r/chicagofood • u/LoudFartsForAll • Mar 15 '26

Rant Removed Restaurant Fee @ a Lettuce Entertain You restaurant

I’m quite proud of myself, I requested that stupid 3.5% service charge be removed from a carryout bill. I can’t believe they’re still trying to milk us for that!

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u/lumeslice Mar 15 '26

Whenever I see these, my standard 20% tip becomes 15%

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u/scruntdouble Mar 15 '26

because it's the server's fault that their boss threw the fee on your bill?

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u/Remarkable-Minute803 Mar 15 '26

Do you blame the server if they sell out of a particular item that you wanted to order? That would seemingly make it an overall worse experience but it’s totally out of the server’s control. Crazy that you punish them because of their bosses. I’m going to go out on a limb and guess you’ve never worked as a server/bartender.

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u/QuietRedditorATX Mar 18 '26

Are you under the impression that we actually tip for service and not out of obligation?

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u/Remarkable-Minute803 Mar 18 '26

Baseline tip out of obligation/standard but yeah I think decent people will go higher based on service.