re: How do you feel about restaurants adding a 15% order surcharge?

Superior is my place and those are my people, and I'll to do anything I can to help them.

That being said.. I 100% agree that it should be posted everywhere so patrons are aware. We've been going regularly through the pandemic and never been informed of the surcharge. As someone who usually just gives my card over without waiting on a bill, I didn't know until someone else asked me if I had noticed it. Someone is going to blow up over that at some point if they're not being told. It should be very obvious to patrons.

Many restaurants have had to increase pay beyond what the loan covered in order to get staff back since 90% of them were refusing due to making more on unemployment. So I have no issue with whatever must be done to achieve that. The way I understand it at some of these places is the takeout workers, kitchen, bussers, dishwashers, etc. are being paid hourly an amount high enough that would make them come back. Your 15% charge is likely going there. The tipped employees are making an smaller hourly and tips like usual.

I still tip on top of the charge. To each their own.