Because hiding prices in obscure surcharges is deliberately misleading customers. Given that they are surely having a special menu for the occasion they can easily print the true prices instead of fake prices. I would avoid shady places doing that. If they fool customers when it comes to paying who knows how the fool them in the kitchen.
The surcharge is written on the menu… Printing two menus is wasteful and annoying.
Lots of places add a 10-15% surcharge on holidays here (Australia). As long as they are up-front about it, it’s not that hard to do the math in your head…
Why is raising process on public holidays bad? (As long as the staff are also getting paid more)
Because hiding prices in obscure surcharges is deliberately misleading customers. Given that they are surely having a special menu for the occasion they can easily print the true prices instead of fake prices. I would avoid shady places doing that. If they fool customers when it comes to paying who knows how the fool them in the kitchen.
Because the price on the menu should be what you are obliged to pay.
If they want to increase prices on holidays, they should print a menu with the correct prices.
The surcharge is written on the menu… Printing two menus is wasteful and annoying.
Lots of places add a 10-15% surcharge on holidays here (Australia). As long as they are up-front about it, it’s not that hard to do the math in your head…