Posted by Kirsten Henri on 31st January 2008
Yesterday, we discussed the slippery nature of the auto-gratuity. Today, we find out if it’s even legal!
What happens when you’ve received crappy service and an automatic gratuity is applied to your bill? Are you within your rights to refuse to pay the gratuity or to pay a lesser percent? Or are you legally bound to pony up? The answer, in all of its litigious glory, after the jump…
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Posted by Kirsten Henri on 30th January 2008
While looking over the menu at Bindi, the new Indian-ish spot in the Midtown Gayborhood, we were slightly taken aback by a notice on the menu that a gratuity of 20% would be added for parties of five or more.
Even though we were only a party of two, we had a nice long discussion about auto-gratuity policy in general. Five or more? 20%? What’s the deal?
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Posted by Kirsten Henri on 28th January 2008
Whether you’re a carnivore or veg-head, Mark Bittman’s article in the NY Times on American meat consumption is a must-read, if only for the gross statistics:
Americans are downing close to 200 pounds of meat, poultry and fish per capita per year (dairy and eggs are separate, and hardly insignificant), an increase of 50 pounds per person from 50 years ago.
50 pounds more meat per person in 50 years?! We like a rib-eye as much as the next gal, but that’s just wrong.
Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler [NY Times]
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