LogFAQs > #946028731

Zeus posted...

tbh, the way that it's couched on the bill will make it look like a tax so I imagine at least some consumers will assume it's a government thing.

That's basically how "gratuity" and "service charge/fee" get tacked on, for places that automatically add that, and I don't believe anyone assumes those are extra taxes. Those concepts are better established, though, which I imagine makes a fair difference in how acceptable they are.

Really, the best option is probably just to have a few signs up asking people to tip more generously to help them recover, possibly indicating that half (or whatever) of all tips received will be going toward recovery efforts. That won't have the same potential for extra revenue, but it'll probably actually attract extra business by explicitly telling people that their favourite restaurant is in serious danger of going out of business.

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