Chain restaurant fees are getting absurd

SmashingSquid, 10 months ago

The original poster added context in a comment, saying that the location they ordered from was a Buffalo Wild Wings Go store, a contactless version of the establishment.

Was the location you were ordering from one of these? Maybe instead of paying proper wages like fast food restaurants these assholes were trying to make up for people being unlikely to tip for pickup to keep the profits from being able to pay employees barely anything?

ArtVandelay, 10 months ago

Mine was not, it was a traditional BWW establishment. Tbh, I didn’t know they had such a thing lol

Izzy, 10 months ago

I don't think I'd call $1.00 absurd, but I'm not a fan of such fees. Am I allowed to bring my own containers and bags to avoid this cost?

PutangInaMo, 10 months ago

Borderline absurd but 100% asinine

nostalgicgamerz, 10 months ago

“Yes I’m naming and shaming”

God i love not being on Reddit

speaker_hat, 10 months ago

As a non-US citizen, this is a ridiculous greed.

NuclearArmWrestling, 10 months ago

As a US citizen, this is a ridiculous greed.

TheLowestStone, 10 months ago

I'd bet all the cash in my wallet that the tacos were significantly better than anything from Buffalo Wild Wings.

ArtVandelay, 10 months ago

They were delicious, cheaper, and I don't know what my dumb brain was even thinking

Thadrax, 10 months ago

If you are sitting in the restaurant, you are probably paying for some ridiculously overprized drinks as well.

Maybe compare it to ordering the same stuff but picking it up yourself.

jkure2, 10 months ago

Or compare it to yet another innocuous bs fee slipped in under the radar by companies testing what they can get away with

ZcaT, 10 months ago

I barely even go out nowadays, I just try and fail to make it myself.

cassetti, 10 months ago

Fortunately I married someone who can cook better than anyone I've ever met and they're frugal. Every meal is centered around whatever main ingredient is going to go bad first to ensure we don't throw away food, ever (and any scraps we do have leftover get fed to the chickens to produce more butt nuggets and meat).

These days the quality of food at restaurants has gone way down and one can often cook a much better meal at home. Like we have gone to a few hole-in-the wall places with pretty decent food, and then we have gone to pretentious up-scale places where the prices are 3x higher than normal and the food was still only mediocre - even fancy yacht club restaurants where almost everyone is stuck up and acts like they're better then the staff have terrible food. I have to laugh that they think it's worth $50 for a cheesburger when it tastes no better than what I could get from Applebees (at least they could have used higher quality beef for the burger! Nope - sysco special).

ChatGPT really helps make things easier for even novice cooks like myself - just tell it what you have and ask for suggestions then directions.

Honestly I don't miss going out for food and paying those dumb ridiculous prices

WhoRoger, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Maybe the owner is taking the tips from the servers, and this is to "compensate" that

pineapplefriedrice, 10 months ago

I don't know if this is the case everywhere, but here a lot of chains are switching to doordash partnerships, which is just gross. At this point I'll stop ordering delivery/takeout from any chain that does this because I'm just that disgusted by Doordash and Uber.

On the bright side, if you're in a city, usually there are more than enough delivery co-ops or in-house delivery services available that it's not too painful to ditch delivery apps.

mourkeer, 10 months ago

Why does dd and Uber disgust you?

meat_popsicle, 10 months ago

Can’t speak for the other person, but Uber is disgusting for hacking a raped woman’s medical files to try and slander her in court.

Guardian

HouseOfJazz, 10 months ago

I'm guessing because those have fees and the restaurants increase their prices to compemsate for that.

Janus67, 10 months ago

That's exactly why for me. I'm not lazy enough (and I have good transportation) to drive and pick up food if I'm doing takeout instead of getting stuff delivered and paying fees and tips on top .

Donjuanme, 10 months ago

Street tacos are going to be better anyways. As good as bww might be, I'll take a truck with a passionate team any day.

camelbeard, 10 months ago

If the taco truck is behind an alley and the owner has a mustache and scratches his ass and the pork tastes great but a little raw, don't eat there.

LetMeEatCake, 10 months ago

Feels oddly specific.

postmateDumbass, 10 months ago

The Greatest Taco

wotsit_sandwich, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

McDonalds is especially egregious recently. Time was you could get a set for ¥500 (about 5 dollars) Then suddenly all the menu items went up to ¥700 - ¥900. That starts to get very very close to the alternatives which are much better. The only competitive edge they had was price really.

camelbeard, 10 months ago

Same in Europe, MacDonalds used to be the cheap fast option. Now it's almost restaurant prices. If I pay restaurant money I expect restaurant quality, not fast food.

Impressive_Towel2, 10 months ago

No shit. Last time I went with my girlfriend we just had some fries, couple burgers and nuggets.

€34! Not doing that again.

Bobo_Palermo, 10 months ago

I grabbed a single burger at Wendy's last weekend and it was $6.50. That was my last trip to Wendy's....I expected half that!

wizard_cat, 10 months ago

I have to say, where I live Wendy's is actually cheaper than McDonald's, so if I'm craving a cheeseburger I hit up Wendy's instead. But yeah prices for fast food are absurd nowadays.

Alto, 10 months ago

Same here. Literally no reason to go to McDonalds these days, worse food for a worse price.

Venutianxspring, 10 months ago

Ah convenience fees. I love paying more money for causing less work. Ticket master, oh these digital tickets that will be distributed immediately will have an extra $14 fee... Per ticket!

DirkMcCallahan, 10 months ago

I had plenty of sympathy for restaurants when the pandemic first hit. Extra fees? Yeah, I get it, and I'll throw in an extra tip for the workers who are braving the place so that my fat ass can get some delicious food. The problem is that they haven't dialed back the fees/tipping requests. If anything, they've gotten much worse.

ProfessorZhu, 10 months ago

Can lemmy please not be the curmugenoy spot where people whine about restaurants? Please?

GaryPonderosa, 10 months ago

It can be, but it seems unlikely. Too many r/antiwork users are here already.

tal, 10 months ago

Lemmy and kbin have a bunch of sublemmys/magazines, and there are probably going to be a lot more.

You could maybe argue that !mildlyinfuriating shouldn't have that, but anything and everything is going to show up somewhere on the Fediverse.

solarvector, 10 months ago

This is a community dedicated to what is... mildly irritating.