“Dear PoPville,
From a brand new restaurant in Georgetown, Alara, which looks lovely, comes this fee notice:
‘A 20% service charge will be added to all guest checks and will be used to cover our increasing operational costs. Service fees are not tips. Tips are not expected but appreciated.’
Now, they’ve been open like a month, so what “increasing operational costs” are they talking about, they literally just set their menu prices this month. Enough already, just set your prices 20% higher and say no tips, unless you really want to.”