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Ever seen a "leisure time" charge at a restaurant?
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:04 pm
Went to dinner with some coworkers - six of us in total - at a north Dallas restaurant. Decently nice steakhouse. Service was okay but not particularly speedy and I had to prod the guy to take our order and to bring us the check. Food took a little long to prepare. We sat down at 5:45 and I managed to get us the check at around 7:30 and was out the door by 7:45.
When we were paying the guy with the card showed me the bill and we had LEISURE TIME for $15 tacked on. I'm assuming this is a discretionary charge that waiters can add if they feel like a group is lingering, but we were in the restaurant for 2 hours total and it was prolonged by their own slow service. Anyone ever seen anything like this? Seems petty on a bill that was $400 otherwise.
When we were paying the guy with the card showed me the bill and we had LEISURE TIME for $15 tacked on. I'm assuming this is a discretionary charge that waiters can add if they feel like a group is lingering, but we were in the restaurant for 2 hours total and it was prolonged by their own slow service. Anyone ever seen anything like this? Seems petty on a bill that was $400 otherwise.
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Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:05 pm to Thundercles
If I fricking saw that shite I’d deduct $15 from their damn tip.
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:06 pm to Thundercles
When did the main course hit the table?
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:06 pm to Thundercles
That $15 would be taken straight off of their tip
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:07 pm to Thundercles
Never seen it. Not surprised in Dallas. The rip you off culture is strong there
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:15 pm to Chad504boy
The waiter would get a one penny tip.
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:17 pm to Thundercles
lol, frick that.
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:26 pm to Gaggle
quote:BR >>> Dallas
Not surprised in Dallas. The rip you off culture is strong there
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:30 pm to Thundercles
I get it for taking forever because you are cutting into their tips plus the restaurants revenue but it seems ridiculous for 2 hours, especially if they were what was slow. And would only see charging on busy nights where there's a long wait or reservation only situation. And even then not how I'd run my restaurant but alas
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:34 pm to DavidTheGnome
Yeah, if I’m spending money to eat at a nice place and enjoy a night out, a $15 leisure charge is a good way to assure that we won’t be coming back.
This post was edited on 5/22/24 at 4:35 am
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:38 pm to Thundercles
I've seen restaurants with stated time limits in Japan where space is at a premium, but the service is always fast at those places.
I can understand the charge at a busier place in the USA, but if it was a result of the staff's own slow service then the tip would be reduced by a corresponding amount.
I can understand the charge at a busier place in the USA, but if it was a result of the staff's own slow service then the tip would be reduced by a corresponding amount.
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:42 pm to Thundercles
I would be inclined to write a note as a tip as to how to get repeat business.
The idea of tipping is stupid, as if you'd still return to a restaurant like that after tipping nothing anyway.
The idea of tipping is stupid, as if you'd still return to a restaurant like that after tipping nothing anyway.
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:46 pm to Thundercles
Receipt pix guy
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:50 pm to Thundercles
Dallas? Waiter prob drives a leased Maserati compact suv and tells club sluts he’s got oil money.
Posted on 5/21/24 at 11:04 pm to Thundercles
Did you at least tell them to remove it or did you just take it like a cuck
2 hours at a decent steakhouse sounds pretty normal it's not some place you rush in and out of
2 hours at a decent steakhouse sounds pretty normal it's not some place you rush in and out of
This post was edited on 5/21/24 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 5/21/24 at 11:17 pm to Thundercles
quote:Which steakhouse? Asking for myself.
at a north Dallas restaurant. Decently nice steakhouse
Posted on 5/21/24 at 11:18 pm to PGAOLDBawNeVaBroke
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Dallas? Waiter prob drives a leased Maserati compact suv and tells club sluts he’s got oil money.
Posted on 5/21/24 at 11:19 pm to Thundercles
Leave a 15 cent tip
Posted on 5/21/24 at 11:19 pm to Thundercles
2 hrs at a restaurant table is my nightmare.
ETA: unless I’m drunk, or getting there.
ETA: unless I’m drunk, or getting there.
This post was edited on 5/21/24 at 11:20 pm
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