh. Blame the least of us, the employees, for the woes of the well off.

Human beings understand that the bill covers all expenses but the wage hike is new and it explains the sudden price increase. Sorry it had to be explained.

Beef prices close to doubled since 2000. Put THAT on the bill if you want to cry about something.

I remember when all the bills from my vendors included fuel surcharges when the price of gas went over 3.50 a gallon

and none of us threw the conniption fit you idiots are

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Or maybe they are putting it on the bill to show their customers what happens when they support something as idiotic as a huge minimum wage increase: somebody has to pay for that increase.

Or maybe it's way of letting petty douchebags know not to come back to the restaurant.

That's their option. But many uninformed voters think that when they support things like wage or taxation hikes, somebody other then them are going to pay for it. I'm sure those people who are shocked at the new charge figured it was the owner that was just going to dig deeper in his pockets.

For those who are insulted by learning something, you probably don't want their business anyhow.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Waitresses and bartenders aren't going to whine about getting 15 an hour because a lot of them can make 20 or more an hour when tips are included.

No one will tip a waitress who makes 15 an hour

15 bucks where?

Minnesota Restaurant Adds Minimum Wage Surcharge To Customer Bills - Say Anything

That place put on a surcharge because the minimum wage was raised to 8 bucks.

There's a nice tidbit in that link. Look at the bill. This restaurant is getting 8 bucks for a cheeseburger, but they're claiming they can't afford to pay the help 8 bucks an hour.

lol

As the price of Hamburger went up, restaurants had no qualms charging $8 for a burger and passing on the cost
Now that ground beef prices have come down, they keep selling $8 burgers
But feel a need to hold their employees up for scorn

Right.

And they choose to humiliate their employees, by putting a wage surcharge on the bill, a way of saying it's the help's fault your meal costs what it costs,

but where is the beef surcharge? The fuel surcharge? the boss's wife wants a new car surcharge?

Eh. Blame the least of us, the employees, for the woes of the well off.

no it's letting douche bag customers like you who think that every time a price increase is put through that it's solely because the business owner is greedy and not because of increased operating costs

Then why aren't all the other 'cost of doing business' surcharges listed on the bill?

And btw, if Trump dramatically cuts business taxes, do you think a 'tax cut discount' will show up on the bill?

lol

 

[Skull Pilot]

Kids are threatened by the idea of having to go to school, so they do try harder. After all, if you don't do well studying at home, the parents ship you off to school.

I hated going to school when I was a kid, and if we had home schooling at the time, I would have done much better simply by the thought of having to go to school.

Some kids thrive in a public school environment. They are subjected to kids of different backgrounds and teachers trained in multiple fields.
Other kids need mommy to screen the kids they meet and monitor every aspects of their lives

And you think there's something wrong with that?

What could possibly be wrong with homeschooling?
Means I don't have pay to educate the little brat

Not now, but as it continues it's popularity, we may be able to syphon some of those school dollars to pay parents to educate their kids, and who knows, maybe other kids nearby their home as well.

My problem with homeschooling is why does it need to be all or nothing?
Why not homeschool for English, history and subjects you are comfortable with and send your kid to regular school for science labs, foreign language and advanced mathematics?

you can get all that via the web now

 

[rightwinger]

Or maybe they are putting it on the bill to show their customers what happens when they support something as idiotic as a huge minimum wage increase: somebody has to pay for that increase.

Or maybe it's way of letting petty douchebags know not to come back to the restaurant.

/---- Obviously you don't own a business, otherwise you wouldn't make such an idiotic statement like that.

I would go to a restaurant that doesn't have a surcharge. Vote with your feet

 

[NYcarbineer]

Oh, btw, there are too many restaurants around in the first place.

There's a nice tidbit in that link. Look at the bill. This restaurant is getting 8 bucks for a cheeseburger, but they're claiming they can't afford to pay the help 8 bucks an hour.

lol

As the price of Hamburger went up, restaurants had no qualms charging $8 for a burger and passing on the cost
Now that ground beef prices have come down, they keep selling $8 burgers
But feel a need to hold their employees up for scorn

Right.

And they choose to humiliate their employees, by putting a wage surcharge on the bill, a way of saying it's the help's fault your meal costs what it costs,

but where is the beef surcharge? The fuel surcharge? the boss's wife wants a new car surcharge?

Eh. Blame the least of us, the employees, for the woes of the well off.

Human beings understand that the bill covers all expenses but the wage hike is new and it explains the sudden price increase. Sorry it had to be explained.

Beef prices close to doubled since 2000. Put THAT on the bill if you want to cry about something.

I remember when all the bills from my vendors included fuel surcharges when the price of gas went over 3.50 a gallon

and none of us threw the conniption fit you idiots are

So why didn't the restaurants put that on their bills? Why try to specifically humiliate the $8 an hour guy as a greedy money grubber?

 

[Skull Pilot]

15 bucks where?

Minnesota Restaurant Adds Minimum Wage Surcharge To Customer Bills - Say Anything

That place put on a surcharge because the minimum wage was raised to 8 bucks.

There's a nice tidbit in that link. Look at the bill. This restaurant is getting 8 bucks for a cheeseburger, but they're claiming they can't afford to pay the help 8 bucks an hour.

lol

As the price of Hamburger went up, restaurants had no qualms charging $8 for a burger and passing on the cost
Now that ground beef prices have come down, they keep selling $8 burgers
But feel a need to hold their employees up for scorn

Right.

And they choose to humiliate their employees, by putting a wage surcharge on the bill, a way of saying it's the help's fault your meal costs what it costs,

but where is the beef surcharge? The fuel surcharge? the boss's wife wants a new car surcharge?

Eh. Blame the least of us, the employees, for the woes of the well off.

no it's letting douche bag customers like you who think that every time a price increase is put through that it's solely because the business owner is greedy and not because of increased operating costs

Then why aren't all the other 'cost of doing business' surcharges listed on the bill?

And btw, if Trump dramatically cuts business taxes, do you think a 'tax cut discount' will show up on the bill?

lol

MAybe it will be a trend

it would be a great education for morons who don't understand the costs of running a business

and most incorporated businesses do not pay corporate tax because they are S corps so it wouldn't matter

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Oh, btw, there are too many restaurants around in the first place.

There's a nice tidbit in that link. Look at the bill. This restaurant is getting 8 bucks for a cheeseburger, but they're claiming they can't afford to pay the help 8 bucks an hour.

lol

As the price of Hamburger went up, restaurants had no qualms charging $8 for a burger and passing on the cost
Now that ground beef prices have come down, they keep selling $8 burgers
But feel a need to hold their employees up for scorn

Right.

And they choose to humiliate their employees, by putting a wage surcharge on the bill, a way of saying it's the help's fault your meal costs what it costs,

but where is the beef surcharge? The fuel surcharge? the boss's wife wants a new car surcharge?

Eh. Blame the least of us, the employees, for the woes of the well off.

Human beings understand that the bill covers all expenses but the wage hike is new and it explains the sudden price increase. Sorry it had to be explained.

Beef prices close to doubled since 2000. Put THAT on the bill if you want to cry about something.

I remember when all the bills from my vendors included fuel surcharges when the price of gas went over 3.50 a gallon

and none of us threw the conniption fit you idiots are

Exactly. When diesel fuel was outrageous, my employer included a fuel surcharge on his bills to our customers.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Oh, btw, there are too many restaurants around in the first place.

As the price of Hamburger went up, restaurants had no qualms charging $8 for a burger and passing on the cost
Now that ground beef prices have come down, they keep selling $8 burgers
But feel a need to hold their employees up for scorn

Right.

And they choose to humiliate their employees, by putting a wage surcharge on the bill, a way of saying it's the help's fault your meal costs what it costs,

but where is the beef surcharge? The fuel surcharge? the boss's wife wants a new car surcharge?

Eh. Blame the least of us, the employees, for the woes of the well off.

Human beings understand that the bill covers all expenses but the wage hike is new and it explains the sudden price increase. Sorry it had to be explained.

Beef prices close to doubled since 2000. Put THAT on the bill if you want to cry about something.

I remember when all the bills from my vendors included fuel surcharges when the price of gas went over 3.50 a gallon

and none of us threw the conniption fit you idiots are

So why didn't the restaurants put that on their bills? Why try to specifically humiliate the $8 an hour guy as a greedy money grubber?

really? The employees were humiliated?

care to back that up with something other than your mouth?

The employees weren't humiliated

 

[rightwinger]

Some kids thrive in a public school environment. They are subjected to kids of different backgrounds and teachers trained in multiple fields.
Other kids need mommy to screen the kids they meet and monitor every aspects of their lives

And you think there's something wrong with that?

What could possibly be wrong with homeschooling?
Means I don't have pay to educate the little brat

Not now, but as it continues it's popularity, we may be able to syphon some of those school dollars to pay parents to educate their kids, and who knows, maybe other kids nearby their home as well.

My problem with homeschooling is why does it need to be all or nothing?
Why not homeschool for English, history and subjects you are comfortable with and send your kid to regular school for science labs, foreign language and advanced mathematics?

you can get all that via the web now

Do you have a home science lab? Computer lab? How about an indoor pool or weight room facilities

Your taxes pay for those facilities.....why not use them?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Or maybe they are putting it on the bill to show their customers what happens when they support something as idiotic as a huge minimum wage increase: somebody has to pay for that increase.

Or maybe it's way of letting petty douchebags know not to come back to the restaurant.

That's their option. But many uninformed voters think that when they support things like wage or taxation hikes, somebody other then them are going to pay for it. I'm sure those people who are shocked at the new charge figured it was the owner that was just going to dig deeper in his pockets.

For those who are insulted by learning something, you probably don't want their business anyhow.

I thought restaurants were just going to lay off enough people to make up the difference.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Or maybe they are putting it on the bill to show their customers what happens when they support something as idiotic as a huge minimum wage increase: somebody has to pay for that increase.

Or maybe it's way of letting petty douchebags know not to come back to the restaurant.

/---- Obviously you don't own a business, otherwise you wouldn't make such an idiotic statement like that.

I would go to a restaurant that doesn't have a surcharge. Vote with your feet

You do that, because you are still going to pay it, it just won't be listed as a separate item on your receipt.

 

[Cellblock2429]

15 bucks where?

Minnesota Restaurant Adds Minimum Wage Surcharge To Customer Bills - Say Anything

That place put on a surcharge because the minimum wage was raised to 8 bucks.

There's a nice tidbit in that link. Look at the bill. This restaurant is getting 8 bucks for a cheeseburger, but they're claiming they can't afford to pay the help 8 bucks an hour.

lol

As the price of Hamburger went up, restaurants had no qualms charging $8 for a burger and passing on the cost
Now that ground beef prices have come down, they keep selling $8 burgers
But feel a need to hold their employees up for scorn

Right.

And they choose to humiliate their employees, by putting a wage surcharge on the bill, a way of saying it's the help's fault your meal costs what it costs,

but where is the beef surcharge? The fuel surcharge? the boss's wife wants a new car surcharge?

Eh. Blame the least of us, the employees, for the woes of the well off.

no it's letting douche bag customers like you who think that every time a price increase is put through that it's solely because the business owner is greedy and not because of increased operating costs

Then why aren't all the other 'cost of doing business' surcharges listed on the bill?

And btw, if Trump dramatically cuts business taxes, do you think a 'tax cut discount' will show up on the bill?

lol

/---- Competition will force them to be competitive. Gawd you Libtards don't understand the first thing about business.

 

[rightwinger]

Oh, btw, there are too many restaurants around in the first place.

Right.

And they choose to humiliate their employees, by putting a wage surcharge on the bill, a way of saying it's the help's fault your meal costs what it costs,

but where is the beef surcharge? The fuel surcharge? the boss's wife wants a new car surcharge?

Eh. Blame the least of us, the employees, for the woes of the well off.

Human beings understand that the bill covers all expenses but the wage hike is new and it explains the sudden price increase. Sorry it had to be explained.

Beef prices close to doubled since 2000. Put THAT on the bill if you want to cry about something.

I remember when all the bills from my vendors included fuel surcharges when the price of gas went over 3.50 a gallon

and none of us threw the conniption fit you idiots are

So why didn't the restaurants put that on their bills? Why try to specifically humiliate the $8 an hour guy as a greedy money grubber?

really? The employees were humiliated?

care to back that up with something other than your mouth?

The employees weren't humiliated

Putting it on the bill encourages asshole customers to take it out of the tip

 

[Skull Pilot]

really?

Then why do homeschooled kids routinely beat their public school counterparts in all testing

Because homeschool kids are spoiled little brats who have had mommy hovering around them their whole lives
Public schools have to take all children regardless of parental motivation

Kids are threatened by the idea of having to go to school, so they do try harder. After all, if you don't do well studying at home, the parents ship you off to school.

I hated going to school when I was a kid, and if we had home schooling at the time, I would have done much better simply by the thought of having to go to school.

Some kids thrive in a public school environment. They are subjected to kids of different backgrounds and teachers trained in multiple fields.
Other kids need mommy to screen the kids they meet and monitor every aspects of their lives

And you think there's something wrong with that?

What could possibly be wrong with homeschooling?
Means I don't have pay to educate the little brat

then you should stop whining about it